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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Mazury Open
July 21 - 25, 2004

(23, Q4) Javier Luna/Raul Mesa, Spain

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

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$226,937.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	US$11,750.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	31, Q12	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	30	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	32, Q18	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q18	41st	12	US$0.00

Mazury Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/22/2004	Qualifier 2	Tadas Donela / Vadim Nikiforov, Lithuania (Q29)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Thu, 7/22/2004	Qualifier 3	Oleg Kiselev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q13)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 7/23/2004	Winner 1	Damian Lisiecki / Zbigniew Zukowski, Poland (10)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:03
Fri, 7/23/2004	Winner 2	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (7)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:37
Fri, 7/23/2004	Contender 2	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (8)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:38

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,000.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$11,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Javier Luna												Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,312.50
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$7,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	0	$117,375.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
38	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	$12,275.00	Total	126	2	1	2	1	9	30	32	19	0	$226,937.50

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
2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$11,750.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$11,750.00	9	10	47.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Javier Luna													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1996	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,000.00	1998	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$7,437.50
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$5,875.00	2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$5,875.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	19	$8,625.00	Total	Total	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	5	7	$14,312.50

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	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	6-9	40.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
2003-2004	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	6-9	40.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	6-16	27.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8
Total	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10

Head to Head Results
Luna/Mesa trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Luna/Mesa	32, Q18	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 5 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Luna/Mesa	31, Q12	Laciga/Laciga	2	21-18, 20-22, 15-9	0:57
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Luna/Mesa	30	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	7	Luna/Mesa	23, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	8	Luna/Mesa	23, Q4	21-13, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Lisiecki/Zukowski, Poland 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Luna/Mesa	23, Q4	Lisiecki/Zukowski	10	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 12 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Luna/Mesa	31, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Rossell	19, Q1	Luna/Mesa	30	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Luna/Mesa	31, Q12	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q5	22-20, 21-17	0:49
Trail the series against # 18 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	20, Q2	Luna/Mesa	Q18	22-20, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 19 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	Luna/Mesa	32, Q18	23-21, 27-25	0:52
Trail the series against # 20 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	Luna/Mesa	Q18	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q13 Kiselev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/22/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Qualifier 3	Luna/Mesa	23, Q4	Kiselev/Zabuslayev	Q13	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q29 Donela/Nikiforov, Lithuania 1-0
7/22/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Qualifier 2	Luna/Mesa	23, Q4	Donela/Nikiforov	Q29	21-19, 21-16	0:37