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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
April 28 - May 3, 2008

(25, Q11) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Juan Virgen - 41st	Aldo Miramontes - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q16	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	Q7	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q23	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q29	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q26	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	25, Q27	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q21	41st	18	US$0.00

China Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/29/2008	Qualifier 1	Tyler Fraser / Ray Sewell, Canada (Q22)	Won 21-9, 21-16	0:32
Tue, 4/29/2008	Qualifier 2	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (Q6)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:47
Wed, 4/30/2008	Winner 1	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (8)	Lost 21-19, 21-23, 8-15	0:50
Wed, 4/30/2008	Contender 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (24)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:34

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	$3,000.00	6	11	35.3 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,800.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	$4,800.00	8	14	36.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	$1,500.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$900.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$900.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	$4,400.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	11	$3,900.00

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%
2007-2008	18	78.3%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	3	9.7%	4	12.9%	24	77.4%	3-28	9.7%	18-24	42.9%	5-7	41.7%	0	1	23-32	41.8%
Against the Field	9	69.2%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	6.3%	5	31.3%	10	62.5%	1-15	6.3%	18-20	47.4%	4-16	20.0%	0	0	11-18	37.9%

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 trail the series against the field 5-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	8	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q11	19-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 17 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	Miramontes/Virgen	Q24	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 24 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	24	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q11	21-16, 21-12	0:34
Series tied with # 27, Q8 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q13	Miramontes/Virgen	Q20	15-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:44
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 # 29, Q5 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	Miramontes/Virgen	Q23	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q6 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
4/29/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q11	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q6	23-21, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q22 Fraser/Sewell, Canada 1-0
4/29/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q11	Fraser/Sewell	Q22	21-9, 21-16	0:32