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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Las Vegas Four Star
October 17 - 21, 2018

(7) 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 Las Vegas Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-18/2018	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	8	5th	0	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	4	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/5/2018	Vienna Major	2	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2018	Gstaad Major	12	3rd	960	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	4	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	3	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	5	2nd	1080	US$32,000.00

Las Vegas Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/18/2018	Pool G	Andrea Abbiati / Tiziano Andreatta, Italy (26)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:28
Thu, 10/18/2018	Pool G	Saymon Barbosa / Guto Carvalhaes, Brazil (10)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 10/19/2018	Winner 2	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (6)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:31
Sat, 10/20/2018	Winner 3	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (4)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:37

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	9	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	$129,500.00	33	13	71.7 %
2018	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$95,000.00	21	13	61.8 %
2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	76	3	9	9	2	11	2	22	0	13	4	1	$850,675.00	262	130	66.8 %

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
9	0	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	$64,750.00	2017	FIVB	9	0	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	$64,750.00
8	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$47,500.00	2018	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$47,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
84	3	9	9	2	14	25	13	4	5	$427,737.50	Total	Total	104	5	10	9	2	14	26	25	9	4	$473,662.50

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%
2018-2019	28	66.7%	9	21.4%	5	11.9%	37-5	88.1%	11	32.4%	7	20.6%	16	47.1%	11-23	32.4%	28-16	63.6%	20-12	62.5%	0	0	48-28	63.2%
Against the Field	28	63.6%	9	20.5%	7	15.9%	37-7	84.1%	13	29.5%	8	18.2%	23	52.3%	13-31	29.5%	56-46	54.9%	44-30	59.5%	0	0	50-38	56.8%

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 31-23 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Crabb/Gibb, United States 3-1
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Crabb/Gibb	21	17-21, 21-16, 20-18	0:56
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Crabb/Gibb	21	Lupo/Nicolai	12	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:46
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Crabb/Gibb	13	21-18, 23-25, 16-14	0:53
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Crabb/Gibb	17	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 2 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-18, 26-24	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 7-8
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	6	Lupo/Nicolai	12	30-28, 21-18	0:47
6/23/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	12	Lupo/Nicolai	4	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	7	Lupo/Nicolai	3	21-15, 21-17	0:32
3/3/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gavira/Herrera	13	24-22, 19-21, 17-15	0:54
8/26/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gavira/Herrera	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:45
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	6	Lupo/Nicolai	11	21-19, 21-16	0:38
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Lupo/Nicolai	11	21-19, 21-17	0:36
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Gavira/Herrera	5	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:46
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Gavira/Herrera	10	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:44
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Gavira/Herrera	8	24-22, 21-17	0:38
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Gavira/Herrera	7	22-20, 21-14	0:37
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	14	Lupo/Nicolai	6	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	44	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-19, 21-16	0:39
4/29/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	3	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-16, 21-11	0:34
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Lupo/Nicolai	28, Q11	Gavira/Herrera	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-2
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 3	Bryl/Fijalek	4	Lupo/Nicolai	7	24-22, 21-18	0:37
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	9	Lupo/Nicolai	8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Bryl/Fijalek	17	25-23, 26-24	0:48
Series tied with # 5 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 # 6 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Tijan/Younousse	6	21-18, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 10 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 1-0
10/18/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	10	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 2-1
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Lupo/Nicolai	13	22-20, 21-15	0:39
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Schmidt/Solberg	4	21-13, 23-21	0:38
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Schmidt/Solberg	3	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 13 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 0-1
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Lupo/Nicolai	2	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Filho/Santos, Brazil 1-0
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Filho/Santos	8	21-9, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 4-2
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	20	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	0:45
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Grimalt/Grimalt	21	21-13, 15-21, 17-15	0:46
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-18, 21-17	0:33
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	15-21, 21-14, 18-16	0:42
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	Lupo/Nicolai	10	15-21, 21-19, 24-22	0:56
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-16, 28-26	0:44
Lead the series against # 22 Bergmann/Harms, Germany 1-0
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Bergmann/Harms	28, Q16	21-12, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 23 Patterson/Slick, United States 1-0
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Patterson/Slick	28	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	24, Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 26 Abbiati/Andreatta, Italy 1-0
10/18/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Abbiati/Andreatta	26	21-13, 21-11	0:28
Series tied with # 32, Q11 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Krou/Rowlandson	11	21-15, 21-15	0:40
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Lupo/Nicolai	16	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50