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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 ConocoPhillips Open
July 1 - 5, 2003

(Q20) 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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q20	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q29	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	25, Q11	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/1/2003	Qualifier 1	Stacey Kloeden / Renae Maycock, Australia (Q45)	Won 26-24, 21-12	0:42
Tue, 7/1/2003	Qualifier 2	Gabriele Jobst / Patricia Stragliotto, Canada (Q13)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:38
Wed, 7/2/2003	Qualifier 3	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (21, Q4)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:39

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,500.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	8	$13,000.00	9	8	52.9 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,250.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,250.00
44	0	0	1	0	1	7	9	9	17	$20,873.75	Total	Total	62	0	0	1	0	3	11	20	11	16	$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	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	14-6	70.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	8-8	50.0%

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
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-2
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q4	Almaral/Huerta	Q29	21-18, 21-15	0:38
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	24	Almaral/Huerta	25, Q11	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 21, Q4 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q4	Almaral/Huerta	Q20	21-17, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 22 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-1
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bruschini/Solazzi	5	Almaral/Huerta	28	15-5	0:33
Lead the series against 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 # Q12 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 # Q13 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 1-0
7/1/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Almaral/Huerta	Q20	Jobst/Stragliotto	Q13	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q18 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
Lead the series against # Q33 Nishimura/Yamakawa, Japan 1-0
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Almaral/Huerta	Q29	Nishimura/Yamakawa	Q36	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q45 Kloeden/Maycock, Australia 1-0
7/1/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Almaral/Huerta	Q20	Kloeden/Maycock	Q45	26-24, 21-12	0:42