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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Spain Open
September 4 - 8, 2002

(12) 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 Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 1999	Javier Bosma - 2nd	Did not play
2001	Agustin Correa - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	14	9th	40	€ 1,350.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	9	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	29, Q7	17th	60	US$2,520.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool E	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (28, Q17)	Won 21-16, 24-22	0:44
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool E	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (5)	Lost 24-22, 17-21, 8-15	1:08
Sat, 9/7/2002	Pool E	Dain Blanton / Carl Henkel, United States (21)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:44

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	$10,340.00	10	15	40.0 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	$10,340.00	10	15	40.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	$5,170.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	$5,170.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
80	0	1	3	3	10	20	21	16	6	$139,182.50	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	5	$5,845.00

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	5	55.6%	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7	77.8%	0-9	0.0%	10-12	45.5%	0-12	0.0%	1	0	6-12	33.3%

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 8-12 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 0-2
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	12	22-24, 21-17, 15-8	1:08
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 7 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Laciga/Laciga	8	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	21-17, 21-17	0:49
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 # 9 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	Horrem/Maaseide	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 10 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
Series tied with # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	21-18, 21-13	0:45
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 # 16 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 # 21 Blanton/Henkel, United States 0-2
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Blanton/Henkel	21	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	12	22-20, 21-19	0:44
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 # 26 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q17 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	12	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	21-16, 24-22	0:44
Trail the series against # 29 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q13	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:59
Lead the series against # 30, Q24 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q4 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
Lead the series against Engvik/Wisloff, Norway 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	Engvik/Wisloff	Q21	21-12, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q1 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	42	Alvarez/Rossell	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q3 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	19	21-18, 21-17	0:51
Trail the series against # Q7 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