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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Spain Open
July 7 - 11, 2004

(30) Javier Luna/Raul Mesa, Spain

Francisco Javier Luna Pineda
Spain

Photo: VoleyPlaya.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 1, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$46,619.54

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$283,052.56

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	28	33	35	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	US$11,750.00
Overall	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	US$11,750.00

Previous Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 1999	Yoyi Rodriguez - 17th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Pablo Herrera - 25th
2002	Jesus Ruiz Nunez - 41st	Did not play
2003	Did not play	Manuel Carrasco - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		28th	8	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q18	41st	12	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		35th	6	€ 0.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/9/2004	Winner 1	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:34
Fri, 7/9/2004	Contender 1	Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (19, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	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	2	$7,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$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	1	$2,750.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$15,312.50
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$2,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	16	$91,100.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	23	$7,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	11	$117,375.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	$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
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	$5,675.00	Confederation Championship	8	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	$19,375.00
45	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	6	30	$17,950.00	Total	134	3	1	2	2	11	32	32	20	31	$246,312.50

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$4,000.00	3	6	33.3 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$4,000.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %

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
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$1,087.50	1999	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$750.00	2000	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,237.50	2000	CEV
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
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
31	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	21	$7,075.00	Total	Total	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	6	9	$10,812.50

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%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	6-14	30.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-8	33.3%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11

Head to Head Results
Luna/Mesa trail the series against the field 2-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Luna/Mesa	30	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 19, Q1 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 # 20, Q2 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Luna/Mesa	32, Q18	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	21-13, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # Q9 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 # Q15 Silva/Xisto, Angola 1-0
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Luna/Mesa	Q18	Silva/Xisto	Q15	21-11, 21-14	0:33