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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Japan Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(16, Q2) Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba

Milagros Victoria Crespo Valle
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cabaiguan

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$179,572.50

Imara Esteves Ribalta
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

171 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$171,737.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	67	0	0	0	0	3	7	16	10	21	4	5	1	US$327,375.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	13, Q4	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	Q4	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	18, Q3	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	26	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	20	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/22-24/2003	Bali Open	7	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	15	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	20, Q7	17th	108	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	15, Q4	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q4	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	24	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Nancy Gougeon / Wanda Guenette, Canada (Q15)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Alexandra Fonseca / Monica Rodrigues, Brazil (17)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:40
Fri, 6/4/2004	Contender 1	Zhengqing Ren / Chen Xue, China (32, Q23)	Won 27-25, 21-14	0:44
Fri, 6/4/2004	Contender 2	Shaylyn Bede / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (18)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:50

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$19,375.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	10	2	0	$118,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	0	0	3	5	10	9	10	2	0	$189,400.00
Total	67	0	0	0	0	3	7	16	10	21	4	0	$327,375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Milagros Crespo												Imara Esteves Ribalta
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,687.50	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$13,187.50
23	0	0	0	0	2	7	10	2	0	$64,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	2	0	$61,850.00
49	0	0	0	0	8	23	11	4	0	$105,585.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	0	0	0	0	8	19	10	4	0	$96,700.00
76	0	0	0	0	10	32	22	6	0	$179,572.50	Total	72	0	0	0	0	10	26	23	6	0	$171,737.50

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
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	3	$30,875.00	20	17	54.1 %
2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$10,000.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	0	4	$40,875.00	29	24	54.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Milagros Crespo													Imara Esteves Ribalta
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
8	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$14,885.00	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	$15,437.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	$15,437.50
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$5,000.00
23	0	0	0	0	1	9	7	2	4	$36,322.50	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0	4	$20,437.50

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	104	71.2%	16	11.0%	26	17.8%	120-26	82.2%	28	21.1%	21	15.8%	84	63.2%	28-105	21.1%	104-84	55.3%	44-47	48.4%	1	0	149-131	53.2%
2003-2004	30	76.9%	5	12.8%	4	10.3%	35-4	89.7%	7	18.4%	4	10.5%	27	71.1%	7-31	18.4%	30-27	52.6%	12-8	60.0%	1	0	43-35	55.1%
Against the Field	25	61.0%	7	17.1%	9	22.0%	32-9	78.0%	12	23.1%	7	13.5%	33	63.5%	12-40	23.1%	50-64	43.9%	38-32	54.3%	1	0	45-48	48.4%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	12	2	20	16	0	0	7	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	42
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	3	9	6	0	0	32	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	95	80
Total	0	0	24	5	33	27	0	0	41	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	149	131

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 16-16 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:41
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	24-22, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-17, 21-11	0:34
8/23/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	21-17, 21-7	0:32
Trail the series against # 8 Lochowicz/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Lochowicz/Pottharst	10, Q6	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q3	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:57
Trail the series against # 11 Dumont/Martin, Canada 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Dumont/Martin	14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	13, Q4	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Kadijk/Leenstra	13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-17, 26-24	0:44
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool B	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-14, 21-17	0:34
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 15 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	17	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	16, Q2	22-20, 21-16	0:40
Series tied with # 18 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Bede/Ribeiro	18	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	16, Q2	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	13, Q4	Bede/Ribeiro	20	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	1:05
Trail the series against # 19 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Gattelli/Perrotta	15	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	21-14, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 21 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	24	21-13, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 26 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	Glesnes/Maaseide	18	16-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against # 28 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q3	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 29, Q3 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Hakedal/Torlen	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26	21-19, 21-17	0:44
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	Hakedal/Torlen	Q13	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 32, Q23 Ren/Xue, China 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	16, Q2	Ren/Xue	32, Q23	27-25, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against Hong/Yan, China 1-0
5/26/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	13, Q4	Hong/Yan	Q29	19-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # Q6 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	24	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	9	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q13 Nagy/Petho, Hungary 1-0
8/23/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Nagy/Petho	12	21-16, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q10	17-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:48
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	Lessard/Maxwell	31, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Gougeon/Guenette, Canada 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	16, Q2	Gougeon/Guenette	Q15	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q17 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	Nystrom/Nystrom	31	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # Q18 Nurjanah/Yudhani Rahayu, Indonesia 1-0
8/23/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Pool G	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Nurjanah/Yudhani Rahayu	10	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # Q19 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
5/27/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	13, Q4	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q20	21-18, 21-17	0:35
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q10	21-19, 21-12	0:29