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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 12 - 16, 2005

(17) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Yoselin Roque Palacios - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	11	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	19, Q4	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	31	13th	300	US$10,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q5	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	15	17th	112	US$4,750.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 1	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (16)	Won 21-12, 20-22, 15-10	0:51
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 2	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 10-15	0:47
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 2	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (18)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 3	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (10)	Lost 21-19, 22-24, 12-15	0:57

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	2	$34,250.00	23	18	56.1 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	$30,250.00	13	9	59.1 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	8	1	6	$95,375.00	56	44	56.0 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	$17,125.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	$17,125.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$15,125.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$15,125.00
34	0	0	0	0	3	13	9	3	6	$63,572.50	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	3	7	8	1	6	$47,687.50

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%
2004-2005	27	64.3%	6	14.3%	9	21.4%	33-9	78.6%	8	23.5%	8	23.5%	18	52.9%	8-26	23.5%	27-18	60.0%	14-17	45.2%	0	0	41-35	53.9%
Against the Field	41	67.2%	8	13.1%	12	19.7%	49-12	80.3%	13	21.7%	10	16.7%	37	61.7%	13-47	21.7%	82-72	53.2%	42-44	48.8%	1	0	63-58	52.1%

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
Crespo/Esteves Ribalta lead the series against the field 18-13 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	11, Q8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	23, Q6	21-18, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-3
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	29-27, 18-21, 15-11	1:04
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 # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	21	21-19, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	10	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	19-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:57
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Kadijk/Mooren	15	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 11 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Bednarczuk/Pires	8	21-16, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	24-22, 22-20	0:54
Series tied with # 15 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 # 16 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 2-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Clarke/Gerlic	16	21-12, 20-22, 15-10	0:51
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	23, Q6	Clarke/Gerlic	27, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 18 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 2-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	18	21-14, 21-18	0:36
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	14, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # 19 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 # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-14, 13-21, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 22 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	Arjona/Kadjo	16	22-24, 21-17, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 24, Q7 Hu/Zhang, China 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Hu/Zhang	28, Q8	14-21, 21-15, 19-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 25 Luciani/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Luciani/Perrotta	20	23-25, 21-15, 15-7	0:56
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	Erni/Trussel	34	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 30, Q20 Hinchley/Kloeden, Australia 2-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	Hinchley/Kloeden	27, Q12	21-16, 21-15	0:35
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Hinchley/Kloeden	Q20	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 31, Q15 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	Q29	21-13, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # Q6 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	21, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:44
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q3	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # Q13 Lu/Ren, China 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Lu/Ren	22, Q13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # Q24 Galindo/Revuelta, Mexico 1-0
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q5	Galindo/Revuelta	Q28	21-18, 21-16	0:43