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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 7, 2005

(31, Q9) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Raul Papaleo - 33rd	Ramon Hernandez - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q7	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	28, Q3	25th	40	US$2,000.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/3/2005	Qualifier 1	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (Q24)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Wed, 8/3/2005	Qualifier 2	Simone Bendandi / Fosco Cicola, Italy (Q25)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:42
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 1	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (2)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:48
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 1	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (18)	Won 22-20, 16-21, 15-13	1:07
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 2	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (17, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:41

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	$20,750.00	13	17	43.3 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	11	8	10	$86,500.00	47	63	42.7 %

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
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	$10,375.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	$10,375.00
38	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	10	10	$44,500.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	8	10	$45,000.00

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	5	31.3%	4	25.0%	7	43.8%	9-7	56.3%	3	9.1%	6	18.2%	24	72.7%	3-30	9.1%	10-48	17.2%	14-26	35.0%	0	0	12-37	24.5%

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 12-33 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 13 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Hernandez/Papaleo	31, Q9	21-19, 21-16	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
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 # 6 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 # 8 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 # 9 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Berger/Doppler	25	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:58
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	17	21-14, 21-16	0:44
Series tied with # 10 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 # 14 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 # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q3	23-21, 21-18	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-4
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	Hernandez/Papaleo	31, Q9	21-17, 21-19	0:41
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q14	21-19, 22-20	0:52
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Hernandez/Papaleo	21, Q4	21-17, 21-17	0:49
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 # 18 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	31, Q9	Horrem/Pettersen	18	22-20, 16-21, 15-13	1:07
Series tied with # 23, Q18 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q14	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q19	17-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:55
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 # 24 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
Series tied with # 25, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 32 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
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
Trail the series against # Q6 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 # Q17 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 # Q24 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	31, Q9	Ces/Dugrip	Q24	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q25 Bendandi/Cicola, Italy 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	31, Q9	Bendandi/Cicola	Q25	21-16, 21-17	0:42