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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Aydin One Star
May 17 - 20, 2018

(7, Q3) 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 Aydin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/9-13/2018	Lucerne Three Star	31, Q24	25th	180	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	Q26	33rd	120	US$0.00
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

Aydin One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/17/2018	Qualifier 1	Burak Balibey / Akay Calik, Türkiye (Q14)	Won 21-9, 21-10	0:29
Thu, 5/17/2018	Qualifier 2	Felix Friedl / Maximilian Trummer, Austria (11, Q6)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:42
Fri, 5/18/2018	Pool B	Thomas Kunert / Philipp Waller, Austria (10)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 21-19	0:58
Fri, 5/18/2018	Pool B	Stefan Basta / Lazar Kolaric, Serbia (2, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 22-20, 12-15	0:56
Sat, 5/19/2018	Winner 1	Engin Ozbek / Ali Berke Sagir, Türkiye (14)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:58
Sat, 5/19/2018	Winner 2	Hasan Mermer / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (1)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:51

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	$1,400.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	$2,400.00	12	11	52.2 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$700.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$700.00
67	0	1	0	0	6	7	12	12	29	$49,875.00	Total	Total	123	2	1	2	1	9	29	32	18	29	$225,537.50

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	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	6-0	100.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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
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 lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mermer/Urlu, Türkiye 0-1
5/19/18	FIVB	Aydin One Star	Winner 2	Mermer/Urlu	1	Garcia/Mesa	7, Q3	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 2, Q1 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 0-1
5/18/18	FIVB	Aydin One Star	Pool B	Basta/Kolaric	2, Q1	Garcia/Mesa	7, Q3	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 9, Q4 Lysikowski/Paszkowski, Poland 1-0
5/9/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Mesa	31, Q24	Lysikowski/Paszkowski	Q25	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Kunert/Waller, Austria 1-0
5/18/18	FIVB	Aydin One Star	Pool B	Garcia/Mesa	7, Q3	Kunert/Waller	10	18-21, 21-18, 21-19	0:58
Lead the series against # 11, Q6 Friedl/Trummer, Austria 1-0
5/17/18	FIVB	Aydin One Star	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Mesa	7, Q3	Friedl/Trummer	11, Q6	21-18, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Ozbek/Sagir, Türkiye 1-0
5/19/18	FIVB	Aydin One Star	Winner 1	Garcia/Mesa	7, Q3	Ozbek/Sagir	14	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # Q14 Balibey/Calik, Türkiye 1-0
5/17/18	FIVB	Aydin One Star	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Mesa	7, Q3	Balibey/Calik	Q14	21-9, 21-10	0:29