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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 12 - 16, 2005

(19) Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba

Dalixia Fernandez Grasset
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guantanamo

Height:

177 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$257,130.00

Tamara Larrea Peraza
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 25, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$252,410.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	13	17	25	37	41	Money
FIVB	82	0	2	0	2	10	5	1	24	9	20	7	1	1	US$473,650.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Maru Quevedo - 37th
2000	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 13th	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset - 13th
2001	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	12	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	11	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	13	4th	700	US$26,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	13, Q2	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	11	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	12	25th	54	US$3,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 1	Ying Li / Lu Wang, China (14)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:38
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 2	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (3)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 8-15	0:56
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 2	Jennifer Kessy / Holly McPeak, United States (29, Q19)	Won 14-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 3	Agatha Bednarczuk / Sandra Pires, Brazil (11)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 14-16	0:58

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$48,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	1	6	3	0	$147,950.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	0	1	0	1	7	4	16	8	13	4	0	$270,700.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	82	0	2	0	2	10	6	24	9	20	7	0	$473,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dalixia Fernandez Grasset												Tamara Larrea Peraza
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$27,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$24,000.00
22	0	1	0	0	4	4	7	4	0	$77,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	1	0	0	4	6	6	3	0	$78,975.00
65	0	1	0	1	11	27	16	7	0	$148,605.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	0	1	0	1	11	28	14	6	0	$145,935.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
96	0	2	0	2	16	36	25	11	0	$257,130.00	Total	96	0	2	0	2	16	39	21	9	0	$252,410.00

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
2000	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	0	2	$24,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	$79,000.00	27	20	57.4 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	$55,000.00	25	16	61.0 %
2004	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	0	$66,000.00	21	19	52.5 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$42,750.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	44	0	2	0	2	8	3	12	3	8	4	2	$266,750.00	88	68	56.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dalixia Fernandez Grasset													Tamara Larrea Peraza
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$700.00
											1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	2	$12,000.00	2000	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	2	$12,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	$42,250.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	$39,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	$9,505.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$14,885.00
9	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00
10	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$33,000.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$33,000.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	$21,375.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	$21,375.00
53	0	2	0	2	11	18	11	6	3	$145,630.00	Total	Total	58	0	2	0	2	11	21	9	6	7	$148,960.00

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	105	69.1%	21	13.8%	26	17.1%	126-26	82.9%	35	24.0%	29	19.9%	82	56.2%	35-111	24.0%	105-82	56.1%	56-55	50.5%	2	8	165-147	52.9%
2004-2005	27	69.2%	6	15.4%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	10	26.3%	8	21.1%	20	52.6%	10-28	26.3%	27-20	57.4%	16-14	53.3%	0	4	43-38	53.1%
Against the Field	35	64.8%	9	16.7%	10	18.5%	44-10	81.5%	16	30.2%	7	13.2%	30	56.6%	16-37	30.2%	70-52	57.4%	50-32	61.0%	1	3	62-45	57.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	12	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	17	16	0	0	14	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	37	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	16	2	0	0	45	45	1	1	0	1	0	1	109	91
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	2	0	42	23	0	0	64	69	2	2	0	2	0	2	165	147

Head to Head Results
Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza lead the series against the field 25-12 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
6/15/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Bronze Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	21-15, 25-23	0:34
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 6	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	8	21-14, 21-12	0:28
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 2-4
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:56
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Bronze Medal	Tian/Wang	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	21-13, 21-17	0:40
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	21-18, 21-15	0:43
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Tian/Wang	5	24-22, 21-15	0:38
8/24/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Gold Medal	Tian/Wang	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	5	21-17, 21-19	0:45
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	Tian/Wang	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:49
Lead the series against # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 4-0
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Pohl/Rau	8	21-14, 21-17	0:40
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool L	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	Pohl/Rau	14	21-18, 8-21, 15-9	0:49
8/30/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-13, 21-11	0:29
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	Pohl/Rau	23	19-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Scott/Youngs, United States 1-0
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 6	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Scott/Youngs	3	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:57
Series tied with # 11 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 1-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Bednarczuk/Pires	11	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:58
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	6	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Li/Wang, China 2-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	Li/Wang	14	21-17, 21-15	0:38
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Li/Wang	26	21-17, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q6	21-16, 21-13	0:33
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool E	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	Hakedal/Torlen	21	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 16 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 2-0
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	Clarke/Gerlic	21, Q1	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:51
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	8	Clarke/Gerlic	25, Q14	22-20, 31-29	0:42
Series tied with # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool B	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-14, 21-17	0:34
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	0:56
9/18/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	15-3	0:23
Lead the series against # 22 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	3	Arjona/Kadjo	19	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Bruschini/Lunardi, Italy 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	Bruschini/Lunardi	22	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 29, Q19 Kessy/McPeak, United States 2-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	Kessy/McPeak	29, Q19	14-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Kessy/McPeak	20	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # Q2 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Series tied with # Q6 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-2
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	21, Q3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	23-21, 11-21, 19-17	1:00
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	27	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	By Forfeit
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-10, 21-17	0:44
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool G	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	39	21-18, 21-8	0:29