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June 8 - 12, 2005

(Q11) John Garcia-Thompson/Javier Luna, Spain

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

Francisco Javier Luna Pineda
Spain

Photo: VoleyPlaya.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 1, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$46,619.54

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$13,469.56
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	US$5,500.00
Overall	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	3	1	US$18,969.56

Previous Zagreb Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2005	Qualifier 1	Sinisa Antonic / Nikola Vucic, Serbia (Q54)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:30
Wed, 6/8/2005	Qualifier 2	Paul Bourne / Allister Lyne, Australia (Q43)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:38
Wed, 6/8/2005	Qualifier 3	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (27, Q6)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 11-15	0:55

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	$11,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

John Garcia-Thompson												Javier Luna
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,250.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,750.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	$4,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$2,375.00
47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	24	$30,145.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	23	$7,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$4,175.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	$5,675.00
72	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	15	39	$44,795.00	Total	45	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	6	30	$17,950.00

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
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

John Garcia-Thompson													Javier Luna
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
											1999	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$1,087.50
											2000	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$750.00
											2000	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,237.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$5,995.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2002	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$8,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	$7,250.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$5,875.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
40	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	8	17	$25,370.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	4	23	$10,950.00

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	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	7-6	53.8%	0-3	0.0%	1	0	8-9	47.1%
2004-2005	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	0	7-8	46.7%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	3-7	30.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 22 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	11	Garcia-Thompson/Luna		21-13, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 27, Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 0-2
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q11	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:55
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Canet/Hamel	28, Q8	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q25	21-19, 17-21, 18-16	1:02
Lead the series against # Q33 Knapek/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
5/11/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 1	Garcia-Thompson/Luna		Knapek/Mourtzios		19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # Q43 Bourne/Lyne, Australia 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q11	Bourne/Lyne	Q43	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # Q54 Antonic/Vucic, Serbia 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q11	Antonic/Vucic	Q54	21-14, 21-11	0:30