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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$340,000 French Open
July 23 - 25, 1998

(Q8) Laura Almaral/Mayra Huerta, Mexico

Laura Almaral Palafox
Mexico

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 23, 1960 (65 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guadalajara

Height:

166 cm (5'5")

Weight:

52 kg (114 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Porto San Giorgio 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$21,873.75

Mayra Huerta
Mexico

Photo: Greg Johnson

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Morelia

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Porto San Giorgio 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$48,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	8	7	3	5	1	US$32,800.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,700.00
Overall	35	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	8	7	3	5	1	US$35,500.00

Previous Marseille Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-5/1998	Italian Open	Q3	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-21/1998	Canada Open	28	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/26-3/1/1998	Brazil Open	30	25th	34	US$1,400.00
FIVB	10/30-11/2/1997	Brazil Open	29	25th	16	US$800.00
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	Q15	33rd	42	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Korea Open	32	25th	24	US$1,100.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Japan Open	27	17th	48	US$1,600.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Portugal Open	Q25	41st	10	US$0.00

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	8	0	$28,300.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	35	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	8	0	$35,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Laura Almaral												Mayra Huerta
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,625.00
4	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	1	0	$1,250.00
39	0	0	0	0	0	7	8	10	0	$18,273.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	0	0	0	0	2	9	17	10	0	$40,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,275.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
47	0	0	1	0	1	7	9	10	0	$21,873.75	Total	69	0	0	1	0	3	11	20	11	0	$48,450.00

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
1997	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Laura Almaral													Mayra Huerta
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$531.25	1993	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,561.25	1994	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	$1,031.25	1995	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	2	$3,000.00
											1996	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,000.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$1,750.00	1997	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$2,300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,700.00	1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,700.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	4	7	$6,573.75	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	4	6	$9,525.00

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	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	8-3	72.7%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	11-10	52.4%
1997-1998	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-3	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
World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Total	0	0	9	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	10

Head to Head Results
Almaral/Huerta lead the series against the field 1-0 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # Q14 Miranda/Trevino, Mexico 1-0
9/10/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Almaral/Huerta	Q15	Miranda/Trevino	Q18	15-7	0:28