All things considered, luck was definitely on the side of the WDSF Managing Committee when it took an unprecedented decision on Monday 17 October, less than two weeks prior to the announced dates of the fifth regular leg of the 2016 GrandSlam Series, to move everything fom Moscow, RUS, to Platja d'Aro, ESP. First it was a matter of finding an organiser daring enough to take on an event of this calibre on such short notice. But that proved to be the easy part as two seasoned European organisers were ready to jump in. Second, none of the committee members could be anywhere close to certain that the couples would play along and move - together with the GrandSlam - from north to south, some of them foregoing the flight and hotel reservations for Moscow. But the way it looks, that has also happended - and in a fairly big way!
Nearly 60 couples are on the preliminary starting list for the GrandSlam Standard. Here they are!
26 |
ABEL, MADIS - GALKINA, ALEKSANDRA |
ESTONIA |
143 |
AGOVINO, ENRICO - MIRABELLA, PASQUALINA |
ITALY |
135 |
ALOE, DAVIDE - LOPES, NATACHA |
PORTUGAL |
149 |
BASIN, BORIS - SHCHEKINA, ELIZAVETA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
110 |
BAUER, STEFAN MICHAEL - BARROSO VICENTE, SARA |
SPAIN |
156 |
BESEDIN, ANTON - STRELKOVA, EKATERINA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
119 |
BLAZQUEZ LLISTOSELLA, JORDI - MODROVEJO I COLLELL, CRISTINA |
SPAIN |
118 |
BOCANEGRA GONZALEZ, JUAN - VINEGLAS DIAZ, MIREIA |
SPAIN |
154 |
BOSCO, ALESSANDRO - NOLAN, LAURA |
IRELAND |
130 |
BREDIKHIN, ALEXEY - DEMENKOVA, DARIA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
121 |
BRUNI, MICHAEL - CASSAI, CHIARA |
ITALY |
158 |
CICCHITTI, MATTEO - BRECIKOVA, SIMONA |
SLOVAKIA |
147 |
COSTA, SERGIO - ALMEIDA, ANA RITA |
PORTUGAL |
123 |
DARIN, NIKOLAY - SEREDINA, NATALIA |
MOLDOVA |
108 |
DI MELFI, GIANLUCA - MADSEN, KRISTINE |
DENMARK |
114 |
DONATO, LUCIANO - DIODATI, ADELE |
ITALY |
104 |
DRHA, MICHAL - ZAMECNIKOVA, KLARA |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
132 |
DROBINA, NORBERT - VASAS, VIKTORIA |
SERBIA |
128 |
FAINSIL, TOMAS - POSMETNAYA, VIOLETTA |
LITHUANIA |
101 |
FALIBOGA, RAUL - RADU, ANDRA-MIHAELA |
ROMANIA |
150 |
FARINA, PASQUALE - KOBORG, SOFIE |
DENMARK |
103 |
FERRARO, ALDO - PAGLIA, LUISA |
ITALY |
106 |
FIDELFO, PIER FRANCESCO - SALOMON GAGNAIRE, MORGANE |
FRANCE |
122 |
GALUPPO, FRANCESCO - PACINI, DEBORA |
ITALY |
153 |
GLUKHOV, ALEXEY - GLAZUNOVA, ANASTASIA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
100 |
GONCHAROV, NIKITA - MUSCHALIK, ALINA SIRANYA |
GERMANY |
157 |
IZHAK, YEHONATHAN - BASHAN, CHEN |
ISRAEL |
116 |
KAREL, MARTIN - SIMONOVA, MONIKA |
SLOVAKIA |
117 |
KECSKEMETI, DANIEL - FELLINGHAUEROVA, BARBORA |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
109 |
KHADIR, YOHAN - DUCAP, ANNE |
FRANCE |
129 |
KIRIN, VASILY - PROZOROVA, EKATERINA |
AUSTRIA |
141 |
KOLOBOV, DMITRI - BUSK, SIGNE |
DENMARK |
159 |
LACITIS, VAIDOTAS - GOLODNEVA, VERONIKA |
LITHUANIA |
145 |
LARCHER, PIERRE-HENRI - RIABUKHA, OLEKSANDRA |
FRANCE |
146 |
LINIS, EDGARS - ANCANE, ELIZA |
LATVIA |
148 |
LUSIN, VALENTIN - LUSIN, RENATA |
GERMANY |
137 |
MERENGUER, DAVID - CARREL, JULINE |
FRANCE |
120 |
MESTRE DAMIANS, FRANCESC - NEKRASOVA, VALERIA |
SPAIN |
124 |
MICK, LUBOMIR - DINDOFFEROVA, ADRIANA |
SLOVAKIA |
134 |
MOSHENIN, EVGENY - SPITSYNA, DANA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
152 |
MYCKA, DARIUSZ - FREIBERGA, MADARA |
POLAND |
112 |
OLIVEIRA, RICARDO - BIRING-HALL, EMILY |
PORTUGAL |
102 |
PAFFILE, MATTIA LUCA - ROSE, CARMEN |
ITALY |
138 |
PETRILLI, GIULIO - KOPOKEN, RIIKKA |
FINLAND |
115 |
PULCINI, ALEX - DI LORENZO, SARA |
ITALY |
111 |
RUSCITO, DANIELE - CARTIGIANO, NICOLE |
ITALY |
113 |
SGROI, GIUSEPPE - LLORCA, MERCE |
SPAIN |
142 |
SHOLKOV, DAVID - BERI, NICOLE |
CANADA |
133 |
SHURIN, VADIM - MESHKOVA, ANASTASIA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
139 |
SKURATOV, ANTON - UEHLIN, ALENA |
GERMANY |
127 |
SODEIKA, EVALDAS - ZUKAUSKAITE, IEVA |
LITHUANIA |
155 |
SPANO, MIRKO - ROMANO, PAMELA |
ITALY |
105 |
TARRADE, JOFFREY - DARGIER, MENDY |
FRANCE |
151 |
VARFOLOMEEV, IVAN - REMINA, VALERIA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
144 |
VECE, CRHISTIAN - VORIA, MARIACHIARA |
ITALY |
131 |
VENCESLAU, BERNARDO - CAIRES, MAIRA |
PORTUGAL |
107 |
ZAPPIETRO, FABIO - MACCHI, SONIA |
ITALY |
125 |
ZHARKOV, DMITRY - KULIKOVA, OLGA |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION |