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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Open
May 24 - 28, 2006

(14) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 5th	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	14	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	13	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	16	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	16	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	19	13th	120	US$4,500.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/25/2006	Winner 1	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (19)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:39
Thu, 5/25/2006	Winner 2	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (3)	Lost 21-16, 12-21, 8-15	0:43
Fri, 5/26/2006	Contender 2	Annie Martin / Katherine Zakrzewski, Canada (29, Q16)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 5/26/2006	Contender 3	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (11)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:40
Fri, 5/26/2006	Contender 4	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (25)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:37

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	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	1	0	$67,250.00	22	19	53.7 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	49	0	2	0	2	8	4	14	3	10	4	2	$297,250.00	100	78	56.2 %

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
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	$33,625.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	$33,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
58	0	2	0	2	12	20	13	6	3	$160,880.00	Total	Total	63	0	2	0	2	12	23	11	6	7	$164,210.00

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%
2005-2006	29	69.0%	5	11.9%	8	19.0%	34-8	81.0%	10	27.0%	11	29.7%	16	43.2%	10-27	27.0%	29-16	64.4%	15-19	44.1%	2	3	46-38	54.8%
Against the Field	42	60.9%	11	15.9%	16	23.2%	53-16	76.8%	17	22.1%	17	22.1%	43	55.8%	17-60	22.1%	84-72	53.8%	56-64	46.7%	2	5	73-73	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
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 31-28 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	21-10, 21-19	0:30
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 # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-9
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	21-14, 21-19	0:45
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Bede/Behar	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-16, 21-17	0:45
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	21-16, 21-15	0:39
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	By Forfeit
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-19, 21-18	0:38
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	21-18, 21-18	0:43
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:54
6/15/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	21-11, 23-21	0:34
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	16-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 10 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 2-2
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	Cook/Sanderson	24	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:47
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Cook/Sanderson	2	21-15, 27-25	0:43
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	21-15, 21-19	0:44
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	14	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 4-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Hakedal/Torlen	11	21-18, 21-13	0:40
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	Hakedal/Torlen	17	22-24, 21-15, 15-5	0:52
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 # 12 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 15 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Barrera/Hamzaoui	19	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 17 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 3-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	11	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	3	24-22, 15-21, 15-8	0:49
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool E	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	5	24-22, 18-21, 16-14	0:53
8/24/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Semi-Finals	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	5	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	1	21-19, 21-17	0:36
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	13	28-26, 21-19	0:44
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 6	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	21-17, 21-18	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 3-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19	21-17, 21-13	0:39
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
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
Trail the series against # 20 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 2-3
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	1:01
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Gattelli/Perrotta	17, Q1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	3	By Forfeit
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Gattelli/Perrotta	19	21-23, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
9/4/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 6	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	21-13, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 6	Gattelli/Perrotta	12	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	25-23, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 24 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Maxwell	22, Q3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:05
Trail the series against # 25 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	25	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Ludwig/Niedrig	30	21-11, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 29, Q16 Martin/Zakrzewski, Canada 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Martin/Zakrzewski	29, Q16	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # Q1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-2
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Barros/Connelly	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	By Forfeit
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Barros/Connelly	4	21-17, 21-14	0:37
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:54
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
Lead the series against # Q7 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 2-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	19, Q6	21-19, 21-14	0:42
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13, Q2	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	Q18	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q10 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	21	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-18, 21-18	0:38
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool B	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	2	Glesnes/Maaseide	18	21-12, 21-19	0:33
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	Glesnes/Maaseide	22, Q1	21-17, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # Q13 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Baburina/Osheyko	20, Q9	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q17 Kulna/Sannok, Thailand 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool B	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	2	Kulna/Sannok	31, Q24	20-22, 21-14, 17-15	0:46