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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 3 - 8, 2009

(21) 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 Phuket Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Mayra Garcia - 33rd	Bibiana Candelas - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2009	Sanya Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22, Q8	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	33	9th	320	US$6,600.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	25, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	27, Q9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	34	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	27	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	16	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/5/2009	Winner 1	Danielle Remmers / Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands (12, Q2)	Lost 24-26, 21-17, 13-15	0:59
Thu, 11/5/2009	Contender 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (5)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:38
Fri, 11/6/2009	Contender 2	Madelein Meppelink / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (27, Q4)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 11/6/2009	Contender 3	Linjun Ji / Chen Xue, China (19)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 8-15	0:48

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	2	0	$47,650.00	20	23	46.5 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	9	6	8	$99,450.00	55	59	48.2 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	$23,825.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0	$23,825.00
32	0	0	0	0	1	8	9	6	8	$49,725.00	Total	Total	88	0	0	0	0	2	17	33	22	14	$130,440.00

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	17	48.6%	8	22.9%	10	28.6%	25-10	71.4%	1	2.6%	10	25.6%	28	71.8%	1-38	2.6%	34-56	37.8%	18-40	31.0%	0	0	26-48	35.1%

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 13-24 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Akers/Turner, United States 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Akers/Turner	6	Candelas/Garcia	27, Q9	21-12, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-3
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	Candelas/Garcia	17	21-18, 25-23	0:45
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Candelas/Garcia	22, Q8	21-14, 21-15	0:36
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Candelas/Garcia	34	21-14, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	27	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	24-22, 14-21, 15-9	0:55
Series tied with # 5 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-2
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 1	Candelas/Garcia	21	Hakedal/Torlen	5	21-16, 21-15	0:38
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Hakedal/Torlen	13	Candelas/Garcia	27	21-19, 21-12	0:36
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 # 6 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	Candelas/Garcia	22, Q8	21-13, 21-9	0:29
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Kulna/Phokongploy, Thailand 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	32, Q30	Kulna/Phokongploy	Q19	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 11 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Candelas/Garcia	25, Q6	Holtwick/Semmler	8	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	11	Candelas/Garcia	27, Q9	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 12, Q2 Remmers/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-1
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 1	Remmers/van Gestel	12, Q2	Candelas/Garcia	21	26-24, 17-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 13 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-3
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	16	Candelas/Garcia	17	21-12, 21-14	0:32
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gioria/Momoli	16	Candelas/Garcia	33	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:48
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Gioria/Momoli	30, Q6	Candelas/Garcia	Q22	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 15 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-3
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	Candelas/Garcia	21	15-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:46
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 # 18 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Candelas/Garcia	27, Q9	14-21, 21-17, 15-5	0:48
Trail the series against # 19 Ji/Xue, China 0-1
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 3	Ji/Xue	19	Candelas/Garcia	21	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-3
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Petrova/Skalnikova	24	Candelas/Garcia	25, Q6	21-18, 21-17	0:38
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Candelas/Garcia	27, Q9	Petrova/Skalnikova	22, Q3	21-19, 21-16	0:40
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	Candelas/Garcia	27	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	0:53
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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 24 Huang/Zhang, China 0-2
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Huang/Zhang	15	Candelas/Garcia	34	23-25, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Huang/Zhang	1	Candelas/Garcia	16	23-21, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	21	Meppelink/Wesselink	27, Q4	21-12, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 31, Q5 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Baburina/Osheyko	30, Q21	Candelas/Garcia	14	21-19, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 32 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Candelas/Garcia	17	Radarong/Udomchavee	32	21-14, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # Q7 Boulton/Johns, England 2-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	16	Boulton/Johns	17	21-17, 21-19	0:31
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 # Q11 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