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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Swiss Masters
May 22 - 25, 2008

(13, Q6) Christian Garcia/Sergio Martin, 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:

106

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$71,044.68

Sergio Martin Hernandez
Spain

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 8, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Barcelona

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Chennai 2008)

Career CEV Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,602.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	US$7,231.52
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	US$9,231.52

Previous Lucerne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Noe De Mena Ramos - 21st	Francesc Plaza - 29th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	Q12	17th	120	€ 0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters		Country Quota	0	€ 0.00

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/22/2008	Qualifier 2	Andreas Sutter / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (Q11)	Won 13-21, 25-23, 15-11	1:00
Thu, 5/22/2008	Qualifier 3	Florian Huth / Kjell Schneider, Germany (Q19)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:58
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 1	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (4)	Lost 24-22, 15-21, 10-15	1:05
Fri, 5/23/2008	Contender 1	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (5)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:50
Fri, 5/23/2008	Contender 2	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (7)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 16-18	1:05

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$)
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christian Garcia												Sergio Martin
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	$3,500.00	World Championships
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	$25,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
28	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	4	0	$19,725.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
74	0	1	0	0	6	9	14	14	0	$53,775.00	Total	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,725.00

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
2008	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,800.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,800.00	6	4	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christian Garcia													Sergio Martin
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
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	0	1	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$900.00	2008	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$900.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	5	$1,900.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	14	$1,125.00

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	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	6-4	60.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	10-8	55.6%
2007-2008	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	6-4	60.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	10-8	55.6%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	8-2	80.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%

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
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Martin lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	4	Garcia/Martin	13, Q6	22-24, 21-15, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 5 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 1	Garcia/Martin	13, Q6	Babich/Nikolaev	5	21-19, 21-19	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	7	Garcia/Martin	13, Q6	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:05
Trail the series against # Q1 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Blauel/Huber	13, Q4	Garcia/Martin	Q12	20-22, 21-19, 21-19	1:10
Lead the series against # Q5 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Martin	Q12	Indra/Wachter	Q5	21-18, 21-9	0:35
Lead the series against # Q11 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Martin	13, Q6	Sutter/Weingart	Q11	13-21, 25-23, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # Q19 Huth/Schneider, Germany 1-0
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Martin	13, Q6	Huth/Schneider	Q19	21-13, 22-20	0:58