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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 World Series 13
July 14 - 20, 2008

(Q15) Benigna Fernandez/Alejandra Simon, Spain

Benigna Fernandez Rodriguez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oviedo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U21 World Championships Le Lavandou 2001)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,000.00

Alejandra Simon Marta
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vigo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Laredo 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Barcelona 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$2,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	57	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	US$0.00

Previous Marseille Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	Q39	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q34	57th	6	US$0.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/14/2008	Country Quota	Catalina Maria Pol / Rocio Ruiz, Spain	Won 16-21, 21-18, 19-17	0:58
Tue, 7/15/2008	Qualifier 1	Jill Jasbar / Kerstin Pichler, Austria (Q18)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:34
Tue, 7/15/2008	Qualifier 2	Ester Alcon / Olga Matveeva, Spain (22, Q2)	Lost 22-20, 16-21, 8-15	0:49

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benigna Fernandez												Alejandra Simon
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	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$2,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	Satellite	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	$3,000.00	Total	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,850.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benigna Fernandez													Alejandra Simon
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	1	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$825.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8	$2,000.00	Total	Total	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$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	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
2007-2008	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3

Head to Head Results
Fernandez/Simon lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 0-1
7/15/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	22, Q2	Fernandez/Simon	Q15	20-22, 21-16, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against Pol/Ruiz, Spain 1-0
7/14/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Country Quota	Fernandez/Simon	Q15	Pol/Ruiz		16-21, 21-18, 19-17	0:58
Lead the series against # Q18 Jasbar/Pichler, Austria 1-0
7/15/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Simon	Q15	Jasbar/Pichler	Q18	21-17, 21-19	0:34