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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 France Grand Slam
July 17 - 21, 2002

(42) Fabio Diez/John Garcia-Thompson, Spain

Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker
Spain

/ Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Fe (ARG)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Mallorca 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$144,733.49

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV Valencia 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,350.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,344.46
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	US$11,990.00
Overall	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	2	US$13,334.46

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Javier Bosma - 5th	Did not play
1998	Javier Bosma - 17th	Did not play
1999	Javier Bosma - 4th	Did not play
2000	Javier Bosma - 25th	Did not play
2001	Agustin Correa - 37th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	Q9	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	27, Q12	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	Q12	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q9	41st	10	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/17/2002	Pool G	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (18)	Lost 22-20, 19-21, 16-18	1:01
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool G	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (31)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 6-15	0:49
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool G	Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (7)	Won 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	$9,990.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	3	$13,340.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Fabio Diez												John Garcia-Thompson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$12,075.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	$6,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	$4,450.00
65	0	0	2	1	8	16	18	15	5	$109,945.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	24	$30,145.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$9,075.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$4,175.00
80	0	1	2	3	10	20	21	17	6	$138,995.00	Total	72	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	15	39	$44,795.00

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
2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$3,650.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$3,650.00	6	8	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Fabio Diez													John Garcia-Thompson
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	1	0	0	$500.00	1990	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,512.50	1999	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	8	0	$15,750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	$12,375.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$1,825.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$1,825.00
76	0	1	3	3	10	19	19	15	6	$135,162.50	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$1,825.00

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	9	64.3%	0	0.0%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11	84.6%	0-13	0.0%	9-11	45.0%	0-7	0.0%	1	0	10-18	35.7%
2001-2002	9	64.3%	0	0.0%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11	84.6%	0-13	0.0%	9-11	45.0%	0-7	0.0%	1	0	10-18	35.7%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	0	0.0%	2	16.7%	10	83.3%	0-12	0.0%	6-18	25.0%	0-12	0.0%	1	0	4-15	21.1%

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	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	3	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	7	3	3	15	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	20

Head to Head Results
Diez/Garcia-Thompson trail the series against the field 2-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	21-15, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	42	Alvarez/Rossell	7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 11 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Metzger/Wong	11	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 18 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	18	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	42	20-22, 21-19, 18-16	1:01
Trail the series against # 27 Blanton/Henkel, United States 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Blanton/Henkel	22	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 31 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	42	21-16, 17-21, 15-6	0:49
Trail the series against # 34 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Ronnes	27, Q24	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 40 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	Amore/Lione	Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 46 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 0-1
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	Q9	21-23, 22-20, 15-13	1:03