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

(22) Cesar Menendez/Francisco Tomas, Spain

César Menéndez Ortego
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 25, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gijon

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Baden 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$13,138.19

Francisco Javier Tomás Cuadrado
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Murcia

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Sochi 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$7,087.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	1	2	US$14,175.00

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	Q23	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	Q16	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	29, Q9	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	28	9th	240	US$2,000.00

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/9/2015	Pool F	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (11)	Lost 27-29, 13-21	0:39
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool F	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (6)	Lost 21-23, 14-21	0:39
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool F	Jian Li / Zhuoxin Li, China (27, Q4)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:33
Fri, 9/11/2015	Winner 1	Chris Gregory / Jake Sheaf, England (15)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:32
Fri, 9/11/2015	Winner 2	Toms Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (23, Q2)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 9/12/2015	Winner 3	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (3)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:32

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	$10,175.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	$14,175.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Cesar Menendez												Francisco Tomas
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	0	$8,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	$5,087.50
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,875.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
30	0	0	2	0	1	3	6	7	0	$12,962.50	Total	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	0	$7,087.50

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
2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,200.00	6	4	60.0 %
2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,375.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	$6,575.00	9	9	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Cesar Menendez													Francisco Tomas
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$1,687.50	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$1,687.50
8	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	$3,287.50	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	$3,287.50

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	12	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	0	0.0%	2	10.0%	18	90.0%	0-20	0.0%	12-18	40.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	15-23	39.5%
2014-2015	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	8-9	47.1%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	12-16	42.9%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	6-10	37.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	8	13	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	19
Total	0	0	4	3	8	16	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	23

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
9/12/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Menendez/Tomas	22	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	6	Menendez/Tomas	22	23-21, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool D	Menendez/Tomas	29, Q9	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	4	21-15, 27-25	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	11	Menendez/Tomas	22	29-27, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Gregory/Sheaf, England 2-0
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Menendez/Tomas	22	Gregory/Sheaf	15	21-16, 21-10	0:32
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool D	Menendez/Tomas	29, Q9	Gregory/Sheaf	20, Q3	23-21, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 0-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 1	Eglseer/Mullner	22, Q4	Menendez/Tomas	29, Q9	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Menendez/Tomas	22	Smedins/Sorokins	23, Q2	22-20, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Bao/Ha, China 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Bao/Ha	18, Q1	Menendez/Tomas	28	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Li/Li, China 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Menendez/Tomas	22	Li/Li	27, Q4	21-10, 21-12	0:33