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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Three Star
April 20 - 23, 2017

(1) Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy

Daniele Lupo
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rome

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

127

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$545,237.50

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:

154

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$705,037.50

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
FIVB	92	3	9	10	4	20	2	25	0	14	4	1	US$993,675.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Paolo Nicolai - 3rd	Daniele Lupo - 3rd
2016	Paolo Nicolai - 17th	Daniele Lupo - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	10	5th	480	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	10	2nd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	9	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	10	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	13	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	9	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	9	2nd	450	US$8,000.00

Xiamen Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/21/2017	Winner 1	Mirco Gerson / Michiel Zandbergen, Switzerland (32, Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:32
Sat, 4/22/2017	Winner 2	Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (16)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:28
Sat, 4/22/2017	Winner 3	Ryan Doherty / Avery Drost, United States (25)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:29
Sun, 4/23/2017	Semi-Finals	Armin Dollinger / Jonathan Erdmann, Germany (13)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:51
Sun, 4/23/2017	Gold Medal	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (2)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:29

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	0	$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
Total	92	3	9	10	4	20	2	25	0	14	4	0	$993,675.00

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	0	$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	0	$325,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	77	2	6	6	4	10	27	16	4	0	$423,700.00
45	3	3	3	2	15	8	5	2	0	$117,937.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	2	4	4	1	15	10	8	5	0	$134,337.50
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,250.00	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	0	$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
127	4	9	10	5	26	38	21	6	0	$545,237.50	Total	154	6	13	13	6	31	43	29	9	0	$705,037.50

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 %
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 %
2014	FIVB	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	$187,000.00	36	14	72.0 %
2015	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	1	1	0	$116,000.00	29	21	58.0 %
2016	FIVB	10	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	$70,575.00	39	18	68.4 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	60	3	7	5	2	8	2	20	0	8	4	1	$638,175.00	213	105	67.0 %

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
											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
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
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
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
11	0	0	1	0	3	5	1	1	0	$58,000.00	2015	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	3	5	1	1	0	$58,000.00
10	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$35,287.50	2016	FIVB	10	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$35,287.50
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
68	3	7	5	2	11	23	8	4	5	$321,487.50	Total	Total	88	5	8	5	2	11	24	20	9	4	$367,412.50

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%
2016-2017	38	59.4%	18	28.1%	8	12.5%	56-8	87.5%	16	41.0%	6	15.4%	17	43.6%	16-23	41.0%	38-17	69.1%	34-14	70.8%	0	0	72-31	69.9%
Against the Field	18	60.0%	7	23.3%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	10	50.0%	2	10.0%	8	40.0%	10-10	50.0%	36-16	69.2%	34-14	70.8%	0	0	35-15	70.0%

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
Total	0	0	6	1	169	61	2	0	93	63	12	14	10	4	3	9	311	157

Head to Head Results
Lupo/Nicolai lead the series against the field 18-8 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 6-6
4/23/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Gold Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-14, 21-17	0:29
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:52
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	13-21, 22-20, 19-17	0:50
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-16	0:38
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-15, 21-19	0:32
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool E	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	20	Lupo/Nicolai	5	22-20, 21-18	0:44
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	18-21, 21-15, 20-18	0:57
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	13-21, 21-9, 15-9	0:41
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	21-16, 21-17	0:34
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-19, 14-21, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 4 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 3-2
8/7/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool C	Ontiveros/Virgen	15	Lupo/Nicolai	10	14-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:48
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Ontiveros/Virgen	20	Lupo/Nicolai	13	17-21, 21-19, 23-21	0:53
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Ontiveros/Virgen	12	22-20, 24-22	0:41
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	16	Ontiveros/Virgen	17	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:49
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Ontiveros/Virgen	22	21-14, 16-21, 15-9	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 O'Gorman/Plantinga, Canada 1-0
2/10/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	10	O'Gorman/Plantinga	21	21-18, 13-21, 15-5	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Koekelkoren/van Walle	22	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Dollinger/Erdmann, Germany 1-0
4/23/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Dollinger/Erdmann	13	17-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:51
Lead the series against # 16 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Beeler/Krattiger	16	21-16, 21-16	0:28
Lead the series against # 25 Doherty/Drost, United States 1-0
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Doherty/Drost	25	21-17, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 30 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-0
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Babich/Gordieiev	31, Q16	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 32, Q14 Gerson/Zandbergen, Switzerland 1-0
4/21/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Gerson/Zandbergen	32, Q14	21-17, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # Q4 Bergerud/Solhaug, Norway 1-0
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Bergerud/Solhaug	29, Q15	21-12, 21-13	0:27
Lead the series against # Q5 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Santos Pereira/Younousse	8	21-19, 21-14	0:32