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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 23 - 27, 2003

(26, Q3) 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:

140

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Lianyungang 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$277,892.50

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$226,937.50

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Sixto Jimenez - 3rd	Did not play
1996	Sergio Camarero - 25th	Did not play
1997	Fabio Diez - 13th	Did not play
1998	Fabio Diez - 13th	Did not play
1999	Fabio Diez - 13th	Did not play
2000	Fabio Diez - 13th	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
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	29, Q10	25th	54	US$3,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2003	Qualifier 2	Damian Lisiecki / Daniel Plinski, Poland (Q35)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:34
Thu, 7/24/2003	Qualifier 3	Kevin Ces / Yannick Salvetti, France (Q19)	Won 15-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:01
Fri, 7/25/2003	Pool G	Nelson Brizida / Jose Pedrosa, Portugal (10)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:43
Fri, 7/25/2003	Pool G	Jose Loiola / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (23, Q2)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:35
Sat, 7/26/2003	Pool G	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (7)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:43

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	0	$2,500.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$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	0	$15,312.50
24	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	7	0	$40,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
106	1	1	3	1	18	32	32	13	0	$210,167.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	0	$117,375.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$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
140	1	2	3	2	24	39	39	20	0	$267,892.50	Total	126	2	1	2	1	9	30	32	19	0	$226,937.50

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$9,000.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$9,000.00	9	9	50.0 %

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
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
13	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	6	0	$14,250.00	2000	FIVB
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
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$5,500.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$4,500.00
107	0	1	3	2	18	32	29	17	5	$192,242.50	Total	Total	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	$5,500.00

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	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	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	6-14	30.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	7-7	50.0%

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
Total	0	0	8	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 7-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 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 0-2
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	7	Bosma/Mesa	26, Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:43
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Bosma/Mesa	28, Q10	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Bosma/Mesa	26, Q3	Brizida/Pedrosa	10	21-15, 21-18	0:43
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 # 19 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 # 20 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 # 23, Q2 Loiola/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Loiola/Magalhaes	23, Q2	Bosma/Mesa	26, Q3	21-12, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 29, Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q14 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 # Q19 Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Bosma/Mesa	26, Q3	Ces/Salvetti	Q19	15-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # Q35 Lisiecki/Plinski, Poland 1-0
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Bosma/Mesa	26, Q3	Lisiecki/Plinski	Q35	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q43 Darkuncoro/Salim, Indonesia 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Bosma/Mesa	Q8	Darkuncoro/Salim	Q57	21-15, 21-17	0:39