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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 ConocoPhillips Open
July 1 - 5, 2003

(22) Laura Bruschini/Annamaria Solazzi, Italy

Laura Bruschini
Italy

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 26, 1966 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lecco

Resides:

Roma

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$177,751.25

Annamaria Solazzi
Italy

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1965 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ancona

Resides:

Rome

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$167,270.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	71	0	0	0	3	7	7	17	9	13	9	4	1	1	US$283,020.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$650.00
Overall	72	0	0	0	3	8	7	17	9	13	9	4	1	1	US$283,670.00

Previous Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	23	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	22	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	18	17	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	23	17	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	14	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	14	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	21	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	14	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	12	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	7	5	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	7	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	15	5	300	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	14	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	15	17	90	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	12	7	180	US$7,000.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/3/2003	Pool F	Rebekka Kadijk / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (6)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
Thu, 7/3/2003	Pool F	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece (27, Q10)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:34
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool F	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (11)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:37

Head to Head Results
Bruschini/Solazzi lead the series against the field 23-18

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 4 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Bruschini/Solazzi	18	21-15, 21-16	0:38
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Minello	5	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-12, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 6 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kadijk/Leenstra	7	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	21-16, 21-15	0:32
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 7 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-1
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	13	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-15, 21-11	0:37
Series tied with # 9 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Bruschini/Solazzi	18	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:56
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	21-15, 27-29, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 11 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Pohl/Rau, Germany 4-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Bruschini/Solazzi	21	Pohl/Rau	12	21-12, 21-17	0:35
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Pohl/Rau	10	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Pohl/Rau	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:50
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 2-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool O	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	22-20, 21-19	0:43
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Bruschini/Solazzi	15	21-16, 21-17	0:42
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Gattelli/Perrotta	13	21-13, 14-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 16 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 3-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	21	22-20, 21-19	0:49
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	24	21-17, 23-21	0:45
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	15-2	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	Ahmann/Vollmer	10	17-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-3
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	24-26, 21-13, 15-13	0:56
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	12-21, 21-16, 20-18	1:01
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-12, 21-18	0:33
Series tied with # 25 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-17, 21-17	0:47
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q3	21-12, 21-17	0:31
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Garcia/Gaxiola	19	21-18, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 27, Q10 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 28, Q9 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-15, 21-15	0:32
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Alcon/Pol	26	21-12, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q14 Boileau/Morin, Canada 2-0
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	Boileau/Morin	26, Q5	21-14, 21-5	0:29
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool L	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Boileau/Morin	38	16-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # Q20 Almaral/Huerta, Mexico 1-0
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bruschini/Solazzi	5	Almaral/Huerta	28	15-5	0:33
Trail the series against # Q22 Dumont/Martin, Canada 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Dumont/Martin	31, Q23	Bruschini/Solazzi	18	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52