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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Doha Open
November 4 - 8, 2014

(10) 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 Doha Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	16	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	28, Q6	25th	160	US$4,000.00
CEV	9/11-14/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	8	5th	192	€ 1,250.00
CEV	8/7-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	12, Q3	3rd	256	€ 6,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
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

Doha Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/5/2014	Pool G	Jeremy Casebeer / Will Montgomery, United States (23)	Won 21-18, 9-21, 15-12	0:51
Wed, 11/5/2014	Pool G	Joshua Court / Damien Schumann, Australia (26, Q5)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:39
Thu, 11/6/2014	Pool G	Georgios Kotsilianos / Nikos Zoupani, Greece (7)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:37
Thu, 11/6/2014	Winner 1	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (15)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 11/7/2014	Winner 2	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (5)	Lost 10-21, 17-21	0:32

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	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	5	$27,575.00	18	24	42.9 %
2014	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,875.00	12	8	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	3	16	$43,725.00	38	47	44.7 %
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	10	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	2	1	0	$16,125.00	25	19	56.8 %

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
12	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	5	$13,787.50	2014	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	5	$13,787.50
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,437.50	2014	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,437.50
58	0	1	2	0	4	9	13	6	23	$36,750.00	Total	Total	62	0	2	2	1	8	14	11	6	18	$43,175.00

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	9	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	18-10	64.3%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	15-8	65.2%

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 lead the series against the field 13-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-0
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Garcia/Marco	21	Binstock/Schachter	28, Q12	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Series tied with # 5 Krou/Rowlandson, France 2-2
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Garcia/Marco	10	21-10, 21-17	0:32
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Gold Medal	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Garcia/Marco	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool A	Garcia/Marco	8	Krou/Rowlandson	9	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:52
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	21-10, 16-21, 15-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool E	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	21	Garcia/Marco	28, Q6	24-22, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Garcia/Marco	10	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 11 Bao/Ha, China 1-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Garcia/Marco	16	Bao/Ha	18, Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 14 Holler/Schroder, Germany 1-0
8/10/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Bronze Medal	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Holler/Schroder	14, Q7	21-11, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 15 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 2-0
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	10	Dressler/Kunert	15	21-13, 21-18	0:35
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 # 19, Q2 Plantinga/Wheelan, Canada 1-0
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	4	Plantinga/Wheelan	29, Q7	21-18, 15-21, 15-8	0:47
Lead the series against # 23 Casebeer/Montgomery, United States 1-0
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Garcia/Marco	10	Casebeer/Montgomery	23	21-18, 9-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 26, Q5 Court/Schumann, Australia 0-1
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Court/Schumann	26, Q5	Garcia/Marco	10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 2-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q15	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q18	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:58
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q21	21-8, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 28 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