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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 12 - 16, 2007

(Q24) Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico

Bibiana Candelas
Mexico

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mazatlan

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$120,187.50

Mayra Garcia
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tijuana, BC

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$182,340.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	60	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	8	15	13	9	1	4	US$202,750.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	61	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	8	15	13	9	1	4	US$203,250.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 25th
2005	Did not play	Hilda Gaxiola - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	Q24	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	31, Q24	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	Q27	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	32, Q30	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/12/2007	Qualifier 2	Heike Jensen / Summer Lochowicz, Australia (Q9)	Won 21-19, 12-21, 15-13	0:48
Tue, 6/12/2007	Qualifier 3	Ester Alcon / Olga Matveeva, Spain (29, Q25)	Lost 21-14, 19-21, 14-16	0:51

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	0	0	1	0	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	7	0	$88,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	8	9	6	0	$103,650.00
Total	60	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	8	15	13	0	$202,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bibiana Candelas												Mayra Garcia
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,900.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$14,450.00
34	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	9	0	$57,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	11	0	$62,100.00
39	0	0	0	0	3	11	10	8	0	$55,462.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	76	0	0	0	0	3	18	26	18	0	$105,540.00
77	0	0	0	0	4	15	19	17	0	$119,937.50	Total	116	0	0	0	0	4	24	39	29	0	$182,090.00

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
2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$4,000.00	8	7	53.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$4,000.00	8	7	53.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bibiana Candelas													Mayra Garcia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	$16,750.00
											2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	1	$11,965.00
											2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	0	$23,250.00
											2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	$11,000.00
											2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	3	$17,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00	Total	Total	61	0	0	0	0	1	9	24	18	9	$82,715.00

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	72	67.3%	16	15.0%	19	17.8%	88-19	82.2%	13	11.7%	25	22.5%	73	65.8%	13-98	11.7%	72-73	49.7%	29-44	39.7%	0	0	101-117	46.3%
2006-2007	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	7-8	46.7%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
Against the Field	24	63.2%	9	23.7%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	9	18.0%	9	18.0%	32	64.0%	9-41	18.0%	48-64	42.9%	36-28	56.3%	0	0	42-46	47.7%

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	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	16	6	15	30	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	45
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	7	0	0	0	0	18	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	63
Total	0	0	38	13	17	37	0	1	24	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	101	117

Head to Head Results
Candelas/Garcia trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	1	Candelas/Garcia	32, Q30	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q24	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Candelas/Garcia	32, Q30	21-19, 27-25	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q24	21-16, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Candelas/Garcia	32, Q30	Lessard/Maxwell	Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
5/30/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q24	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q8	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 29, Q25 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 0-1
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	Candelas/Garcia	Q24	14-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # Q9 Jensen/Lochowicz, Australia 2-0
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	Q24	Jensen/Lochowicz	Q9	21-19, 12-21, 15-13	0:48
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	Q24	Jensen/Lochowicz	Q9	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # Q22 Shmat/Stepanova, Russia 0-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 3	Shmat/Stepanova	29, Q25	Candelas/Garcia	Q24	21-19, 21-16	0:39