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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
September 8 - 13, 2015

(4) Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Daniele Lupo
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1991 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

143

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$613,082.20

Paolo Nicolai
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ortona

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

175

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$788,117.89

Awards

Most Improved Player 2012
Best Offensive Player 2014
Best Blocker 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	11	3	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	US$108,590.95
FIVB	92	3	9	10	4	20	2	25	0	14	4	1	US$993,675.00
Overall	103	6	9	11	6	21	2	27	0	15	5	1	US$1,102,265.95

Previous Sochi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2009	Did not play	Matteo Varnier - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	15	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	14	9th	360	US$11,000.00
CEV	7/29-8/2/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	5	9th	240	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	12	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	5	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	12	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	16	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	7	9th	360	US$11,000.00

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/9/2015	Pool D	Ilya Leshukov / Alexander Likholetov, Russia (29, Q7)	Lost 14-21, 21-13, 18-20	0:47
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool D	Georgios Kotsilianos / Nikos Zoupani, Greece (20)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:46
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool D	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (13)	Won 24-22, 21-17	0:38
Fri, 9/11/2015	Winner 2	Ruslan Bykanov / Maksim Hudyakov, Russia (25)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:34
Sat, 9/12/2015	Winner 3	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (11)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:34
Sat, 9/12/2015	Semi-Finals	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (2)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:38
Sun, 9/13/2015	Bronze Medal	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (1)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:55

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$43,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$121,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	1	4	5	2	4	0	20	0	7	3	0	$619,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	2	3	3	1	11	2	4	0	3	1	1	$197,875.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00
Confederation Championship	10	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$87,500.00
Total	102	6	9	11	5	21	2	27	0	15	5	1	$1,081,175.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Daniele Lupo												Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	$34,900.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$41,500.00
5	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	$60,500.00	World Tour Finals	8	0	0	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	$99,250.00
59	1	4	5	2	5	24	11	4	3	$325,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	2	$423,700.00
45	3	3	3	2	15	8	5	2	4	$117,937.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	1	$134,337.50
6	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$6,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	$44,500.00	Confederation Championship	14	3	0	1	3	1	4	1	1	0	$52,875.00
141	7	9	11	6	29	40	23	8	8	$590,187.50	Total	168	9	13	14	9	32	47	30	10	4	$757,912.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2011	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	$42,300.00	24	13	64.9 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2012	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$91,100.00	30	20	60.0 %
2013	FIVB	12	0	1	3	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	$113,200.00	47	17	73.4 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2014	FIVB	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	$187,000.00	36	14	72.0 %
2014	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2015	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	1	0	$106,000.00	27	18	60.0 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	47	2	3	5	2	4	2	19	0	6	3	1	$539,600.00	164	82	66.7 %
Total	CEV	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$30,000.00	15	6	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Daniele Lupo													Paolo Nicolai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$7,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$900.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$16,725.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
											2009	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$2,675.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	$13,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
10	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	4	$23,550.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	3	$31,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
9	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	$45,550.00
12	0	1	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	$56,600.00	2013	FIVB	12	0	1	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	$56,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
9	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	$93,500.00	2014	FIVB	9	2	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	$93,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2014	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	5	1	1	0	$53,000.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	5	1	1	0	$53,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
60	3	3	5	3	7	23	7	4	5	$287,450.00	Total	Total	86	5	4	5	3	8	27	21	9	4	$336,700.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	191	67.5%	56	19.8%	36	12.7%	247-36	87.3%	60	33.3%	34	18.9%	86	47.8%	60-120	33.3%	191-86	69.0%	116-70	62.4%	4	1	311-157	66.5%
2014-2015	41	65.1%	12	19.0%	10	15.9%	53-10	84.1%	10	28.6%	10	28.6%	15	42.9%	10-25	28.6%	41-15	73.2%	22-20	52.4%	2	0	65-35	65.0%
Against the Field	28	70.0%	9	22.5%	3	7.5%	37-3	92.5%	9	34.6%	4	15.4%	13	50.0%	9-17	34.6%	56-26	68.3%	36-14	72.0%	0	0	46-20	69.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	7
World Championships	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	12	13
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	96	37	0	0	43	31	5	7	5	2	1	4	152	81
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	46	10	0	0	35	22	5	4	3	1	2	3	111	46
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	10	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	19	9	0	0	14	4	3	2	1	1	3	0	40	16
Total	0	0	6	1	188	70	2	0	107	67	15	16	11	5	6	9	351	173

Head to Head Results
Lupo/Nicolai lead the series against the field 23-9 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 2-2
9/13/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Krasilnikov/Semenov	1	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:55
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Krasilnikov/Semenov	12	27-25, 21-15	0:43
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Krasilnikov/Semenov	10	Lupo/Nicolai	5	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:58
6/15/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Krasilnikov/Semenov	9	Lupo/Nicolai	5	21-19, 21-14
Lead the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 5-2
9/12/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
6/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-19, 14-21, 17-15	0:55
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	24-26, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	24-22, 25-23	0:45
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:50
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	30	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-2
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	0:52
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	19	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-14, 21-19	0:33
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	21	21-14, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 2-0
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Gabathuler/Gerson	20	21-18, 21-13	0:32
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	21-11, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 5-1
9/12/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	11	21-19, 21-16	0:34
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	26	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-19, 21-14	0:36
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22	21-16, 21-18	0:38
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:52
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	17	21-12, 22-20	0:36
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24	21-15, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Barsuk/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Barsuk/Koshkarev	30, Q9	21-18, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Kosiak/Rudol	13	24-22, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gregory/Sheaf	28	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	20	21-16, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 21 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 1-0
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Petutschnig/Winter	29, Q11	21-17, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 25 Bykanov/Hudyakov, Russia 1-0
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Bykanov/Hudyakov	25	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Leshukov/Likholetov, Russia 0-1
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Leshukov/Likholetov	29, Q7	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-14, 13-21, 20-18	0:47