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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

(25, Q27) Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico

Aldo Miramontes
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Villa de Alvarez, Colima

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$16,950.00

Juan Virgen
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago Ixcuintla

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$194,150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	13	14	2	US$28,100.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,000.00
Overall	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6	13	14	2	US$29,100.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q21	41st	18	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 1	Daniel Hupfer / Paul Schroffenegger, Austria (Q38)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:33
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 2	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (Q6)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:46
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 3	Alexey Sidorenko / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q11)	Won 21-9, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 1	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (8)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (24)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 6-15	0:46
Fri, 5/25/2007	Contender 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (23)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:42

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$12,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	$16,000.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	40	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6	0	$29,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aldo Miramontes												Juan Virgen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$19,700.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	0	0	0	3	7	12	6	0	$93,675.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	$10,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	0	1	4	0	5	10	17	16	0	$69,725.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
44	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9	0	$16,950.00	Total	134	0	2	4	1	9	22	32	23	2	$194,150.00

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
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aldo Miramontes													Juan Virgen
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
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	$3,000.00

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	29	72.5%	5	12.5%	6	15.0%	34-6	85.0%	4	8.5%	9	19.1%	34	72.3%	4-43	8.5%	29-34	46.0%	9-15	37.5%	1	1	39-50	43.8%
2006-2007	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	6-9	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	5	23.8%	16	76.2%	0-21	0.0%	18-32	36.0%	2-12	14.3%	0	0	10-22	31.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	10	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	28	19	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	33
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	33	29	3	6	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	52

Head to Head Results
Miramontes/Virgen lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 8 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	8	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	23	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	21-15, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 24 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	21-16, 18-21, 15-6	0:46
Lead the series against # Q6 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	Berg/Brinkborg	Q6	22-20, 21-19	0:46
Series tied with # Q11 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q11	21-9, 21-16	0:36
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q12	Miramontes/Virgen	Q21	22-20, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # Q38 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q38	21-14, 21-16	0:33