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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major, Five Star
July 3 - 9, 2017

(25) Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba

Nivaldo Nadhir Díaz Gomez
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 24, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Habana

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Langkawi 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$33,950.00

Sergio Reynaldo Gonzalez Bayard
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Holguin

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Langkawi 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$35,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	4	1	1	US$67,900.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q8	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	19	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	23	17th	160	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	14	5th	240	US$2,900.00
FIVB	4/15-16/2017	Langkawi One Star	1	1st	200	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	21	5th	0	US$0.00

Gstaad Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool H	Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (8)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:36
Thu, 7/6/2017	Pool H	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (9)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:32
Fri, 7/7/2017	Pool H	Grant O'Gorman / Michael Plantinga, Canada (24)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 7/8/2017	Winner 2	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Nikita Liamin, Russia (7)	Lost 22-24, 16-21	0:41

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	$20,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$17,900.00
Total	17	1	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	4	1	0	$67,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nivaldo Diaz												Sergio Gonzalez
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$10,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$10,000.00
6	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
17	1	0	2	0	2	6	4	1	0	$33,950.00	Total	21	1	0	2	0	2	7	4	1	0	$35,650.00

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
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2017	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	$17,400.00	11	7	61.1 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	$28,400.00	18	10	64.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nivaldo Diaz													Sergio Gonzalez
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$8,700.00	2017	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$8,700.00
8	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	1	$14,200.00	Total	Total	9	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	$14,200.00

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	27	77.1%	6	17.1%	2	5.7%	33-2	94.3%	7	22.6%	9	29.0%	15	48.4%	7-24	22.6%	27-15	64.3%	13-11	54.2%	1	0	41-26	61.2%
2016-2017	14	82.4%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3-8	27.3%	14-4	77.8%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	19-9	67.9%
Against the Field	12	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	3	20.0%	2	13.3%	10	66.7%	3-12	20.0%	24-18	57.1%	10-6	62.5%	1	0	18-12	60.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	5	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	12
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	10	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	17	8
Total	0	0	2	1	19	11	0	0	16	12	1	2	2	0	1	0	41	26

Head to Head Results
Diaz/Gonzalez lead the series against the field 9-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 7 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-2
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Liamin	7	Diaz/Gonzalez	25	24-22, 21-16	0:41
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool G	Krasilnikov/Liamin	10	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	17-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:42
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 2	Diaz/Gonzalez	14	Krasilnikov/Liamin	3	21-16, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool H	Diaz/Gonzalez	25	Beeler/Krattiger	8	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool H	Diaz/Gonzalez	25	Cerutti/Schmidt	9	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	Gavira/Herrera	18	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool C	Bryl/Fijalek	14	Diaz/Gonzalez	19	21-18, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Doppler/Horst	13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool G	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q4	10-21, 21-13, 15-13
Lead the series against # 22 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-15, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 24 O'Gorman/Plantinga, Canada 1-0
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool H	Diaz/Gonzalez	25	O'Gorman/Plantinga	24	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 1	Carambula/Ranghieri	18	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	21-16, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # Q4 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 3	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	11	Diaz/Gonzalez	14	22-20, 13-21, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # Q7 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
6/27/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	23, Q9	Diaz/Gonzalez	Q8	22-20, 24-26, 15-12	0:50