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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 11 - 15, 2003

(25, Q11) 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 Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Wed, 6/11/2003

Qualifier 1

Nagwa Fouad / Tahani Toson, Egypt (Q54)

Won 21-10, 21-9

0:27

Thu, 6/12/2003

Qualifier 2

Junko Makabe / Miho Makabe, Japan (Q43)

Won 22-20, 21-14

0:44

Thu, 6/12/2003

Qualifier 3

Tatiana Barrera / Andrea Luge, France (Q6)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:45

Fri, 6/13/2003

Pool H

Katerina Nikolaidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (9)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Almaral	Total	19	9	N/A	N/A	0	10	2	N/A
	1	19	9	N/A	N/A	0	10	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mayra Huerta	Total	23	16	N/A	N/A	2	4	0	N/A
	1	23	16	N/A	N/A	2	4	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/13/2003

Pool H

Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (24)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Almaral	Total	26	14	N/A	N/A	0	10	1	N/A
	1	26	14	N/A	N/A	0	10	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mayra Huerta	Total	23	12	N/A	N/A	2	9	0	N/A
	1	23	12	N/A	N/A	2	9	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/14/2003

Pool H

Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (8)

Lost 18-21, 21-16, 7-15

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Almaral	Total	20	12	N/A	N/A	0	16	1	N/A
	1	20	12	N/A	N/A	0	16	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mayra Huerta	Total	31	15	N/A	N/A	2	11	2	N/A
	1	31	15	N/A	N/A	2	11	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Laura Almaral	65	35	N/A	N/A	0	36	4	N/A
Mayra Huerta	77	43	N/A	N/A	6	24	2	N/A
Total	142	78	N/A	N/A	6	60	6	N/A
Opponents	162	89	N/A	N/A	7	70	9	N/A

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 %
1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$7,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	5	$13,000.00	6	5	54.5 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$2,400.00	1998	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$2,400.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$3,500.00	1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$3,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	$7,500.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	3	$9,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2001	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	$22,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
41	0	0	1	0	1	7	9	9	14	$20,873.75	Total	Total	59	0	0	1	0	3	11	20	11	13	$48,450.00

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%
2002-2003	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	9-7	56.3%
Against the Field	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	16-6	72.7%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	9-8	52.9%

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
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Almaral/Huerta	25, Q11	21-18, 16-21, 15-7	0:56
Lead the series against # 9 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Almaral/Huerta	25, Q11	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	9	21-15, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Gattelli/Perrotta	22	Almaral/Huerta	28	15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 18 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-1
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bruschini/Solazzi	5	Almaral/Huerta	28	15-5	0:33
Trail the series against # 24 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	24	Almaral/Huerta	25, Q11	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q6 Barrera/Luge, France 1-0
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Almaral/Huerta	25, Q11	Barrera/Luge	Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # Q43 Makabe/Makabe, Japan 1-0
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Almaral/Huerta	25, Q11	Makabe/Makabe	Q43	22-20, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # Q54 Fouad /Toson, Egypt 1-0
6/11/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Almaral/Huerta	25, Q11	Fouad /Toson	Q54	21-10, 21-9	0:27