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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Transavia Grand Slam
July 15 - 20, 2014

(Q14) 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2007	Did not play	Adrian Gavira - 13th
CEV 2008	Sergio Martin - 9th	Javier Luna - 9th
2011	Francisco Alfredo Marco - 41st	Christian Garcia - 41st
2013	Francisco Alfredo Marco - 33rd	Christian Garcia - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	8	9th	160	€ 625.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	30, Q12	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	6/3-8/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	20	17th	200	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	4	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	21	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q3	17th	320	US$3,700.00
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

The Hague Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/15/2014	Qualifier 1	Ruslan Bykanov / Nikita Liamin, Russia (Q19)	Lost 14-21, 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$)
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 %
2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	$13,575.00	12	15	44.4 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,625.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	2	16	$29,725.00	32	38	45.7 %
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	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	$8,875.00	16	15	51.6 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	5	$6,787.50	2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	5	$6,787.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$812.50	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$812.50
53	0	0	1	0	3	8	13	5	23	$26,125.00	Total	Total	57	0	1	1	1	7	13	11	5	18	$32,550.00

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%
2013-2014	19	73.1%	5	19.2%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	9	20.5%	7	15.9%	28	63.6%	9-35	20.5%	19-28	40.4%	14-9	60.9%	0	0	33-37	47.1%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	3	5.9%	7	13.7%	41	80.4%	3-48	5.9%	6-82	6.8%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	8-49	14.0%

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
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 8-30 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 16 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	2	Garcia/Marco	21	21-15, 21-14	0:38
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	5	Garcia/Marco	28, Q12	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-3
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	21-19, 21-12	0:32
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Garcia/Marco	10	21-19, 21-18	0:44
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Garcia/Marco	21	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-3
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Garcia/Marco	20	21-14, 21-9	0:31
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 # 9 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Garcia/Marco	21	21-19, 21-17	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Doherty/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Doherty/Lucena	16, Q2	Garcia/Marco	Q15	21-17, 23-21	0:41
Series tied with # 12 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 1-1
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	29, Q17	Felipe/Goncalves	Q1	11-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
6/11/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Felipe/Goncalves	23, Q2	Garcia/Marco	Q15	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Gibb/Patterson	4	Garcia/Marco	29, Q17	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	19	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	21-19, 9-21, 15-11	0:49
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	Q8	Garcia/Marco	Q57	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 15, Q2 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bourne/Hyden	29, Q9	Garcia/Marco	Q8	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-2
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	20	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	21-18, 21-9	0:37
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool D	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	13	Garcia/Marco	20	21-15, 21-7	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	Kapa/McHugh	14	30-28, 21-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 20 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Doppler/Horst	8	Garcia/Marco	20	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 21, Q3 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-2
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Huber/Seidl	27, Q5	Garcia/Marco	Q12	21-11, 21-19	0:36
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 # 24 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
7/19/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Contender 4	Kantor/Losiak	2	Garcia/Marco	8	14-21, 25-23, 18-16	0:53
5/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 3	Kantor/Losiak	11, Q1	Garcia/Marco	Q9	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Series tied with # 27, Q10 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q11 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q5	21-15, 16-21, 15-13
Lead the series against # 30, Q17 Spijkers/van Dorsten, Netherlands 1-0
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Garcia/Marco	26	Spijkers/van Dorsten	23	24-22, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # Q5 Dittelbach/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Dittelbach/Koreng	13	Garcia/Marco	12	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # Q13 Goncharov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	4	Goncharov/Prokopiev	20	21-17, 21-18	0:36
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goncharov/Prokopiev	Q19	Garcia/Marco	Q14	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # Q16 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-2
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	Garcia/Marco	6	23-21, 21-16	0:43
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q22	Garcia/Marco	Q11	21-13, 23-21	0:38
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Contender 5	Garcia/Marco	8	Kissling/Kovatsch	16, Q2	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # Q19 Bykanov/Liamin, Russia 0-1
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bykanov/Liamin	Q19	Garcia/Marco	Q14	21-14, 21-17	0:38