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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

(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 Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Raul Papaleo - 19th	Ramon Hernandez - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	25	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	31, Q9	17th	112	US$4,750.00
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

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/31/2005	Qualifier 2	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (29, Q14)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 14-16	0:57

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	$22,750.00	13	20	39.4 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	11	9	11	$88,500.00	47	66	41.6 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	$11,375.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	$11,375.00
40	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	11	11	$45,500.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	9	11	$46,000.00

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	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	3-5	37.5%	3	13.6%	2	9.1%	17	77.3%	3-19	13.6%	2-34	5.6%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	6-24	20.0%

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 6-21 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-5
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	8	Hernandez/Papaleo	25	21-17, 21-16	0:44
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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	9	Hernandez/Papaleo	25	26-24, 21-19	1:05
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 16 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
Series tied with # 17 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 # 21 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 # 24, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 25 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 # 26 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 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 # 29, Q14 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q3	21-14, 19-21, 16-14	0:57