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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters
August 7 - 10, 2014

(12, 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:

106

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$71,044.68

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:

101

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

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 Biel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/7/2014		Erik Nijland / Tijs de Tombe, Netherlands (Q14)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:29
Thu, 8/7/2014		Robert Kufa / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (Q6)	Won 16-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:48
Fri, 8/8/2014	Pool D	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (5)	Won 13-21, 22-20, 17-15	0:54
Fri, 8/8/2014	Pool D	Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (4)	Lost 5-21, 16-21	0:31
Sat, 8/9/2014	Pool D	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (13, Q5)	Won 21-10, 16-21, 15-13	0:36
Sat, 8/9/2014	Winner 2	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (6)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:41
Sun, 8/10/2014	Semi-Finals	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (1)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:19
Sun, 8/10/2014	Bronze Medal	Tim Holler / Jonas Schroder, Germany (14, Q7)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:31

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	0	$48,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	2	0	$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	0	$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	0	$25,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	$24,075.00
28	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	4	0	$19,725.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	1	0	0	2	5	3	4	0	$18,475.00
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	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$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	0	$53,775.00	Total	65	0	2	0	0	5	8	11	12	0	$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 %
2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,875.00	11	7	61.1 %
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 %
2013	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$825.00	4	4	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	$13,575.00	12	15	44.4 %
2014	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,625.00	9	6	60.0 %
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	9	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	$14,875.00	22	17	56.4 %
Total	CEV C&S	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$4,700.00	15	11	57.7 %

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
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	1	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
											2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	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
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,937.50	2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,937.50
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$412.50	2013	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$412.50
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
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,812.50	2014	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,812.50
63	0	1	2	1	4	11	16	5	23	$31,475.00	Total	Total	70	0	3	3	4	9	15	13	5	18	$37,900.00

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	20	71.4%	4	14.3%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	20	69.0%	5-24	17.2%	20-20	50.0%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	29-28	50.9%
2013-2014	13	76.5%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	13-10	56.5%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	19-14	57.6%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	12-12	50.0%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	12-10	54.5%

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 12-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-4
8/10/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	1	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	21-16, 21-14	0:19
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 # 2 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 # 3 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Garcia/Marco	4	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-2
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Bockermann/Urbatzka	4	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	21-5, 21-16	0:31
6/7/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier	Winner 2	Bockermann/Urbatzka	3	Garcia/Marco	6	3-1	0:42
Series tied with # 5 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Doppler/Horst	5	13-21, 22-20, 17-15	0:54
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 # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-2
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-16, 21-18	0:41
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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 13, Q5 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-0
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
Lead the series against # 14, Q7 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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q6 Kufa/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters		Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Kufa/Tichy	Q6	16-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # Q10 Silva/Silva Reis, Portugal 0-1
7/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Winner 1	Silva/Silva Reis	19, Q18	Garcia/Marco	8	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q11 Sutter/Sutter, Switzerland 3-0
6/28/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	3	Sutter/Sutter	14, Q7	21-13, 21-19	0:38
8/5/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	Sutter/Sutter	8, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:41
7/28/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Sutter/Sutter	Q6	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # Q14 de Tombe/Nijland, Netherlands 1-0
8/7/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters		Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Nijland/de Tombe	Q14	21-15, 21-14	0:29