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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mersin Three Star
May 2 - 6, 2018

(Q26) Christian Garcia/Raul Mesa, Spain

Christian García Rodriguez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Xiamen 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$51,275.00

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$226,937.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	US$5,200.00

Previous Mersin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-11/2018	Satun One Star	15, Q8	13th	90	US$100.00
FIVB	3/15-18/2018	Aalsmeer One Star	Q10	17th	80	US$0.00
FIVB	9/7-9/2017	Montpellier One Star	Q8	21st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-23/2017	Agadir One Star	10	5th	80	US$500.00

Mersin Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/2/2018	Qualifier 1	Andrea Abbiati / Tiziano Andreatta, Italy (Q7)	Won 21-17, 25-23	0:39
Wed, 5/2/2018	Qualifier 2	Kusti Nolvak / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (28, Q10)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:38

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	$3,200.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	2	0	$5,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christian Garcia												Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,312.50
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	$25,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
28	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	4	0	$19,725.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	0	$117,375.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
70	0	1	0	0	6	8	12	13	0	$51,275.00	Total	126	2	1	2	1	9	30	32	19	0	$226,937.50

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
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$100.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	$1,100.00	6	7	46.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christian Garcia													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$7,437.50
											2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$7,375.00
											2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	$26,200.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	$18,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	$38,900.00
											2008	FIVB	17	1	0	1	0	3	9	3	0	0	$66,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2009	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	3	$23,075.00
											2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	$16,525.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	5	$11,925.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	$5,700.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	$9,600.00	2013	FIVB
13	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	5	$14,787.50	2014	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	$11,787.50	2015	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	$9,500.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$50.00	2018	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$50.00
65	0	1	0	0	5	7	12	11	29	$49,225.00	Total	Total	121	2	1	2	1	8	29	32	17	29	$224,887.50

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	10	66.7%	0	0.0%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	7	50.0%	3-11	21.4%	10-7	58.8%	3-9	25.0%	0	0	13-16	44.8%
2017-2018	10	66.7%	0	0.0%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	7	50.0%	3-11	21.4%	10-7	58.8%	3-9	25.0%	0	0	13-16	44.8%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	6-10	37.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	5-9	35.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	3	2	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
Total	0	0	8	4	2	8	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	16

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Mesa trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Diaz/Gonzalez, Cuba 0-1
4/15/17	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Winner 2	Diaz/Gonzalez	1	Garcia/Mesa	8	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 13 Ashfiya/Rachmawan, Indonesia 0-1
4/9/18	FIVB	Satun One Star	Pool B	Ashfiya/Rachmawan	2	Garcia/Mesa	15, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 28, Q10 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 0-1
5/2/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	28, Q10	Garcia/Mesa	Q26	22-20, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q7 Abbiati/Andreatta, Italy 1-0
5/2/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Mesa	Q26	Abbiati/Andreatta	Q7	21-17, 25-23	0:39
Trail the series against # Q9 Bykanov/Hudyakov, Russia 0-1
9/7/17	FIVB	Montpellier One Star	Qualifier 1	Bykanov/Hudyakov	14, Q9	Garcia/Mesa	Q8	18-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:53