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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Spain Open
September 12 - 16, 2001

(24, Q8) Willie De Jesus/Joseph Gil, Puerto Rico

Willie "El Toro" De Jesus Torres
Puerto Rico

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dorado

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Albena 1997)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Tenerife 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$27,000.00

Joseph A. "Pelito" Gil Rivera
Puerto Rico

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 15, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hato Rey

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	US$4,500.00

Previous Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	33	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	Q9	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	31, Q12	25th	46	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q13	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	Q14	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q12	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q12	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q7	41st	14	US$0.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/12/2001	Qualifier 2	Giulio Mosci / Diego Nota, Italy (Q25)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 9/12/2001	Qualifier 3	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (26, Q9)	Won 12-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:43
Thu, 9/13/2001	Qualifier 4	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Paulao Moreira, Brazil (12, Q1)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 13-15	0:58
Thu, 9/13/2001	Qualifier 10	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (28, Q11)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 19-21	1:02
Thu, 9/13/2001		Kaarel Kais / Kristjan Kais, Estonia (29, Q12)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:41
Fri, 9/14/2001	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (9)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:31
Fri, 9/14/2001	Contender 1	Jose Pedrosa / Jose Teixeira, Portugal (25, Q6)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:35

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	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Willie De Jesus												Joseph Gil
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00
52	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	16	0	$21,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$1,750.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,800.00	Challenger
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	Satellite
63	0	1	1	0	1	5	5	17	0	$27,000.00	Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$3,000.00

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$4,500.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$4,500.00	13	16	44.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Willie De Jesus													Joseph Gil
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	1991	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1994	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
											1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	$1,900.00	1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00	1997	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	$4,200.00	1998	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,050.00	1998	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	$6,000.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	1999	FIVB C&S
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	8	$6,750.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$2,250.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$2,250.00
62	0	1	1	0	1	5	5	16	33	$26,000.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	$3,000.00

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	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	10	62.5%	2-14	12.5%	10-10	50.0%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	13-16	44.8%
2000-2001	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	10	62.5%	2-14	12.5%	10-10	50.0%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	13-16	44.8%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	6	60.0%	1-9	10.0%	10-12	45.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	7-10	41.2%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	12
Total	0	0	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	16

Head to Head Results
De Jesus/Gil trail the series against the field 7-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	De Jesus/Gil	31, Q12	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 0-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	De Jesus/Gil	31, Q12	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Cotrino	9	De Jesus/Gil	24, Q8	21-13, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 10 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	De Jesus/Gil	31, Q12	Correa/Diez	Q5	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 11 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool A	Berger/Stamm	1	De Jesus/Gil	33	21-14, 21-23, 15-7	1:03
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 4	Bellaguarda/Moreira	12, Q1	De Jesus/Gil	24, Q8	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 19 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool A	Egger/Heyer	32	De Jesus/Gil	33	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 20, Q4 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q20	De Jesus/Gil	Q13	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 0-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Pedrosa/Teixeira	25, Q6	De Jesus/Gil	24, Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 26, Q9 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
9/12/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	De Jesus/Gil	24, Q8	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q9	12-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:43
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Jesus/Gil	31, Q12	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q21	25-23, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 10	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q11	De Jesus/Gil	24, Q8	21-16, 19-21, 21-19	1:02
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Kais/Kais, Estonia 1-0
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open		De Jesus/Gil	24, Q8	Kais/Kais	29, Q12	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # Q3 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 0-1
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	De Jesus/Gil	Q9	21-11, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q25 Mosci/Nota, Italy 1-0
9/12/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	De Jesus/Gil	24, Q8	Mosci/Nota	Q25	21-18, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q28 Alkobi/Alkobi, Israel 1-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	De Jesus/Gil	Q12	Alkobi/Alkobi	Q53	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q30 Marnics/Marnics, Latvia 1-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	De Jesus/Gil	Q9	Marnics/Marnics	Q41	21-15, 21-19	0:34