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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Carolina Open presented by GlaxoSmithKline
June 9 - 13, 2004

(9) 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 Carolina Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Enrique Lopez - 21st	Did not play
1995	Enrique Lopez - 17th	Did not play
1996	Enrique Lopez - 25th	Amaury Velasco - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	17	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	24	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	24	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	23, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Puerto Rico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland (24)	Won 21-19, 21-10	0:38
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 2	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (8)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:49
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 3	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 21-16, 10-15	1:03
Sat, 6/12/2004	Contender 4	Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (6)	Lost 21-19, 12-21, 13-15	1:02

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	$22,000.00	8	13	38.1 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	4	4	$45,000.00	26	29	47.3 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$11,000.00	2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$11,000.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	4	$23,750.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	$24,250.00

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%
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	9	60.0%	1	6.7%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	4	17.4%	3	13.0%	16	69.6%	4-19	17.4%	18-32	36.0%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	14-24	36.8%

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 10-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-2
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	21-14, 16-21, 15-10	1:03
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 # 2 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	8	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	23-21, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-2
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Williams	15	Hernandez/Papaleo	17	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:57
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 # 6 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
6/12/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Metzger	6	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-2
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	Baracetti/Conde	10	11-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:58
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
Series tied with # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	Blanton/Nygaard	8	21-19, 22-20	0:49
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 # 11 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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16, Q2 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	Goranson/Skarlund	31, Q17	31-29, 21-23, 15-12	1:23
Lead the series against # 18 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	Shiratori/Watanabe	25	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 19 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
Series tied with # 22, Q3 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 # 24 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 1-0
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	9	Gscheidle/Vesti	24	21-19, 21-10	0:38