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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
July 29 - August 3, 2008

(29) 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 Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	29, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool D	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (4)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:40
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool D	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (13)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:38
Fri, 8/1/2008	Pool D	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Lione, Italy (20)	Lost By Forfeit

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	$17,500.00	17	21	44.7 %
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	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	17	$20,500.00	23	32	41.8 %
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
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	$8,750.00	2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	$8,750.00
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
28	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	18	$12,750.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	5	18	$12,250.00

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	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	10	58.8%	2-15	11.8%	20-18	52.6%	6-14	30.0%	0	1	13-17	43.3%

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 11-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q16	Rego/Santos	2	23-21, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-2
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Miramontes/Virgen	29	21-16, 21-14	0:40
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Miramontes/Virgen	29, Q5	21-12, 21-17	0:32
Series tied with # 6 "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 # 8 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	8	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q2	21-17, 24-26, 15-12	1:09
Lead the series against # 9 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q16	Doppler/Gartmayer	15	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 12 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	14	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:48
Trail the series against # 13 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-3
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	13	Miramontes/Virgen	29	21-18, 21-16	0:38
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 # 16, 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
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 2-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Miramontes/Virgen	Q23	Berg/Brinkborg	Q10	21-18, 21-19	0:45
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 # 20 Amore/Lione, Italy 0-1
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Amore/Lione	20	Miramontes/Virgen	29	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 26 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 Cerutti/Romano, Brazil 1-0
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q10	Cerutti/Romano	Q26	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q9 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 # Q17 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