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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 30 - September 3, 2005

(Q5) Julia Mandana/Catalina Maria Pol, Spain

Julia Mandana
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S St. Jean de Monts 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,360.43

Catalina Maria Pol Marti
Spain

Photo: VoleyPlaya.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Consell (Mallora)

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (CEV Valencia 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Osaka 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$39,258.51

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	US$4,398.49
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	US$5,750.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$950.00
Overall	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	6	3	US$11,098.49

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	16	17th	40	€ 1,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2005	Switzerland Satellite	5	9th	10	US$450.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	12	13th	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	Q21	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	France Satellite	3	7th	10	US$500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q14	41st	12	US$0.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	12	13th	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	43	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q13	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	Q8	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	28, Q6	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q6	33rd	20	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/30/2005	Qualifier 2	Jingting Zhang / Ju Zhang, China (29, Q12)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:40

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	1	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00
Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	9	$7,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julia Mandana												Catalina Maria Pol
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	0	0	1	$1,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$2,812.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	$8,025.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	20	$16,180.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00	Satellite	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$2,650.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	11	$4,850.00	Total	56	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	10	30	$30,417.50

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
2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$5,750.00	4	12	25.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00	3	4	42.9 %
2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,600.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$5,750.00	4	12	25.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,600.00	3	7	30.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julia Mandana													Catalina Maria Pol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$5,430.00
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
											2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$10,062.50
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	8	$7,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,625.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$2,875.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$2,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,800.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,800.00
20	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	11	$6,400.00	Total	Total	57	0	0	0	0	3	7	9	10	28	$33,192.50

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	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	11	78.6%	2-12	14.3%	1-11	8.3%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	4-12	25.0%
2004-2005	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	11	78.6%	2-12	14.3%	1-11	8.3%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	4-12	25.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	0-10	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	18

Head to Head Results
Mandana/Pol trail the series against the field 2-11 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Mandana/Pol	12	21-16, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Keizer/Leenstra	22	Mandana/Pol	43	21-13, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-3
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	Mandana/Pol	5	21-15, 21-10	0:27
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	Mandana/Pol	Q17	21-14, 21-13	0:29
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Mandana/Pol	28, Q6	21-12, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 15 Arjona/Kadjo, France 0-1
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Contender 3	Arjona/Kadjo	2	Mandana/Pol	3	21-23, 21-17, 15-10
Trail the series against # 18 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 0-1
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Urata	21, Q4	Mandana/Pol	Q13	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:59
Series tied with # 28, Q10 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	6	Mandana/Pol	3	21-9, 21-16	0:29
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Mandana/Pol	Q13	Jursone/Minusa	Q20	10-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 Zhang/Zhang, China 0-1
8/30/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Zhang/Zhang	29, Q12	Mandana/Pol	Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 30, Q13 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 0-1
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	13	Mandana/Pol	12	26-24, 21-7	0:40
Trail the series against # Q4 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
5/17/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	30, Q11	Mandana/Pol	Q6	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q11 Etienne/Yahiel, France 1-0
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 1	Mandana/Pol	5	Etienne/Yahiel	12, Q5	21-18, 17-21, 15-6	0:48