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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 30, 2021

(Q16) Alejandro Huerta/Cesar Menendez, Spain

Alejandro Huerta Pastor
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 11, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Los Cristianos, Arona,Tenerife

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$34,378.24

César Menéndez Ortego
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 25, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gijon

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Baden 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$13,138.19

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	4	4	US$11,850.35

Previous Sochi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Francisco Tomas - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/9-13/2020	Doha Four Star	29, Q10	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/30-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	24	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	Q24	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	8/22-25/2019	Jurmala Three Star	21	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	Q28	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	30, Q11	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/6-10/2019	Baden One Star	11, Q2	3rd	160	€ 750.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	Q26	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q16	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/5-10/2019	Sydney Three Star	32, Q28	17th	240	US$1,500.00

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/26/2021	Qualifier 1	Maciej Rudol / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (Q17)	Lost 18-21, 23-25	0:44

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 Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$5,750.00
Total	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	$11,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alejandro Huerta												Cesar Menendez
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	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$5,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
31	1	0	0	0	0	5	3	10	1	$22,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	0	$8,087.50
16	2	0	3	5	1	2	3	0	0	$5,625.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
56	3	1	3	5	3	9	7	11	1	$33,125.00	Total	30	0	0	2	0	1	3	6	7	0	$12,962.50

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
2019	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	$5,750.00	14	12	53.8 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	7	$9,750.00	19	19	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alejandro Huerta													Cesar Menendez
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$2,087.50
											2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$3,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2018	FIVB
8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	$2,875.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	$2,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
19	0	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	7	$5,525.00	Total	Total	27	0	0	2	0	1	3	5	6	10	$11,962.50

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	11	44.0%	7	28.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	14	73.7%	3-16	15.8%	11-14	44.0%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	21-23	47.7%
2020-2021	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	4-8	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-11	38.9%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	2-16	11.1%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-10	16.7%

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 Tour Finals	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	12
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	4	4	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	9
Total	0	0	13	9	4	10	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	21	23

Head to Head Results
Huerta/Menendez trail the series against the field 1-8 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-1
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool A	Crabb/Gibb	1	Huerta/Menendez	32, Q28	11-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 0-1
5/22/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Qualifier 2	Cerutti/Filho	6, Q1	Huerta/Menendez	Q16	29-27, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Huerta/Menendez	29, Q10	21-19, 21-13	0:31
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Huerta/Menendez	30, Q11	21-16, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 21 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q5	Huerta/Menendez	Q28	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
10/31/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool H	Breer/Krattiger	9	Huerta/Menendez	24	21-18, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 Seidl/Waller, Austria 0-1
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool D	Seidl/Waller	20	Huerta/Menendez	29, Q10	21-15, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against Brunner/Schalk, United States 1-0
3/8/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Qualifier 1	Huerta/Menendez	Q15	Brunner/Schalk	Q18	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # Q17 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/26/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Qualifier 1	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	Q17	Huerta/Menendez	Q16	21-18, 25-23	0:44