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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 13 - 17, 2012

(27, Q26) Igor Hernandez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela

Igor Hernandez Colina
Venezuela

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Carlos

Height:

184 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Anapa 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$53,000.00

Jesus Villafañe Marquina
Venezuela

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Barinas

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$69,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	42	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	9	1	7	10	10	US$77,800.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Jesus Villafane - 25th	Igor Hernandez - 25th
2010	Jesus Villafane - 41st	Igor Hernandez - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	32	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	Q25	41st	24	US$0.00

Grand Slam Rome Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2012	Qualifier 1	Christian Redmann / Ben Saxton, Canada (Q7)	Won 21-14, 11-21, 15-13	0:45
Wed, 6/13/2012	Qualifier 2	John Garcia-Thompson / Steve Grotowski, England (Q23)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 6/14/2012	Pool O	Marcio Araujo / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (6)	Lost 19-21, 8-21	0:34
Thu, 6/14/2012	Pool O	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (11)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:36
Fri, 6/15/2012	Pool O	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (22)	Lost 12-21, 21-16, 7-15	0:43

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$26,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	4	0	$44,700.00
Total	42	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	10	7	0	$77,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Igor Hernandez												Jesus Villafane
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$13,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	$29,050.00
49	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	10	0	$36,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	0	0	0	0	3	5	11	10	0	$33,675.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
75	0	0	0	0	1	5	15	13	0	$53,000.00	Total	79	0	1	0	0	4	6	20	13	0	$69,875.00

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
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$17,400.00	10	8	55.6 %
2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	$20,100.00	11	14	44.0 %
2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	6	8	42.9 %
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$8,600.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	3	14	$48,100.00	33	42	44.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Igor Hernandez													Jesus Villafane
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,000.00	2005	FIVB
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	$4,000.00	2007	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	4	$12,300.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	6	$10,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	$10,050.00	2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	$10,050.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$4,300.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$4,300.00
55	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	9	31	$37,150.00	Total	Total	39	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	5	23	$25,850.00

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	31	59.6%	10	19.2%	11	21.2%	41-11	78.8%	6	9.8%	5	8.2%	50	82.0%	6-55	9.8%	31-50	38.3%	16-16	50.0%	2	3	49-69	41.5%
2011-2012	4	40.0%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	4-12	25.0%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	9-18	33.3%
Against the Field	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	4-5	44.4%	0	0.0%	4	13.8%	25	86.2%	0-29	0.0%	2-48	4.0%	6-18	25.0%	0	1	4-34	10.5%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	13	5	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	6	6	6	0	0	9	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	34
Total	0	0	21	19	13	23	0	0	9	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	69

Head to Head Results
Hernandez/Villafane trail the series against the field 3-22 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 14 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Araujo/Solberg	6	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	21-19, 21-8	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Hernandez/Villafane	23, Q5	21-13, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Lupo/Nicolai	Q11	Hernandez/Villafane	Q22	21-17, 21-8	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	20	Hernandez/Villafane	29, Q19	21-16, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 11 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-4
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	21-18, 21-17	0:36
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool J	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Hernandez/Villafane	32	21-14, 21-15	0:34
6/16/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Hernandez/Villafane	Q19	21-15, 21-17	0:33
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	Hernandez/Villafane	23, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-2
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Hernandez/Villafane	29, Q19	21-19, 21-12	0:34
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Hernandez/Villafane	Q19	14-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	Q16	Hernandez/Villafane	Q17	21-15, 26-24	0:47
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	34, Q14	Hernandez/Villafane	31, Q3	12-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 15 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-2
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	19, Q5	Hernandez/Villafane	32	21-16, 13-21, 15-9	0:44
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	Q4	Hernandez/Villafane	Q29	21-12, 17-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 17 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	11	Hernandez/Villafane	22	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	Hernandez/Villafane	Q20	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-1
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Skarlund/Spinnangr	22	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	21-12, 16-21, 15-7	0:43
Lead the series against # Q1 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool J	Hernandez/Villafane	32	Klemperer/Koreng	16, Q2	21-17, 16-21, 22-20	1:00
Trail the series against # Q5 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	31, Q11	Hernandez/Villafane	Q22	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:49
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	8	Hernandez/Villafane	14	22-20, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # Q7 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 1-0
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	Redmann/Saxton	Q7	21-14, 11-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # Q10 Ces/Ces, France 0-2
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	28, Q2	Hernandez/Villafane	Q15	21-15, 21-14	0:38
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	2	Hernandez/Villafane	15	21-15, 21-10	0:36
Trail the series against # Q19 Binstock/Reader, Canada 0-1
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Qualifier 2	Binstock/Reader	Q13	Hernandez/Villafane	Q20	17-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # Q23 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-0
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q23	21-14, 21-14	0:37