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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(28, Q3) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Raul Papaleo - 33rd	Ramon Hernandez - 33rd
2004	Raul Papaleo - 17th	Ramon Hernandez - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	21	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	29, Q3	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	29	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q2	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	26, Q2	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	19	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 2	Bradley Smith / Andrew Wyer, Australia (Q35)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:35
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 3	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (Q14)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:59
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 1	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (5)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:45
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (12)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 13-15	0:56

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 %
2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	$16,000.00	9	13	40.9 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	8	8	$81,750.00	43	59	42.2 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	$8,000.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	$8,000.00
35	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	10	8	$42,125.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	8	8	$42,625.00

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%
2004-2005	19	55.9%	5	14.7%	10	29.4%	24-10	70.6%	8	15.7%	7	13.7%	36	70.6%	8-43	15.7%	19-36	34.5%	13-17	43.3%	0	0	32-53	37.6%
Against the Field	8	61.5%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	4	13.8%	6	20.7%	19	65.5%	4-25	13.8%	16-38	29.6%	12-18	40.0%	0	0	14-28	33.3%

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 12-23 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 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 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q2	21-10, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	29	21-13, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q3	21-12, 21-17	0:35
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	21-14, 21-13	0:39
Series tied with # 5 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	5	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q3	21-15, 21-19	0:45
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 # 7 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-4
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	14	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	24-22, 21-14	0:52
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 # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Pedrosa/Rosas	28, Q10	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	18-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool M	Brenha/Maia	13	Hernandez/Papaleo	36	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-4
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	12	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q3	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:56
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	13	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 13 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Hernandez/Papaleo	21	21-12, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 20, Q5 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Engvik/Goranson	34	Hernandez/Papaleo	29	21-18, 21-19	0:51
Series tied with # 22 Xu/Xu, China 1-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q3	Xu/Xu	Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:43
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Xu/Xu	9	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	21-12, 21-16	0:32
Series tied with # 27 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	Gartmayer/Nowotny	17	21-13, 21-19	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q15	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q2	29-27, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against Domingo/Goss, Canada 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q3	Domingo/Goss	Q30	21-17, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against 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 # Q7 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 2-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q12	14-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:51
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 # Q14 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q14	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # Q21 Aoki/Hata, Japan 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q2	Aoki/Hata	Q31	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # Q22 Byron/Suan, Australia 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q2	Byron/Suan	Q34	21-18, 21-6	0:36
Lead the series against # Q35 Smith/Wyer, Australia 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q3	Smith/Wyer	Q35	21-14, 21-14	0:35