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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Nissan Grand Slam
September 18 - 21, 2003

(Q16) Manuel Carrasco/Raul Mesa, Spain

Manuel "Lolo" Carrasco Saenz
Spain

Photo: VoleyPlaya.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 17, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sevilla

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$13,387.50

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	37	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	US$5,875.00

Previous Carson Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	9	9th	120	US$4,000.00

United States Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 1	Paul Schroffenegger / Thomas Schroffenegger, Austria (Q17)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:36
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 2	Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (17, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:37

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	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Manuel Carrasco												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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,312.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	$10,600.00	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00	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
21	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	0	$13,387.50	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
2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Manuel Carrasco													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1996	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	$3,800.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	1998	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,950.00	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,000.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,500.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	7	$11,200.00	Total	Total	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$7,500.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	3-5	37.5%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
2002-2003	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	3-5	37.5%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%

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

Head to Head Results
Carrasco/Mesa trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Carrasco/Mesa	9	21-11, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Carrasco/Mesa	9	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Holdren/Metzger	17, Q1	Carrasco/Mesa	Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 23, Q4 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Carrasco/Mesa	9	Klemperer/Rademacher	24, Q2	21-15, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # Q17 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Carrasco/Mesa	Q16	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q17	21-18, 21-19	0:36