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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2003

(29, Q10) Javier Bosma/Raul Mesa, Spain

Javier Bosma Minguez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Figueras

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Lianyungang 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$306,344.69

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$283,052.56

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$847.35
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	US$9,000.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	US$9,847.35

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Sixto Jimenez - 9th	Did not play
1996	Sixto Jimenez - 9th	Did not play
1997	Fabio Diez - 5th	Did not play
1998	Fabio Diez - 17th	Did not play
1999	Fabio Diez - 4th	Did not play
2000	Fabio Diez - 25th	Did not play
2001	Antonio Cotrino - 13th	Did not play
2002	Antonio Cotrino - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		19th	10	€ 750.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q8	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	28, Q10	25th	60	US$3,500.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 1	Yoyi Rodriguez / Francisco Rodriguez Herrera, Spain (Q23)	Won 21-18, 21-9	0:32
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 2	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (Q7)	Won 17-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:03
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool D	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (13)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:37
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool D	Eric Fonoimoana / Dax Holdren, United States (20)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:39
Fri, 7/18/2003	Pool D	Harley Marques / Franco Neto, Brazil (4)	Lost 9-21, 18-21	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$9,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Javier Bosma												Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	$14,575.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$15,312.50
24	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	7	5	$40,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	16	$91,100.00
106	1	1	3	1	18	32	32	13	5	$210,167.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	11	$117,375.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Goodwill Games
7	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$11,375.00	Confederation Championship	8	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	$19,375.00
147	1	3	3	2	25	40	42	21	10	$279,267.50	Total	134	3	1	2	2	11	32	32	20	31	$246,312.50

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
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$6,500.00	6	7	46.2 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$6,500.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Javier Bosma													Raul Mesa
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	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	1992	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1994	CEV
17	0	1	1	0	5	6	3	1	0	$34,250.00	1995	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	0	$13,500.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	0	0	$18,850.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	1	0	$32,600.00	1998	FIVB
13	0	0	1	1	3	5	3	0	0	$41,750.00	1999	FIVB
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,512.50	1999	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	6	0	$14,250.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	1	$17,625.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	$11,717.50	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	$4,250.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
113	0	3	4	2	18	33	31	17	5	$201,005.00	Total	Total	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	$4,625.00

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	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	25.0%	0	0.0%	9	75.0%	3-9	25.0%	4-9	30.8%	5-0	100.0%	0	0	9-9	50.0%
2002-2003	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	25.0%	0	0.0%	9	75.0%	3-9	25.0%	4-9	30.8%	5-0	100.0%	0	0	9-9	50.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	9	81.8%	2-9	18.2%	2-18	10.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	9	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10

Head to Head Results
Bosma/Mesa trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Marques/Neto	4	Bosma/Mesa	29, Q10	21-9, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Bosma/Mesa	28, Q10	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Hoidalen/Kjemperud		Bosma/Mesa		21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Alvarez/Rossell	12	Bosma/Mesa	28, Q10	21-15, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Bosma/Mesa	29, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Bosma/Mesa		21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 20 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Fonoimoana/Holdren	20	Bosma/Mesa	29, Q10	22-20, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 22, Q6 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Bosma/Mesa	28, Q10	Prosser/Williams	Q7	21-17, 24-26, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 30, Q18 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 0-1
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Bosma/Mesa		15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 31, Q13 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	Bosma/Mesa	Q8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # Q2 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Horrem/Maaseide	21	Bosma/Mesa	28, Q10	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # Q7 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bosma/Mesa	29, Q10	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q7	17-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:03
Lead the series against # Q20 Huseby/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bosma/Mesa	28, Q10	Huseby/Skarlund	Q23	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q21 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open		Bosma/Mesa		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-18, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # Q23 Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bosma/Mesa	29, Q10	Rodriguez/Rodriguez Herrera	Q23	21-18, 21-9	0:32