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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 23 - 27, 2003

(Q20) Tomas Hernandez/Juan Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico

Tomas "Cucaracha" Hernandez Arreola
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mazatlan Sinaola

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,750.00

Juan Alberto Rodriguez Ibarra
Mexico

Photo: Stan Liu

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tepic Nayarit

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB Acapulco 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$28,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	US$4,000.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Mike Garcia - 37th
1999	Did not play	Joel Sotelo - 25th
2002	Did not play	Juan Razo - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q29	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q27	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q34	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	32, Q38	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q35	41st	10	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2003	Qualifier 1	Gustavo Ferreira Dias Trabuco / Nuno Pereira, Portugal (Q45)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:31
Thu, 7/24/2003	Qualifier 2	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (Q13)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tomas Hernandez												Juan Rodriguez Ibarra
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$3,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	10	0	$25,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$3,750.00	Total	49	0	0	0	0	1	6	8	13	0	$28,250.00

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
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	8	8	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tomas Hernandez													Juan Rodriguez Ibarra
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1994	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											1995	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$1,000.00
											1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	1	$15,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	$6,750.00
											2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	$1,750.00	Total	Total	48	0	0	0	0	1	6	8	12	21	$27,250.00

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	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7	77.8%	0-9	0.0%	7-7	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	8-10	44.4%
2002-2003	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	7-5	58.3%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	8-8	50.0%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	12-12	50.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	6-9	40.0%

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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8
Total	0	0	8	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10

Head to Head Results
Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra trail the series against the field 6-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	32, Q38	21-9, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	16	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	32, Q38	21-12, 17-21, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against # 20 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Prosser/Williams	23, Q3	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q35	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # 24 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q29	Kogel/Mulder	Q4	21-16, 25-23	0:41
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kogel/Mulder	24, Q2	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q34	24-22, 18-21, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 29, Q5 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q29	21-13, 21-19	0:29
Trail the series against Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Bellaguarda/Dultra	4, Q6	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q27	22-24, 21-13, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # Q13 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q13	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q20	21-17, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q19 Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	32, Q38	Ces/Salvetti	Q27	21-13, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q22 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q34	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q31	21-11, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # Q23 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q35	Xu/Xu	Q30	21-14, 25-23	0:44
Lead the series against # Q29 Emmens/Willner, Sweden 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q27	Emmens/Willner	Q38	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q45 Ferreira Dias Trabuco/Pereira, Portugal 1-0
7/23/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q20	Ferreira Dias Trabuco/Pereira	Q45	21-13, 21-10	0:31