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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 7, 2005

(22) Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain

Pablo Herrera Allepuz
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Castellon de la Plana

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

225

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$908,963.98

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$226,937.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	49	1	0	1	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	1	1	2	US$286,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,100.00
Overall	52	2	1	2	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	1	1	2	US$289,200.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	23	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	20	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	22	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	16	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	15	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	16	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	16	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 1	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (11)	Lost 24-26, 19-21	0:51
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 1	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (6)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 8-15	1:03

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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	4	1	0	$124,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	3	10	5	0	$146,800.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	52	2	1	2	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	0	$289,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pablo Herrera												Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$59,875.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,312.50
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$22,250.00	World Tour Finals
92	1	4	5	4	27	23	22	5	0	$502,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
106	5	4	6	4	22	34	22	7	0	$316,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	0	$117,375.00
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
225	7	12	12	8	57	64	49	12	0	$908,800.00	Total	126	2	1	2	1	9	30	32	19	0	$226,937.50

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
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	$40,400.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	3	$45,400.00	14	22	38.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pablo Herrera													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$8,000.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$7,437.50
11	1	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	$37,375.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$7,375.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	$20,200.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	$20,200.00
28	2	2	0	0	3	7	7	4	3	$66,575.00	Total	Total	27	1	1	0	0	0	6	4	7	8	$36,012.50

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	57	61.3%	19	20.4%	17	18.3%	76-17	81.7%	17	17.2%	20	20.2%	62	62.6%	17-82	17.2%	57-62	47.9%	36-37	49.3%	1	0	94-99	48.7%
2004-2005	13	52.0%	6	24.0%	6	24.0%	19-6	76.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	18	100.0%	0-18	0.0%	13-18	41.9%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	19-24	44.2%
Against the Field	28	62.2%	9	20.0%	8	17.8%	37-8	82.2%	6	11.5%	10	19.2%	36	69.2%	6-46	11.5%	56-72	43.8%	30-36	45.5%	0	0	43-54	44.3%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	1	18	15	0	0	11	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	38	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	22	28	1	1	0	1	1	0	52	59
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Total	0	0	4	3	23	19	0	0	39	44	3	2	2	1	2	0	105	100

Head to Head Results
Herrera/Mesa trail the series against the field 12-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	2	Herrera/Mesa	20	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:53
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Herrera/Mesa	20	21-12, 21-16	0:40
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Herrera/Mesa	22	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-2
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Insfran/Marques	6	Herrera/Mesa	22	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	1:03
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	4	Herrera/Mesa	16	22-20, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heyer/Laciga	7	Herrera/Mesa	23	23-21, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 9 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Berger/Doppler	19	Herrera/Mesa	16	16-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:00
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	17	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 25-23	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Herrera/Mesa	22	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 Gibb/Metzger, United States 0-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Gibb/Metzger	15	Herrera/Mesa	23	21-14, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	20	Kais/Vesik	11	21-17, 21-18	0:44
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	17	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 21-16	0:41
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	16	Kais/Vesik	18	21-10, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	20	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Horrem/Pettersen	10	Herrera/Mesa	22	24-22, 21-17	0:52
Lead the series against # 20 Conde/Salema, Argentina 1-0
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	22	Conde/Salema	14	25-23, 19-21, 15-5	0:57
Trail the series against # 21 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 24 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	20	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	16	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	24-22, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	16	Xu/Xu	9	21-12, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 26 Blanton/Wong, United States 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	23	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	21-18, 25-23	0:45
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	18, Q7	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Series tied with Neto/Ramos, Brazil 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	22	Neto/Ramos	5	22-20, 14-21, 22-20	1:08
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	2	Herrera/Mesa	18	21-18, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # Q8 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	16	Berg/Svensson	31, Q10	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # Q13 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	22	Prosser/Richardson	27	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # Q23 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	23	Canet/Hamel	10	21-15, 21-10	0:46
Trail the series against # Q30 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q15	Herrera/Mesa	Q50	21-18, 22-24, 15-11	0:54