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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(23) John Garcia-Thompson/Alex Ortiz, 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

Alejandro "Alex" Ortiz Vargas
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Medellin

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$25,450.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	26	41	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	US$16,400.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	24	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/8/2006	Winner 1	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy (10)	Lost 25-23, 22-24, 12-15	1:08
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (26, Q3)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:44
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 2	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (8)	Won 22-20, 22-20	0:50
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 3	Nikolas Berger / Robert Nowotny, Austria (17)	Won 21-19, 25-27, 15-9	1:10
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 4	David Klemperer / Kjell Schneider, Germany (6)	Lost 17-21, 8-21	0:39

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$13,000.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$16,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

John Garcia-Thompson												Alex Ortiz
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
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,700.00
47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	0	$30,145.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	$16,750.00
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	17	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	0	$25,450.00

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
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,000.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

John Garcia-Thompson													Alex Ortiz
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	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$5,995.00	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$8,000.00	2003	FIVB
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	$5,250.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	$16,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2005	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
44	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	11	21	$31,270.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	4	$20,250.00

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	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	3-5	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	5-11	31.3%
2005-2006	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	3-5	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	5-11	31.3%
Against the Field	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	4-9	30.8%

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	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Total	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11

Head to Head Results
Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Klemperer/Schneider	6	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	23	21-17, 21-8	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	23	Baracetti/Conde	8	22-20, 22-20	0:50
Trail the series against # 10 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	10	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	23	23-25, 24-22, 15-12	1:08
Trail the series against # 15 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	9	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	24	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 17 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	23	Berger/Nowotny	17	21-19, 25-27, 15-9	1:10
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	23	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q3	22-20, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # Q8 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Koreng/Matysik	25	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	24	21-14, 11-21, 15-10	0:52