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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Poland Grand Slam
June 15 - 19, 2016

(32, Q12) 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 Olsztyn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	25	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	23	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	22	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	19	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	22	5th	300	US$3,375.00

Poland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/15/2016	Qualifier 1	Tamas Meszlenyi / Izsak Soos, Hungary (Q21)	Won 21-16, 21-7	0:28
Wed, 6/15/2016	Qualifier 2	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (Q5)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:31
Thu, 6/16/2016	Pool A	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (1)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:30
Fri, 6/17/2016	Pool A	Martins Plavins / Haralds Regza, Latvia (16)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:31
Fri, 6/17/2016	Pool A	Grant O'Gorman / Sam Pedlow, Canada (17)	Lost 21-15, 11-21, 11-15	0:40

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	$4,175.00	4	7	36.4 %
2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$6,800.00	4	11	26.7 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	$14,175.00	14	22	38.9 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$2,087.50	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$2,087.50
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$3,400.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$3,400.00
13	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	4	2	$7,087.50	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	2	$7,087.50

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%
2015-2016	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	0	0.0%	1	5.9%	16	94.1%	0-17	0.0%	8-16	33.3%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	9-19	32.1%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	10-14	41.7%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	7-9	43.8%

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
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
Menendez/Tomas trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-2
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool A	Kantor/Losiak	1	Menendez/Tomas	32, Q12	21-14, 21-13	0:30
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool F	Kantor/Losiak	11	Menendez/Tomas	22	21-11, 21-18	0:35
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool C	Menendez/Tomas	19	Kantor/Losiak	3	21-19, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool F	Bourne/Hyden	6	Menendez/Tomas	22	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool A	Plavins/Regza	16	Menendez/Tomas	32, Q12	21-17, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 17 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-2
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool A	O'Gorman/Pedlow	17	Menendez/Tomas	32, Q12	15-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:40
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Pedlow	18, Q1	Menendez/Tomas	23	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:53
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Menendez/Tomas	28	O'Gorman/Pedlow	7	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 29, Q6 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool G	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q10	Menendez/Tomas	23	21-13, 21-17	0:29
Trail the series against # 30, Q7 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool C	Garcia/Marco	14	Menendez/Tomas	19	21-15, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # Q5 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 2-0
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Menendez/Tomas	32, Q12	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	Q5	21-13, 21-13	0:31
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Menendez/Tomas	28	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q21 Meszlenyi/Soos, Hungary 1-0
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Menendez/Tomas	32, Q12	Meszlenyi/Soos	Q21	21-16, 21-7	0:28