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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 26 - 31, 2008

(7) 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Raul Mesa - 17th	Pablo Herrera - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	12	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 1	Oivind Hordvik / Bjorn Ingeborgrud, Norway (26)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:51
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 2	Francesco Giontella / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (23)	Won 21-16, 22-24, 15-9	0:58
Fri, 8/29/2008	Winner 3	Martins Plavins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (18)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:42
Sat, 8/30/2008	Winner 4	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Lost 21-23, 21-18, 13-15	1:07
Sat, 8/30/2008	Contender 6	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:53
Sun, 8/31/2008	Semi-Finals	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)	Won 21-18, 26-24	0:57
Sun, 8/31/2008	Gold Medal	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-13	1:05

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	13	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	3	0	0	$110,700.00	36	27	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	48	1	0	1	1	3	2	12	4	14	6	4	$280,600.00	92	97	48.7 %
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
13	1	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	0	$55,350.00	2008	FIVB	13	1	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	0	$55,350.00
65	3	2	2	1	8	18	20	7	4	$185,725.00	Total	Total	66	2	1	2	1	5	17	17	11	10	$156,162.50

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	16	61.5%	8	30.8%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	8	57.1%	2-12	14.3%	32-16	66.7%	20-12	62.5%	0	0	26-14	65.0%

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 27-13 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 2-1
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Herrera/Mesa	7	Marques/Solberg	1	22-20, 21-17	0:53
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
Series tied with # 2 "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
Series tied with # 4 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 4-4
8/10/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	12	Kais/Vesik	13	21-18, 23-21	0:44
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	16	Herrera/Mesa	18	21-17, 25-23	0:51
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Herrera/Mesa	18	Kais/Vesik	15	21-16, 21-17	0:43
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	19	Herrera/Mesa	24	21-18, 21-19	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 5 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 5-4
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Herrera/Mesa	9	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:06
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	Herrera/Mesa	12	21-17, 23-21	0:43
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	Herrera/Mesa	12	23-21, 21-13	0:39
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 4	Herrera/Mesa	11	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	21-16, 17-21, 16-14	1:03
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
Trail the series against # 6 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-2
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Gold Medal	Herrera/Mesa	7	Maciel/Schmidt	6	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	1:05
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 4	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Herrera/Mesa	7	23-21, 18-21, 15-13	1:07
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 # 8 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 2-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Herrera/Mesa	18	Doppler/Gartmayer	15	14-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:58
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	22	Doppler/Gartmayer	11	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:57
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	Herrera/Mesa	11	23-25, 21-19, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-0
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Herrera/Mesa	7	Gosch/Horst	13	21-18, 26-24	0:57
8/12/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	12	Gosch/Horst	24	21-14, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 18 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Herrera/Mesa	7	Plavins/Smedins	18	21-18, 24-22	0:42
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 Gavira/Lario, Spain 2-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	3	Gavira/Lario	13	21-15, 21-23, 15-12	1:00
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Herrera/Mesa	13	Gavira/Lario	20, Q17	21-16, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	7	Giontella/Nicolai	23	21-16, 22-24, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 26 Hordvik/Ingeborgrud, Norway 1-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	7	Hordvik/Ingeborgrud	26	25-23, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	3	Grotowski/Weaver	30, Q8	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q1 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