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 (42 yrs old)
Home Town: Castellon de la Plana
Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Weight: 88 kg (194 lb)
Seasons: 24
Tournaments: 225
Career Wins: 7
Career FIVB WT Wins: 6
Career Winnings: US$908,963.98
Raul Mesa
Spain
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 16, 1982 (42 yrs old)
Home Town: Zaragoza
Height: 190 cm (6'3")
Weight: 89 kg (196 lb)
Seasons: 15
Tournaments: 126
Career Wins: 2
Career FIVB WT Wins: 1 (Kristiansand 2008)
Career Winnings: US$226,937.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725334157Money
FIVB49101132134146112 US$286,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC21100000000000 US$0.00
FIVB C&S10010000000000 US$3,100.00
Overall52212132134146112 US$289,200.00
Previous Gstaad Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - 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 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
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
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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
Head to Head Results
Herrera/Mesa lead the series against the field 24-22 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-3
6/27/08FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool B Brink/Dieckmann 2 Herrera/Mesa 15 21-16, 21-15 0:40
6/15/08FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Bronze Medal Herrera/Mesa 17 Brink/Dieckmann 2 21-19, 21-16 0:49
5/16/08FIVBItalian Open Contender 4 Brink/Dieckmann 11 Herrera/Mesa 18 14-21, 21-17, 16-14 0:51
8/3/06FIVBAustria 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
6/20/08FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool D Nummerdor/Schuil 4 Herrera/Mesa 13 21-19, 18-21, 18-16 1:03
6/21/07FIVBParis 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
7/25/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool C Wu/Xu 3 Herrera/Mesa 14 21-17, 21-15 0:41
7/14/06FIVBCanada Open Contender 4 Herrera/Mesa 26 Wu/Xu 12 21-16, 21-17 0:40
7/6/06FIVBFrance 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
7/26/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 2 Barsuk/Kolodinsky 4 Herrera/Mesa 14 22-20, 21-15 0:54
6/7/07FIVBZagreb Open Winner 2 Barsuk/Kolodinsky 5 Herrera/Mesa 12 21-9, 15-21, 15-13 0:48
5/27/07FIVBItalian 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
6/20/08FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 1 Reckermann/Urbatzka 16 Herrera/Mesa 13 24-22, 21-15 0:49
3/28/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Contender 2 Herrera/Mesa 22 Reckermann/Urbatzka 5 19-21, 21-17, 15-13 1:00
6/28/07FIVBStavanger 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
6/28/08FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 1 Marques/Solberg 6 Herrera/Mesa 15 21-17, 24-22 1:05
5/22/08FIVBZagreb 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
5/10/07FIVBBahrain Open Contender 3 Herrera/Mesa 13 Schacht/Slack 11 21-17, 21-14 0:46
6/29/06FIVBNorway 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
5/16/08FIVBItalian Open Contender 2 Herrera/Mesa 18 Heuscher/Heyer 16 24-26, 21-19, 15-13 1:03
7/27/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Winner 1 Herrera/Mesa 24 Heuscher/Heyer 7 24-22, 19-21, 15-12 1:13
6/30/07FIVBStavanger 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
6/15/07FIVBEspinho Open Contender 2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 18 Herrera/Mesa 16 21-12, 17-21, 15-7 0:51
6/7/07FIVBZagreb 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
9/27/07FIVBBrazil 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
5/15/08FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Boersma/Ronnes 15 Herrera/Mesa 18 21-12, 21-18 0:42
9/28/07FIVBBrazil Open Contender 2 Boersma/Ronnes 14 Herrera/Mesa 13 21-19, 13-21, 15-9 0:52
5/24/07FIVBItalian Open Winner 2 Herrera/Mesa 11 Boersma/Ronnes 27, Q8 21-10, 21-19 0:38
5/2/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 1 Herrera/Mesa 13 Boersma/Ronnes 29, Q11 17-21, 21-14, 15-12 0:55
9/10/05FIVB C&SMadeira 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
6/22/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 1 Herrera/Mesa 21 Baracetti/Conde 18 16-21, 21-16, 15-11 0:56
6/8/07FIVBZagreb Open Contender 2 Baracetti/Conde 11 Herrera/Mesa 12 23-21, 21-17 0:44
8/5/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Winner 3 Baracetti/Conde 5 Herrera/Mesa 30, Q7 21-19, 21-17 0:42
9/14/01FIVBSpain 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
5/24/07FIVBItalian 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
7/24/08FIVBGstaad 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
9/27/07FIVBBrazil Open Contender 1 Herrera/Mesa 13 Ces/Ces 29, Q1 18-21, 22-20, 15-7 1:02
7/13/07FIVBBerlin 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
7/5/08FIVBMoscow 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
7/25/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 1 Herrera/Mesa 14 Li/Zhou 23, Q1 21-19, 21-18 0:45
5/24/06FIVBChina 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
7/18/08FIVBMarseille Open Contender 3 Pedrosa/Rosas 27, Q1 Herrera/Mesa 3 21-18, 21-18 0:47
4/30/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Contender 1 Herrera/Mesa 12 Pedrosa/Rosas 28, Q4 21-17, 21-12 0:43
6/28/06FIVBNorway 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
7/4/08FIVBMoscow 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
7/24/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool C Herrera/Mesa 14 Dumek/Kubala 30, Q6 23-25, 21-14, 15-12 1:03