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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004

(23, Q2) 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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	26	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	36	9th	320	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	28, Q14	25th	60	US$3,500.00
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

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/24/2004	Qualifier 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (24, Q15)	Lost 25-23, 15-21, 12-15	1:08
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 1	Colin Pocock / Gershon Rorich, South Africa (10)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 2	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (26, Q11)	Lost 28-30, 21-13, 11-15	1:10
Fri, 3/26/2004	Contender 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (24, Q15)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:46

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	$23,000.00	18	16	52.9 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	4	$28,000.00	19	21	47.5 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	$11,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	$11,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	4	$15,250.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	$15,750.00

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%
2003-2004	22	59.5%	4	10.8%	11	29.7%	26-11	70.3%	8	18.6%	6	14.0%	29	67.4%	8-35	18.6%	22-29	43.1%	12-17	41.4%	0	0	34-46	42.5%
Against the Field	10	52.6%	1	5.3%	8	42.1%	11-8	57.9%	5	15.2%	6	18.2%	22	66.7%	5-28	15.2%	20-44	31.3%	12-28	30.0%	0	0	16-36	30.8%

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 7-15 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 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 # 5 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 # 8 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	3	Hernandez/Papaleo	36	21-19, 25-23	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Pocock/Rorich, South Africa 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	Pocock/Rorich	10	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Hernandez/Papaleo	36	Rogers/Scott	12	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-3
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	24, Q15	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	21-19, 21-13	0:46
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	24, Q15	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	23-25, 21-15, 15-12	1:08
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
Trail the series against # 26, Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26, Q11	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	30-28, 13-21, 15-11	1:10
Series tied with # 27, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Hernandez/Papaleo	36	Backer/Boersma	37	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against 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 # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q19 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	Grinbergs/Stals	Q25	21-18, 22-20	0:48