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

(28, Q14) Ramon Hernandez/Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico

Ramon A. "Moncho" Hernandez Cruz
Puerto Rico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 16, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$46,500.00

Raul Papaleo Pérez
Puerto Rico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 11, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan, PR

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$47,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	1	10	7	3	2	US$90,500.00

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	26, Q9	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q11	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q17	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	32, Q26	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	32, Q48	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q56	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q57	57th	4	US$0.00

United States Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (Q19)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 2	Paul Baxter / Carl Henkel, United States (Q3)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:43
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool E	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (12)	Lost 26-28, 15-21	0:49
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool E	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (21, Q5)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:44
Sat, 9/20/2003	Pool E	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (5)	Lost 16-21, 23-25	0:53

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$19,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	8	7	0	$57,000.00
Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	11	10	0	$90,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ramon Hernandez												Raul Papaleo
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,875.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$9,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$9,875.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	9	0	$29,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	7	0	$30,250.00
42	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	12	0	$46,500.00	Total	44	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	10	0	$47,000.00

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
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	$13,000.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	$13,000.00	15	14	51.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ramon Hernandez													Raul Papaleo
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	1	0	0	$0.00	1994	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00	1995	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	$6,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	$6,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	$7,750.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$8,250.00

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	32	61.5%	7	13.5%	13	25.0%	39-13	75.0%	11	16.4%	9	13.4%	47	70.1%	11-56	16.4%	32-47	40.5%	18-22	45.0%	0	0	50-69	42.0%
2002-2003	13	72.2%	2	11.1%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	11	68.8%	3-13	18.8%	13-11	54.2%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	18-16	52.9%
Against the Field	8	40.0%	2	10.0%	10	50.0%	10-10	50.0%	6	14.3%	6	14.3%	30	71.4%	6-36	14.3%	16-60	21.1%	16-32	33.3%	0	0	16-46	25.8%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	4	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	15	8	3	3	0	0	7	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	46
Total	0	0	26	12	5	13	0	0	9	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	69

Head to Head Results
Hernandez/Papaleo trail the series against the field 7-14 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	Araujo/Insfran	1	22-20, 21-19	0:39
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Blanton/Nygaard	5	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	21-16, 25-23	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	17	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Baracetti/Conde	7	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	21-12, 21-14	0:38
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	2	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	21-14, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 12 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	12	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	28-26, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 15 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	15-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 20 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Prosser/Williams	23	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	22-20, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Fuerbringer/Jennings	21, Q5	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 29, Q10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	Q16	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q17	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:56
Series tied with Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	Brink/Schneider	Q10	21-13, 21-15	0:40
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q57	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # Q3 Baxter/Henkel, United States 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	Baxter/Henkel	Q3	21-14, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # Q7 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	10	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:06
Series tied with # Q13 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Deulofeu/Molinier	17, Q6	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q11	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q56	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q9	21-16, 23-21	0:41
Series tied with # Q19 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	Gosch/Strauss	Q19	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	Q24	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q56	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q22 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q7	21-17, 28-30, 15-10	1:11