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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 CEV Varna Challenger
July 28 - 31, 2011

(13, Q11) Christian Garcia/Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain

Christian García Rodriguez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1986 (38 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 C&S Best:

2nd (Varna 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$71,044.68

Francisco Alfredo Marco
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Benidorm

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

2nd (Varna 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$77,704.11

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	14	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	US$22,787.82
CEV C&S	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	US$6,647.39
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	51	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	8	9	14	11	1	US$88,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	73	0	2	2	1	4	1	11	1	14	11	14	11	1	US$117,735.22

Previous Varna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	Q9	25th	60	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	7/6-10/2011	CEV Satellite Constanta	Q9	17th	20	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	6/1-5/2011	CEV Satellite Baden	Q16	17th	20	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q57	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	Q39	41st	18	US$0.00

CEV Varna Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/28/2011	Qualifier 2	Andreas Sutter / Roman Sutter, Switzerland (Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:40
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 1	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (4, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:38
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 1	Nikolay Kolev / Andrey Nikolov, Bulgaria (5)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:38
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 2	Ward Coucke / Tom van Walle, Belgium (7)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:38
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 3	Valentin Dimov / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (16)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:42
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 4	Volkan Gogtepe / Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye (1)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:37
Sun, 7/31/2011	Semi-Finals	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (3)	Won 20-22, 25-23, 16-14	0:58
Sun, 7/31/2011	Gold Medal	Thomas Kaczmarek / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (2, Q1)	Lost 9-21, 14-21	0:33

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Marco lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 4	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Gogtepe/Sekerci	1	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 2, Q1 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Gold Medal	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	21-9, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 3 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Semi-Finals	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Huber/Seidl	3	20-22, 25-23, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 4, Q2 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	21-18, 21-15	0:38
6/2/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	7, Q1	Garcia/Marco	Q16	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 5 Kolev/Nikolov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 1	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Kolev/Nikolov	5	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 7 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 2	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Coucke/van Walle	7	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 10, Q7 Leeb/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q39	Leeb/Wutzl	Q26	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 11, Q9 Mykhaylov/Ostapenko, Ukraine 0-1
7/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Constanta	Qualifier 2	Mykhaylov/Ostapenko	9, Q8	Garcia/Marco	Q9	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Dimov/Neshev, Bulgaria 1-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 3	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Dimov/Neshev	16	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # Q6 Sutter/Sutter, Switzerland 1-0
7/28/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Sutter/Sutter	Q6	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # Q8 Frankart/Verschueren, Belgium 0-1
7/14/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Qualifier 2	Frankart/Verschueren	18, Q8	Garcia/Marco	Q9	21-16, 21-19	0:39