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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Open
October 25 - 29, 2006

(7) 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 Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	7	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	7	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	7	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	17	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	20	7th	400	US$11,200.00
FIVB	7/19-22/2006	St. Petersburg Open	14	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	26, Q2	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	26, Q3	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Mexico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/26/2006	Winner 1	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (26, Q4)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:46
Thu, 10/26/2006	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (23, Q12)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-7	1:08
Fri, 10/27/2006	Winner 3	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (2)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:41
Fri, 10/27/2006	Contender 4	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (14)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:44
Fri, 10/27/2006	Contender 5	Geeske Banck / Susanne Lahme, Germany (27, Q10)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:47
Sat, 10/28/2006	Contender 6	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (5)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:45

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	1	1	$48,750.00	18	17	51.4 %
2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	3	0	0	$78,100.00	34	22	60.7 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	6	12	2	6	$191,975.00	95	74	56.2 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	1	$24,375.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	1	$24,375.00
11	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	0	0	$39,050.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	0	0	$39,050.00
49	0	0	0	0	8	18	13	4	6	$111,872.50	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	0	8	12	12	2	6	$95,987.50

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%
2005-2006	40	72.7%	5	9.1%	10	18.2%	45-10	81.8%	9	22.5%	8	20.0%	23	57.5%	9-31	22.5%	40-23	63.5%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	54-41	56.8%
Against the Field	44	69.8%	4	6.3%	15	23.8%	48-15	76.2%	12	20.7%	10	17.2%	36	62.1%	12-46	20.7%	88-70	55.7%	32-50	39.0%	1	0	61-60	50.4%

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
Crespo/Esteves Ribalta lead the series against the field 34-29 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	21-12, 21-17	0:35
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 # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-3
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-13, 21-16	0:41
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	21-15, 24-22	0:35
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 # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-3
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	21-19, 21-12	0:39
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:35
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 4 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 3-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	22-20, 21-17	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 5 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-5
10/28/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 6	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-16, 21-19	0:45
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 5	Hakedal/Torlen	6	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:48
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	10	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-16, 22-20	0:35
9/2/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 5	Hakedal/Torlen	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-19, 21-16	0:40
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 # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-16, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-3
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	16-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-14, 21-13	0:31
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-15, 21-9	0:37
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	16	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-13, 21-17	0:33
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 # 12 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 # 13 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Petrova/Skalnikova	32, Q16	21-18, 21-12	0:33
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19	Petrova/Skalnikova	30, Q20	21-12, 21-9	0:27
Lead the series against # 14 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Claasen/Roder	14	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-12, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-3
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Gattelli/Perrotta	22	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	20	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	28-26, 21-18	0:47
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 # 18 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-3
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19	21-17, 21-13	0:39
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
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
Series tied with # 19 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	26	21-16, 26-24	0:44
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	24-22, 22-20	0:54
Lead the series against # 20 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22, Q3	21-12, 21-19	0:35
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 # 21 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 5-2
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Kadijk/Mooren	18	21-19, 21-18	0:43
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Kadijk/Mooren	16	21-16, 21-16	0:34
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Kadijk/Mooren	13	21-16, 21-13	0:37
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	Kadijk/Mooren	7	26-24, 21-17	0:44
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	26, Q2	Kadijk/Mooren	7	21-16, 21-12	0:32
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
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 23, Q12 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	19-21, 21-13, 15-7	1:08
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 24, Q9 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Jursone/Minusa	25, Q6	21-18, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q4	21-19, 21-12	0:46
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	21-11, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q10 Banck/Lahme, Germany 1-0
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 5	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	21-19, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against Dodd/Reynolds, United States 2-1
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q6	Dodd/Reynolds	15, Q5	21-13, 21-17	0:36
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dodd/Reynolds	15, Q5	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q4	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18, Q3	Dodd/Reynolds	16, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q2 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 3-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Lessard/Maxwell	16	21-17, 21-12	0:37
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	Q4	21-15, 18-21, 19-17	0:56
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 # Q5 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24, Q2	21-15, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # Q7 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 1-0
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Labee/de Vries	26, Q7	21-17, 21-15	0:45