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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(29, Q7) Fabio Diez/John Garcia-Thompson, Spain

Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker
Spain

/ Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1965 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Fe (ARG)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$129,920.00

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,620.00

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Javier Bosma - 13th	Did not play
1998	Javier Bosma - 13th	Did not play
1999	Javier Bosma - 13th	Did not play
2000	Javier Bosma - 13th	Did not play
2001	Agustin Correa - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	42	25th	40	US$2,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/25/2002	Qualifier 2	Ivaylo Gavrilov / Vladislav Todorov, Bulgaria (Q26)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 7/25/2002	Qualifier 3	Djordje Ljubicic / Michael Slean, Canada (Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:40
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool D	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (13)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool D	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (20)	Lost 23-21, 19-21, 14-16	1:10
Sat, 7/27/2002	Pool D	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (4)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:51

Head to Head Results
Diez/Garcia-Thompson trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # 6, Q3 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 # 9 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 # 12 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 # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 20 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	21-23, 21-19, 16-14	1:10
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 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
Series tied with # Q10 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-1
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	Ljubicic/Slean	Q10	21-13, 21-19	0:40
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	Q9	21-23, 22-20, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # Q15 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
Trail the series against # Q16 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	Q12	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # Q26 Gavrilov/Todorov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	Gavrilov/Todorov	Q26	21-13, 21-17	0:34