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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

(8) Javier Bosma/Alex Ortiz, 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

Alejandro "Alex" Ortiz Vargas
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Medellin

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$25,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	US$32,500.00

Previous Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Pablo Herrera - 2nd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	11	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	27, Q19	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q15	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	25, Q10	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	23, Q9	25th	56	US$3,250.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 1	Martin Engvik / Kjell Goranson, Norway (25)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:40
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 2	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (9)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:37
Fri, 9/2/2005	Winner 3	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:43
Fri, 9/2/2005	Contender 4	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (29, Q14)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:51

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$14,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$18,500.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	$32,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Javier Bosma												Alex Ortiz
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
4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	$14,575.00	World Championships
24	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	7	0	$40,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,700.00
106	1	1	3	1	18	32	32	13	0	$210,167.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	$16,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite
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	17	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	0	$25,450.00

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
2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	$32,500.00	17	12	58.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	$32,500.00	17	12	58.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Javier Bosma													Alex Ortiz
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
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	$11,717.50	2002	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	$12,500.00	2003	FIVB
12	1	1	0	0	3	2	4	0	1	$38,625.00	2004	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	$16,250.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	$16,250.00
129	1	2	3	2	23	37	35	18	8	$254,117.50	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	$16,250.00

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	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	13-7	65.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	2	17-12	58.6%
2004-2005	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	13-7	65.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	2	17-12	58.6%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	14-10	58.3%	6-4	60.0%	0	1	10-8	55.6%

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	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7
Total	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	12

Head to Head Results
Bosma/Ortiz lead the series against the field 10-8 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Bosma/Ortiz	8	21-18, 21-19	0:43
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Bosma/Ortiz	25, Q10	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	3	Bosma/Ortiz	27, Q19	21-17, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-1
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	3	Bosma/Ortiz	11	21-19, 21-17	1:03
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bosma/Ortiz	27, Q19	Insfran/Marques	6	21-12, 16-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bosma/Ortiz	27, Q19	Egger/Laciga	11	21-16, 21-18	0:56
Trail the series against # 5 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	Bosma/Ortiz	25, Q10	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Berger/Doppler	5	Bosma/Ortiz	11	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Bosma/Ortiz	8	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	9	21-16, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 12, Q7 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Bosma/Ortiz	11	Amore/Fenili	27, Q7	21-18, 29-27	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Horrem/Pettersen	10	Bosma/Ortiz	23, Q9	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 17 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bosma/Ortiz	23, Q9	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q24	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Ortiz	25, Q10	Gscheidle/Schnider	23, Q12	21-17, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # 25 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Ortiz	8	Engvik/Goranson	25	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 26 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Ortiz	11	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22	21-14, 21-6	0:28
8/6/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 4	Bosma/Ortiz	27, Q19	Gartmayer/Nowotny	10	27-25, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 29, Q14 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Bosma/Ortiz	8	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q6 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Bosma/Ortiz	25, Q10	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	24, Q15	17-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:51