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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 18 - 23, 2010

(Q25) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	22, Q12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	24, Q18	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	32, Q20	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	Q30	33rd	30	US$0.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/18/2010	Qualifier 1	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (Q8)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	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	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 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$7,600.00	11	9	55.0 %
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	22	$28,100.00	35	43	44.9 %
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$3,800.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$3,800.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
36	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	23	$16,550.00	Total	Total	37	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	6	23	$16,050.00

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%
2009-2010	11	73.3%	2	13.3%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	10	66.7%	1-14	6.7%	11-10	52.4%	3-6	33.3%	1	0	15-16	48.4%
Against the Field	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	21.1%	15	78.9%	0-19	0.0%	16-30	34.8%	0-8	0.0%	0	0	8-19	29.6%

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 8-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	8	Miramontes/Virgen	24, Q18	21-11, 21-14	0:35
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Miramontes/Virgen	31, Q10	21-15, 24-22	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	7, Q1	Miramontes/Virgen	Q17	21-18, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Laciga	7	Miramontes/Virgen	24, Q18	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 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
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
Trail the series against # 28, Q15 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-2
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	Q10	Miramontes/Virgen	Q23	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
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 # 31, Q11 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	27	Miramontes/Virgen	22, Q12	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:46
Lead the series against Kaczmarek/Schneider, Germany 1-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 1	Miramontes/Virgen	Q17	Kaczmarek/Schneider	Q16	21-9, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-2
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	Miramontes/Virgen	22, Q12	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:53
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
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Series tied with # Q8 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q8	Miramontes/Virgen	Q25	21-14, 21-18	0:39
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q30	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q3	21-13, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q14 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 2-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Miramontes/Virgen	32, Q20	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	17, Q3	21-13, 21-14	0:31
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 # Q23 Biza/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Miramontes/Virgen	22, Q12	Biza/Kufa	Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:39