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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(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 Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	25, Q11	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Gerard Cabanes / Lluis de Senespleda Ferrer, Spain (Q43)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:54
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 3	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (25, Q6)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:44

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,800.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	$4,800.00	13	18	41.9 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$900.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$900.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	$4,400.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	15	$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	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	10.0%	6	30.0%	12	60.0%	2-18	10.0%	14-24	36.8%	6-16	27.3%	0	0	10-20	33.3%

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 trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Kubala/Pavlas	25, Q6	Miramontes/Virgen	Q11	21-12, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q1 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-2
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q15	21-11, 10-21, 15-13	0:50
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	21-16, 18-21, 15-6	0:46
Series tied with # 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
Lead the series against # Q10 Morikawa/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q16	Morikawa/Nishimura	Q17	15-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # Q27 Petrov/Povjakel, Estonia 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Miramontes/Virgen	Q20	Petrov/Povjakel	Q45	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q43 Cabanes/de Senespleda Ferrer, Spain 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q11	Cabanes/de Senespleda Ferrer	Q43	21-18, 21-19	0:54