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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(21) 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (12)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:43
Thu, 7/7/2005	Contender 1	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (28, Q10)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 10-15	0:54

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$14,000.00	7	11	38.9 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	7	8	$79,750.00	41	57	41.8 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$7,000.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$7,000.00
34	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	9	8	$41,125.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	7	8	$41,625.00

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	44.4%	4	22.2%	6	33.3%	12-6	66.7%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	14	66.7%	4-17	19.0%	16-28	36.4%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	16-23	41.0%

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 10-21 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 11 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 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 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 # 5 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 # 6 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 # 11 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 # 12 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 # 13 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
Series tied with # 17, Q5 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 # 24 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 # 26, 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 # 28, Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q3 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 # Q13 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q33	22-20, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q18 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 # Q21 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
Lead the series against # Q25 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