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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(16) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Raul Papaleo - 9th	Ramon Hernandez - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-25/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	21	19th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	21, Q4	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q3	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	18	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	9	9th	144	US$5,500.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (17)	Won 13-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:53
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 23-25, 15-21	0:39
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 2	Rodrigo Monteiro / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (31, Q11)	Lost 15-21, 10-21	0:35

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	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	1	2	$42,750.00	16	30	34.8 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	9	4	6	$65,750.00	34	46	42.5 %

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
15	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1	2	$21,375.00	2004	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1	2	$21,375.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	6	6	$34,125.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	4	6	$34,625.00

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	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	3	10.7%	7	25.0%	18	64.3%	3-25	10.7%	4-36	10.0%	12-24	33.3%	0	0	8-30	21.1%

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 6-22 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	25-23, 21-15	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-3
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	21-14, 21-9	0:36
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 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-3
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	3	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	21-17, 21-16	0:50
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 # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	21-14, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Marques/Souza, Brazil 0-1
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Marques/Souza	12	Hernandez/Papaleo	21, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 9, Q2 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Magalhaes/Silva	23, Q4	Hernandez/Papaleo	26	21-17, 21-19	0:45
Series tied with # 11 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Goranson/Skarlund	20	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	22-24, 27-25, 15-12	1:23
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
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	21-19, 21-12	0:37
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 # 17 Bosma/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	Bosma/Garcia-Thompson	17	13-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-3
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	21, Q4	Brink/Schneider	28, Q6	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	1:10
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 # 21 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q3	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:54
Series tied with # 26 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
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Polte/Schoen, Germany 0-1
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q3	21-17, 22-24, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 31, Q11 de Paula/Monteiro, Brazil 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Monteiro/de Paula	31, Q11	Hernandez/Papaleo	16	21-15, 21-10	0:35