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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 26 - 30, 2005

(Q9) Mayra Garcia/Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico

Mayra Garcia
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tijuana, BC

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$182,340.00

Hilda Gaxiola
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 14, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guamuchil Sinaloa

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Bali 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$98,715.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	55	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	23	1	16	4	1	US$161,430.00

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q6	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	21, Q3	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	27	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	41	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	28, Q9	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	Q2	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	24	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	21, Q2	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/1-5/2004	Italy Open	17	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	19	19th	0	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/26/2005	Qualifier 1	Bryce Barry / Natalie Lukiw, Canada (Q24)	Won 20-22, 21-14, 15-8	0:49
Tue, 7/26/2005	Qualifier 2	Xiaoyan Hu / Xi Zhang, China (27, Q8)	Lost 16-21, 25-23, 13-15	0:55

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$18,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	$35,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	17	12	0	$107,430.00
Total	55	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	24	16	0	$161,430.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mayra Garcia												Hilda Gaxiola
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$14,450.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$9,250.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	11	0	$62,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$17,750.00
76	0	0	0	0	3	18	26	18	0	$105,540.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	2	11	18	20	0	$71,715.00
116	0	0	0	0	4	24	39	29	0	$182,090.00	Total	82	0	0	0	0	2	13	26	24	0	$98,715.00

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
2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	$33,500.00	9	22	29.0 %
2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	1	$23,930.00	14	22	38.9 %
2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	3	0	$46,500.00	29	22	56.9 %
2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	$22,000.00	14	20	41.2 %
2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	$23,250.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	FIVB	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	23	15	5	$149,180.00	79	102	43.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mayra Garcia													Hilda Gaxiola
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	4	$12,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	$16,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	$16,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	1	$11,965.00	2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	1	$11,965.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	0	$23,250.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	0	$23,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	$11,000.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	1	$12,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	$11,625.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	$11,625.00
53	0	0	0	0	1	8	23	15	6	$74,590.00	Total	Total	73	0	0	0	0	2	12	25	23	11	$92,590.00

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	54	65.1%	14	16.9%	15	18.1%	68-15	81.9%	15	13.9%	14	13.0%	79	73.1%	15-93	13.9%	54-79	40.6%	29-29	50.0%	1	0	84-108	43.8%
2004-2005	18	62.1%	6	20.7%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	7	15.9%	8	18.2%	29	65.9%	7-37	15.9%	18-29	38.3%	13-13	50.0%	1	0	32-42	43.2%
Against the Field	16	59.3%	7	25.9%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	7	15.2%	5	10.9%	34	73.9%	7-39	15.2%	32-66	32.7%	28-18	60.9%	1	0	31-42	42.5%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	2	7	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	23	4	19	23	0	0	8	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	78
Total	0	0	30	6	29	39	0	0	10	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	84	108

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Gaxiola trail the series against the field 28-37 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 13 Series, 6 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 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	17	Garcia/Gaxiola	16	21-7, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-6
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Tian/Wang	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	19	21-19, 21-15	0:44
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-17, 21-10	0:35
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	8	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:31
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:43
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-5
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	5	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q9	29-27, 21-13	0:46
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:37
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	28	Pohl/Rau	5	15-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:52
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	8	Garcia/Gaxiola	26	19-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:57
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	15	Garcia/Gaxiola	18	21-16, 21-19	0:30
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	24-22, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:54
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	5, Q1	Garcia/Gaxiola	21, Q3	24-22, 21-13	0:39
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q9	21-13, 21-10	0:27
Trail the series against # 12 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	21-18, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 13 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	6	Garcia/Gaxiola	27	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	0:48
Series tied with # 14 Lahme/Musch, Germany 3-3
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Lahme/Musch	12	Garcia/Gaxiola	27	23-21, 21-12	0:37
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	9	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	21-14, 21-14	0:35
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	26	21-14, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Lahme/Musch	26, Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q1	Lahme/Musch	Q17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
7/25/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q1	Lahme/Musch	Q33	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 16 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 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
Series tied with # 17 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	12	Garcia/Gaxiola	21, Q2	21-14, 22-20	0:32
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Li/Wang, China 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Li/Wang	26, Q8	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 19 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-2
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	21, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:44
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q3	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 2-1
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Clarke/Gerlic	22, Q2	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	21-19, 26-24	0:46
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	26	Clarke/Gerlic	23	21-14, 21-14	0:36
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	Clarke/Gerlic	13	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 22 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q2	Lessard/Maxwell	Q18	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 23 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	30, Q25	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q9	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 24 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-3
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-7, 21-15	0:29
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	1	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with # 27, Q8 Hu/Zhang, China 1-1
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hu/Zhang	27, Q8	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q9	21-16, 23-25, 15-13	0:55
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool A	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	Hu/Zhang	32, Q26	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
Series tied with # 28, Q6 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q9	Kusuhara/Urata	21, Q4	21-14, 21-18	0:41
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Urata	9	Garcia/Gaxiola	24	24-22, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 31, Q7 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 0-1
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Maaseide/Wiig	23	Garcia/Gaxiola	24	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # Q2 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-2
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Garcia/Gaxiola	29, Q3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:35
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	22-20, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # Q10 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Erni/Trussel	28, Q8	Garcia/Gaxiola	21, Q2	18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:49
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool B	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	Erni/Trussel	31, Q24	21-17, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # Q11 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	24	Gschweidl/Hansel	25	23-25, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # Q14 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-1
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Claasen/Roder	26, Q11	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # Q17 Lu/Ren, China 1-0
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool A	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	Lu/Ren	32	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q19 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q5	Campisi/Lozano	10	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q20 Dumont/Fiset, Canada 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	Dumont/Fiset	27	22-24, 21-14, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # Q21 Mandana/Pol, Spain 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	Mandana/Pol	43	21-19, 21-10	0:37
Lead the series against # Q23 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 2-0
6/15/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q2	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	Q34	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	22, Q2	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	Q31	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # Q24 Barry/Lukiw, Canada 4-0
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q9	Barry/Lukiw	Q24	20-22, 21-14, 15-8	0:49
7/5/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	21, Q3	Barry/Lukiw	Q14	21-9, 21-17	0:32
5/17/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	21, Q2	Barry/Lukiw	Q15	21-10, 32-30	0:41
7/6/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	23, Q5	Barry/Lukiw	Q28	21-7, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # Q25 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q2	22-20, 19-21, 16-14