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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Open
July 7 - 10, 2005

(4) 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:

Tournaments:

266

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,047,645.44

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:

Tournaments:

158

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Moscow 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$286,283.26

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	14	1	1	0	0	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$77,895.84
CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
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	67	4	2	2	1	6	7	15	6	14	6	1	1	2	US$367,095.84

Previous Valencia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Raul Mesa - 13th	Pablo Herrera - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	7	5th	60	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		13th	18	€ 1,000.00
CEV Under Age	7/29-8/1/2004	CEV U23 European Championships		1st	40	€ 0.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/8/2005	Winner 1	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (13)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:52
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 1	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (5)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:59
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 2	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (10)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 13-15	1:07

Head to Head Results
Herrera/Mesa trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	7	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	21-10, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 5 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	4	Heyer/Laciga	5	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # 10 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 0-1
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 2	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	10	Herrera/Mesa	4	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 13 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	13	Herrera/Mesa	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against 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