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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 6 - 11, 2009

(32, Q23) Imara Esteves Ribalta/Dalixia Fernandez Grasset, Cuba

Imara Esteves Ribalta
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

171 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$171,737.50

Dalixia Fernandez Grasset
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guantanamo

Height:

177 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$257,130.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	US$16,100.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 17th
2001	Did not play	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 5th
2002	Did not play	Yoselin Roque Palacios - 9th
2003	Milagros Crespo - 33rd	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th
2004	Milagros Crespo - 7th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 13th
2005	Milagros Crespo - 33rd	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th
2006	Milagros Crespo - 17th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 13th
2007	Milagros Crespo - 17th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	42	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	26	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	19	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/7/2009	Qualifier 1	Stine Andreasen / Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark (Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:39
Tue, 7/7/2009	Qualifier 2	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:42
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool A	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Lost 13-21, 12-21	0:34
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool A	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (16)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:35
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool A	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (17)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:45
Thu, 7/9/2009	Winner 1	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (9)	Lost 16-21, 17-21

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$16,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Imara Esteves Ribalta												Dalixia Fernandez Grasset
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$13,187.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$27,500.00
23	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	2	0	$61,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	1	0	0	4	4	7	4	0	$77,525.00
44	0	0	0	0	8	19	10	4	0	$96,700.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	0	1	0	1	11	27	16	7	0	$148,605.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
72	0	0	0	0	10	26	23	6	0	$171,737.50	Total	96	0	2	0	2	16	36	25	11	0	$257,130.00

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
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$16,100.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$16,100.00	6	8	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Imara Esteves Ribalta													Dalixia Fernandez Grasset
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	2	$12,000.00
											2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	$42,250.00
											2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	$9,505.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	3	$15,437.50	2003	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	$27,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	$17,125.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	$33,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	1	$24,375.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	$33,625.00
12	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	0	$41,300.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	0	$30,600.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	2	0	$38,900.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	2	0	$33,800.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	$26,550.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	0	0	$26,800.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,050.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,050.00
71	0	0	0	0	10	26	23	6	6	$171,737.50	Total	Total	95	0	2	0	2	16	36	25	11	3	$257,130.00

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	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	5-6	45.5%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	6-9	40.0%
2008-2009	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	5-6	45.5%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	6-9	40.0%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	2	1	4	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9

Head to Head Results
Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset trail the series against the field 5-8 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	32, Q23	21-13, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	5	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	0:59
Trail the series against # 9 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-2
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	32, Q23	21-16, 21-17
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	26	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	Holtwick/Semmler	7	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 16 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	32, Q23	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	21-15, 21-14	0:35
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	19	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	32, Q23	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	21-19, 24-22	0:45
Trail the series against # 19 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Gioria/Momoli	18	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	21-19, 27-25	0:46
Trail the series against # 29, Q22 Barsuk/Boyko, Russia 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Barsuk/Boyko	30, Q13	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	19	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Leao/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	26	21-16, 14-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	32, Q23	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q7	21-18, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # Q10 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	32, Q23	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q10	21-17, 21-17	0:39