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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(Q9) John Garcia-Thompson/Javier Luna, Spain

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (46 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

Francisco Javier Luna Pineda
Spain

Photo: VoleyPlaya.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 1, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$12,275.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	US$5,500.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Yoyi Rodriguez - 49th
2002	Fabio Diez - 17th	Jesus Ruiz Nunez - 33rd
2003	Antonio Cotrino - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Antonio Cotrino - 33rd	Raul Mesa - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	35	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q13	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q11	33rd	20	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 2	Andreas Matzler / Simon Nausch, Austria (Q24)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:37
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 3	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (29, Q8)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:42

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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,500.00

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	0	$2,750.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00
47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	0	$30,145.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$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
68	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	15	0	$40,620.00	Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	$12,275.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$5,500.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$5,500.00	8	6	57.1 %

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
											2000	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$750.00
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
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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,750.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,750.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	9	18	$24,445.00	Total	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	23	$11,375.00

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	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	12-8	60.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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
Total	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9

Head to Head Results
Garcia-Thompson/Luna lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	48	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	35	21-16, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q9	21-19, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	3	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	35	21-13, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q2 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	35	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	33	21-16, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q4 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	35	Rossell/Villar	30	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # Q23 Bourne/Lyne, Australia 2-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q13	Bourne/Lyne	Q45	21-17, 22-20	0:49
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 # Q24 Matzler/Nausch, Austria 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q9	Matzler/Nausch	Q24	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q37 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