Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Bahrain Open
May 8 - 12, 2007

(13) 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 Manama Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	30, Q7	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q5	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	26	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	25	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	28, Q5	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	17	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Bahrain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/9/2007	Winner 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (20)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:46
Wed, 5/9/2007	Contender 1	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (29, Q12)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 5/10/2007	Contender 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:34
Thu, 5/10/2007	Contender 3	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (11)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:46
Thu, 5/10/2007	Contender 4	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (16)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:35

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	$52,400.00	18	22	45.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00	5	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	$34,700.00	14	15	48.3 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$9,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	6	6	4	$101,100.00	37	47	44.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00	5	0	100.0 %
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
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	$26,200.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	$26,200.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	$17,350.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	$18,350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,500.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,500.00
42	2	2	1	0	5	9	12	7	4	$95,975.00	Total	Total	43	1	1	1	0	2	8	9	11	10	$66,412.50

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%
2006-2007	21	58.3%	9	25.0%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	7	16.3%	12	27.9%	24	55.8%	7-36	16.3%	21-24	46.7%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	37-42	46.8%
Against the Field	34	69.4%	7	14.3%	8	16.3%	41-8	83.7%	11	19.3%	11	19.3%	35	61.4%	11-46	19.3%	68-70	49.3%	36-38	48.6%	0	0	52-54	49.1%

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 18-20 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-15, 21-16	0:39
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 # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	13	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-18, 21-14	0:34
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Herrera/Mesa	26	21-16, 21-16	0:35
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Herrera/Mesa	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:57
Series tied with # 4 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Herrera/Mesa	26	Wu/Xu	12	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	8	Herrera/Mesa	25	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	5	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:42
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	2	Herrera/Mesa	31	21-13, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 4-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-18, 20-22, 15-11	0:54
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	14	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	22-20, 21-16	0:42
9/10/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Semi-Finals	Herrera/Mesa	2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	1	23-25, 10-21	0:40
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 # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	13	Schacht/Slack	11	21-17, 21-14	0:46
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Schacht/Slack	5	18-21, 27-25, 15-13	1:09
Series tied with # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-2
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	16	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-14, 21-16	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 17 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-2
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-15, 21-15	0:37
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Leinemann/VanHuizen	20	21-18, 15-21, 17-15	1:06
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	16	Herrera/Mesa	15	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # 20 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-2
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	24-22, 21-18	0:46
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	Herrera/Mesa	25	21-12, 21-18	0:48
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	20	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q12	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 24 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-3
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	30	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-19, 21-16	0:45
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	Gscheidle/Schnider	Q10	21-23, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q6	Herrera/Mesa	23	19-21, 21-18, 15-2	1:00
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q12	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 31, Q15 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Boersma/Ronnes	29, Q11	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:55
9/10/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Bronze Medal	Herrera/Mesa	2	Boersma/Ronnes	5	21-14, 21-17	0:47
Trail the series against # Q11 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	32	Herrera/Mesa	17	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # Q39 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