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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Moscow Grand Slam
August 21 - 25, 2013

(24, Q3) Christian Garcia/Francisco Alfredo Marco, 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$67,593.71

Francisco Alfredo Marco
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Benidorm

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Xiamen 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$74,253.13

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
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	66	0	1	2	0	3	1	10	0	12	11	14	11	1	US$111,087.82

Previous Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	28, Q12	17th	320	US$3,700.00
CEV	7/31-8/4/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	26	9th	250	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2013	Anapa Open	12	9th	250	US$4,000.00
CEV	7/16-20/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	8	7th	176	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	29, Q17	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q9	17th	128	€ 0.00
CEV	8/22-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	6	9th	240	€ 750.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/21/2013	Qualifier 2	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (Q14)	Won 14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Thu, 8/22/2013	Pool H	Evandro Goncalves / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (9)	Lost 21-11, 20-22, 14-16	0:55
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool H	Ruslan Bykanov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (8)	Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:56
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool H	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (25, Q5)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:54
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 1	Maverick Hatch / Christian Redmann, Canada (26, Q7)	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	15	$48,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	2	11	$33,150.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Total	55	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	0	9	10	26	$92,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christian Garcia												Francisco Alfredo Marco
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	16	$25,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	15	$24,075.00
28	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	4	12	$19,725.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	1	0	0	2	5	3	4	12	$18,475.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	$1,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,500.00
74	0	1	0	0	6	9	14	14	30	$53,775.00	Total	65	0	2	0	0	5	8	11	12	27	$51,550.00

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
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	3	6	33.3 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	5	4	55.6 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$14,150.00	12	12	50.0 %
2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	11	$16,150.00	20	23	46.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$7,250.00	13	11	54.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christian Garcia													Francisco Alfredo Marco
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,300.00
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$2,300.00	2008	CEV	7	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	$6,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$550.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	$9,600.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	$7,075.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
42	0	0	1	0	2	6	10	5	18	$18,525.00	Total	Total	46	0	1	1	1	6	11	8	5	13	$24,950.00

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	47	75.8%	8	12.9%	7	11.3%	55-7	88.7%	16	16.2%	16	16.2%	67	67.7%	16-83	16.2%	47-67	41.2%	24-23	51.1%	1	0	72-90	44.4%
2012-2013	12	85.7%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	4	20.0%	4	20.0%	12	60.0%	4-16	20.0%	12-12	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	17-17	50.0%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	3	10.3%	3	10.3%	23	79.3%	3-26	10.3%	16-46	25.8%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	12-27	30.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	25	15	5	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	47
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	11	18	17	0	0	9	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	40	41
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
Total	0	0	38	26	29	54	0	0	10	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	78	101

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Marco trail the series against the field 9-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Garcia/Marco	28, Q12	21-16, 24-22	0:39
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Gavira/Herrera	7	Garcia/Marco	26	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Garcia/Marco	28, Q12	21-12, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	Bykanov/Koshkarev	8	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Rego, Brazil 0-1
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Goncalves/Rego	9	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	11-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 11 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-2
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Dollinger/Windscheif	10	Garcia/Marco	26	21-12, 21-15	0:34
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	Garcia/Marco	29, Q17	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Series tied with # 13 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-1
7/8/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Bronze Medal	Garcia/Marco	8	Huber/Seidl	4	21-16, 21-14	0:34
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Winner 4	Huber/Seidl	4	Garcia/Marco	8	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 22 Fluggen/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
8/3/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Fluggen/Walkenhorst	18	Garcia/Marco	26	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
Series tied with # 26, Q7 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hatch/Redmann	26, Q7	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:43
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	29, Q17	Hatch/Redmann	Q16	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # Q1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Garcia/Marco	31, Q30	21-10, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # Q10 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	26	Kollo/Vesik	30	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 Giginoglu/Sekerci, Türkiye 3-1
7/19/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Contender 3	Garcia/Marco	8	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11	22-20, 21-19	0:42
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q15	Giginoglu/Sekerci	Q18	22-20, 21-17	0:39
5/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	Q9	Giginoglu/Sekerci	Q8	24-22, 21-15	0:49
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	Garcia/Marco	6	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # Q14 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q15 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q26	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	Q39	21-15, 21-14	0:32