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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(14) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Javier Luna - 33rd
2005	Raul Mesa - 25th	Pablo Herrera - 25th
2006	Did not play	Sergio Martin - 41st
2007	Raul Mesa - 9th	Pablo Herrera - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	3	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	18	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	17	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	9	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	18	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	18	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	12	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	22	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	11	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	24	9th	400	US$11,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool C	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (19, Q3)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:41
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool C	Jan Dumek / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (30, Q6)	Won 23-25, 21-14, 15-12	1:03
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool C	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (3)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:41
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 1	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (23, Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:45
Sat, 7/26/2008	Winner 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (4)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:54

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	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	6	0	0	$77,800.00	23	27	46.0 %
2008	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	3	0	0	$82,700.00	28	24	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	46	0	0	1	1	3	2	11	4	14	6	4	$252,600.00	84	94	47.2 %
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
12	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	$38,900.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	$38,900.00
11	0	0	1	0	2	5	3	0	0	$41,350.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	5	3	0	0	$41,350.00
63	2	2	2	1	8	17	20	7	4	$171,725.00	Total	Total	64	1	1	2	1	5	16	17	11	10	$142,162.50

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%
2007-2008	36	67.9%	10	18.9%	7	13.2%	46-7	86.8%	14	22.2%	16	25.4%	33	52.4%	14-49	22.2%	36-33	52.2%	24-23	51.1%	1	0	61-56	52.1%
Against the Field	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	8	25.8%	6	19.4%	17	54.8%	8-23	25.8%	28-34	45.2%	22-16	57.9%	0	0	25-25	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	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 lead the series against the field 24-22 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-3
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-16, 21-15	0:40
6/15/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Herrera/Mesa	17	Brink/Dieckmann	2	21-19, 21-16	0:49
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	11	Herrera/Mesa	18	14-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:51
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-1
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Nummerdor/Schuil	4	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:03
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Herrera/Mesa	21	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	22-20, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 1-2
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Wu/Xu	3	Herrera/Mesa	14	21-17, 21-15	0:41
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 # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-3
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Herrera/Mesa	14	22-20, 21-15	0:54
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Herrera/Mesa	12	21-9, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
5/27/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Bronze Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	12	Herrera/Mesa	11	21-14, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 2-1
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	16	Herrera/Mesa	13	24-22, 21-15	0:49
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	22	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:01
Series tied with # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	6	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-17, 24-22	1:05
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	18	Marques/Solberg	2	21-13, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	18	Heuscher/Heyer	16	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:03
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	24	Heuscher/Heyer	7	24-22, 19-21, 15-12	1:13
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-19, 23-21	0:45
Series tied with # 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-12, 17-21, 15-7	0:51
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	12	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 3-2
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	15	Herrera/Mesa	18	21-12, 21-18	0:42
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-19, 13-21, 15-9	0:52
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	11	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	21-10, 21-19	0:38
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 # 15 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-3
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	21	Baracetti/Conde	18	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:56
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	11	Herrera/Mesa	12	23-21, 21-17	0:44
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 # 17 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	22-20, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 19, Q3 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	Herrera/Mesa	14	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 20 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Ces/Ces	29, Q1	18-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:02
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Herrera/Mesa	15	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 21 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/5/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	18	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:47
Series tied with # 23, Q1 Li/Zhou, China 1-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	14	Li/Zhou	23, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:45
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 # 25, Q2 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 2-1
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Pedrosa/Rosas	27, Q1	Herrera/Mesa	3	21-18, 21-18	0:47
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	12	Pedrosa/Rosas	28, Q4	21-17, 21-12	0:43
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q12	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Herrera/Mesa	18	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q16	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Herrera/Mesa	14	Dumek/Kubala	30, Q6	23-25, 21-14, 15-12	1:03