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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(29, Q5) 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 Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	25, Q2	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB C&S	7/10-13/2008	Lausanne Satellite	1	5th	20	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q16	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q23	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q23	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	31, Q10	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2008	Qualifier 1	Rodolfo Cavaliere / Fabio Galli, Italy (Q12)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool D	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (4)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:32
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool D	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (13)	Lost 13-21, 21-23	0:37
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool D	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (20)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:39

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	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	$14,000.00	17	18	48.6 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	17	$17,000.00	23	29	44.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	$7,000.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	$7,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
27	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	18	$11,000.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	4	18	$10,500.00

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	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	10	71.4%	1-13	7.1%	12-20	37.5%	2-12	14.3%	0	0	7-16	30.4%

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
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 6-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Miramontes/Virgen	29, Q5	21-12, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 10 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
Series tied with # 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q16	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:36
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Boersma/Ronnes	13	Miramontes/Virgen	29, Q5	21-13, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Herrera/Mesa	18	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q16	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 18, Q4 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-2
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q17	Miramontes/Virgen	Q16	25-23, 21-19	0:44
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q15	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q18	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17, Q10	Miramontes/Virgen	Q7	21-16, 21-9	0:34
Trail the series against # 19, Q3 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Maciel/Schmidt	24, Q5	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q2	24-26, 22-20, 15-13	1:12
Series tied with # 20 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Miramontes/Virgen	29, Q5	Ces/Ces	20	21-19, 21-15	0:39
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 # 30, Q6 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q16	Dumek/Kubala	Q17	28-26, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q12 Cavaliere/Galli, Italy 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Miramontes/Virgen	29, Q5	Cavaliere/Galli	Q12	21-15, 21-18	0:36