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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open
April 20 - 25, 2009

(18) 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 Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	19	17th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	12	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	23	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	26	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	14	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	17, Q11	17th	120	US$2,500.00
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

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (15)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:32
Wed, 4/22/2009	Contender 1	Xitlali Herrera / Rosario Reyes, Mexico (31, Q10)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:33
Thu, 4/23/2009	Contender 2	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (17)	Lost 21-17, 12-21, 12-15	0:45

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	2	1	$47,800.00	25	25	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	4	8	$54,600.00	36	38	48.6 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	2	1	$23,900.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	2	1	$23,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
22	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	4	8	$27,300.00	Total	Total	78	0	0	0	0	2	13	29	20	14	$108,015.00

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%
2008-2009	32	69.6%	3	6.5%	11	23.9%	35-11	76.1%	10	21.3%	13	27.7%	24	51.1%	10-37	21.3%	32-24	57.1%	13-24	35.1%	0	0	45-48	48.4%
Against the Field	19	54.3%	9	25.7%	7	20.0%	28-7	80.0%	4	8.7%	5	10.9%	37	80.4%	4-42	8.7%	38-74	33.9%	26-24	52.0%	0	0	32-49	39.5%

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	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 8-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-3
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	3	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 30-28	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-1
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Candelas/Garcia	18	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	30-32, 21-12, 15-11	0:54
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q24	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Hakedal/Torlen	11	Candelas/Garcia	19	20-22, 21-12, 15-11	0:49
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	26	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-19, 26-24	0:43
Trail the series against # 9 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Candelas/Garcia	19	21-17, 21-10	0:34
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 # 12 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-2
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	Candelas/Garcia	23	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:55
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	19	Candelas/Garcia	14	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Martins/Santanna	17	Candelas/Garcia	18	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:45
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	12	Martins/Santanna	11	23-21, 21-18	0:42
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	26	Martins/Santanna	23, Q5	19-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:43
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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 # 28 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	23	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Herrera/Reyes, Mexico 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Candelas/Garcia	18	Herrera/Reyes	31, Q10	21-16, 21-12	0:33