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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Brasilia Open
April 19 - 24, 2010

(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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Mayra Garcia - 17th	Bibiana Candelas - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/3-8/2009	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	21	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/21/2010	Winner 1	Janne Kongshavn / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (15)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:33
Wed, 4/21/2010	Winner 2	Lisa Fitzgerald / Brooke Niles, United States (31, Q25)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:29
Thu, 4/22/2010	Contender 2	Izabel Amaral / Luiza Amelia Ramos, Brazil (32, Q33)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:48
Thu, 4/22/2010	Contender 3	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (10)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:43

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 %
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	9	6	8	$103,700.00	57	61	48.3 %

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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	9	9	6	8	$51,850.00	Total	Total	89	0	0	0	0	2	18	33	22	14	$132,565.00

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%
2009-2010	27	62.8%	7	16.3%	9	20.9%	34-9	79.1%	4	9.8%	8	19.5%	29	70.7%	4-37	9.8%	27-29	48.2%	11-17	39.3%	0	0	38-46	45.2%
Against the Field	21	60.0%	11	31.4%	3	8.6%	32-3	91.4%	6	12.0%	5	10.0%	39	78.0%	6-44	12.0%	42-78	35.0%	34-16	68.0%	0	0	38-47	44.7%

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 17-13 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 2-2
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Candelas/Garcia	33	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	27-25, 21-14	0:43
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Candelas/Garcia	34	21-10, 21-15	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Candelas/Garcia	22, Q8	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	18-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:54
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 3	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Salgado/Salgado	Q1	21-16, 25-27, 15-6	0:59
Trail the series against # 10 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-1
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 14 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 # 15 Kongshavn/Torlen, Norway 1-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	18	Kongshavn/Torlen	15	21-16, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Candelas/Garcia	21	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 23, Q13 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-0
7/28/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	22, Q8	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q9	21-8, 21-19	0:32
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Candelas/Garcia	34	Nystrom/Nystrom	39	21-15, 21-13	0:33
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	16-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 31, Q25 Fitzgerald/Niles, United States 0-1
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Fitzgerald/Niles	31, Q25	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-15, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 32, Q33 Amaral/Ramos, Brazil 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	18	Amaral/Ramos	32, Q33	16-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against # Q4 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