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€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

(10) 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:

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 (43 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
2005	Raul Mesa - 9th	Pablo Herrera - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	2	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	14	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	9/8-10/2005	Madeira Challenger	2	3rd	48	US$3,100.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	5	1st	200	€ 20,000.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	4	7th	50	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	22	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	23	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	20	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 1	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic (7)	Won 27-25, 21-16	0:56
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 2	Eric Koreng / Kay Matysik, Germany (2)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:44
Sat, 7/22/2006	Winner 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (3)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:43
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 4	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (14)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 17-19	1:14

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
Confederation Championship	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$30,000.00
Total	56	3	1	2	1	3	4	13	5	14	6	0	$319,200.00

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
20	2	0	2	1	9	3	3	0	0	$54,500.00	Confederation Championship	8	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	$19,375.00
245	9	12	14	9	66	67	52	12	0	$963,300.00	Total	134	3	1	2	2	11	32	32	20	0	$246,312.50

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 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	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 %
2005	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$27,425.00	10	6	62.5 %
2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	$18,900.00	7	10	41.2 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,475.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	6	3	$76,300.00	26	38	40.6 %
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 %
Total	CEV	7	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	$33,900.00	15	12	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pablo Herrera													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$13,712.50	2005	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$13,712.50
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$9,450.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	$10,450.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,737.50	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,737.50
47	5	2	1	0	9	10	10	7	3	$107,025.00	Total	Total	53	3	1	1	0	7	10	8	12	11	$71,337.50

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	20	62.5%	6	18.8%	6	18.8%	26-6	81.3%	9	31.0%	8	27.6%	12	41.4%	9-20	31.0%	20-12	62.5%	15-14	51.7%	0	0	35-26	57.4%
2005-2006	10	50.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	6	40.0%	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	6-9	40.0%	10-5	66.7%	11-9	55.0%	0	0	21-14	60.0%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	10-10	50.0%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	8-10	44.4%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	6
Total	0	0	4	3	23	19	0	0	43	47	4	2	2	1	3	0	118	106

Head to Head Results
Herrera/Mesa trail the series against the field 4-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 2-4
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Egger/Laciga	7	Herrera/Mesa	26	21-13, 18-21, 18-16	1:02
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	26	Egger/Laciga	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Herrera/Mesa	2	21-13, 21-17	0:45
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Herrera/Mesa	5	Egger/Laciga	1	25-23, 21-15	0:51
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Herrera/Mesa	4	21-19, 21-14	0:33
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Herrera/Mesa	22	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Series tied with # 2 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 1-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	10	Koreng/Matysik	2	21-12, 21-14	0:44
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Koreng/Matysik	15	Herrera/Mesa	2	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Herrera/Mesa	10	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 7 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	10	Benes/Benes	7	27-25, 21-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 11 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Galli/Raffaelli		Herrera/Mesa		21-13, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 4	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Herrera/Mesa	10	21-15, 19-21, 19-17	1:14
Trail the series against Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q15	Herrera/Mesa	Q50	21-18, 22-24, 15-11	0:54