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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 26 - 31, 2008

(17, Q11) Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico

Bibiana Candelas
Mexico

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1983 (41 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 Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	18	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	24, Q16	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	31, Q23	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q21	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	Q22	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q29	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q30	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	Q24	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/27/2008	Qualifier 2	Summer Lochowicz / Eileen Romanowski, Australia (Q22)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:41
Tue, 5/27/2008	Qualifier 3	Katarzyna Urban / Joanna Wiatr, Poland (Q27)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:47
Wed, 5/28/2008	Winner 1	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (16)	Lost 13-21, 24-22, 12-15	0:49
Wed, 5/28/2008	Contender 1	Amparo Hopf / Cristina Hopf, Spain (32)	Won 23-21, 21-11	0:32
Thu, 5/29/2008	Contender 2	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:35

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$4,000.00	10	11	47.6 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	$17,500.00	15	9	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	8	$21,500.00	25	20	55.6 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$2,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$8,750.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$8,750.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	8	$10,750.00	Total	Total	70	0	0	0	0	2	10	26	18	14	$91,465.00

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%
2007-2008	23	71.9%	4	12.5%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	8	20.5%	9	23.1%	22	56.4%	8-31	20.5%	23-22	51.1%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	35-36	49.3%
Against the Field	26	63.4%	8	19.5%	7	17.1%	34-7	82.9%	9	17.0%	10	18.9%	34	64.2%	9-44	17.0%	52-68	43.3%	34-34	50.0%	0	0	43-51	45.7%

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 lead the series against the field 15-13 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-2
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	22-20, 21-13	0:35
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-17, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 8 Scott/Turner, United States 0-1
10/31/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Qualifier 2	Scott/Turner	13, Q1	Candelas/Garcia	Q16	21-13, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 12, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 3	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Salgado/Salgado	Q1	21-16, 25-27, 15-6	0:59
Lead the series against # 15 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	21-16, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	21-13, 22-24, 15-12	0:49
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q24	21-16, 21-11	0:29
Series tied with # 18 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	23-21, 21-18	0:40
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20, Q4	Candelas/Garcia	Q29	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 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
Series tied with # 22, Q4 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-1
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	31, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:33
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	30, Q5	Candelas/Garcia	Q21	24-22, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 27 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	16-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-0
3/25/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	Q21	Ilustre/Pascua	Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 32 Hopf/Hopf, Spain 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	Hopf/Hopf	32	23-21, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 0-1
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 2	Bede/Bednarczuk	16, Q7	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q7 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	Lessard/Maxwell	Q7	21-15, 21-15	0:38
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Candelas/Garcia	32, Q30	Lessard/Maxwell	Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # Q9 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q10	21-18, 21-16	0:36
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	30, Q3	Candelas/Garcia	Q30	21-12, 17-21, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # Q12 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Candelas/Garcia	Q22	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	Q11	26-24, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # Q14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Gioria/Momoli	30, Q6	Candelas/Garcia	Q22	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # Q15 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Boulton/Johns	Q17	21-13, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q22 Lochowicz/Romanowski, Australia 1-0
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	Lochowicz/Romanowski	Q22	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # Q27 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-0
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Candelas/Garcia	17, Q11	Urban/Wiatr	Q27	18-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:47