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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball
August 18 - 23, 2015

(27, Q5) 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 Long Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-9/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	3	9th	160	€ 750.00
CEV	7/29-8/2/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	18	25th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	26, Q5	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	35	17th	400	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2015	1st European Games	7	17th	128	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q11	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q11	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	8	17th	64	€ 250.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/18/2015	Qualifier 1	Bradley Lawson / Adam Roberts, United States (Q28)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:45
Tue, 8/18/2015	Qualifier 2	Tim Holler / Jonas Schroder, Germany (Q12)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:42
Wed, 8/19/2015	Pool F	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (6)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:37
Thu, 8/20/2015	Pool F	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (11)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:38
Thu, 8/20/2015	Pool F	Murat Giginoglu / Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye (22)	Lost 20-22, 23-21, 13-15	1:00

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	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	5	$29,575.00	21	25	45.7 %
2014	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,875.00	12	8	60.0 %
2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$19,000.00	8	12	40.0 %
2015	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$1,500.00	4	9	30.8 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	5	6	18	$64,725.00	49	60	45.0 %
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	14	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	0	4	2	0	$17,625.00	29	28	50.9 %

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
13	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	5	$14,787.50	2014	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	5	$14,787.50
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$9,500.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$9,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$750.00	2015	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$750.00
69	0	1	2	0	4	11	16	10	25	$48,000.00	Total	Total	73	0	2	2	1	8	16	14	10	20	$54,425.00

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%
2014-2015	18	66.7%	6	22.2%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	11	21.6%	6	11.8%	34	66.7%	11-40	21.6%	18-34	34.6%	17-9	65.4%	0	0	35-43	44.9%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	3	7.7%	5	12.8%	31	79.5%	3-36	7.7%	10-62	13.9%	12-14	46.2%	0	0	11-38	22.4%

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 14-30 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool K	Gibb/Patterson	14	Garcia/Marco	35	18-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:58
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 # 3 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	2	Garcia/Marco	8	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	21-17, 21-18	0:35
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 # 6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-5
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Garcia/Marco	27, Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:37
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Garcia/Marco	18	21-19, 21-14	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 7 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool G	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	Rego/Santos	7	12-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
Series tied with # 8 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 # 10 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 # 11 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Garcia/Marco	27, Q5	21-19, 21-15	0:38
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Erdmann/Matysik	10	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 1-0
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool K	Garcia/Marco	35	Felipe/Filho	11	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 14 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-3
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Bourne/Hyden	9	Garcia/Marco	35	21-13, 21-18	0:37
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool E	Bourne/Hyden	5	Garcia/Marco	28, Q6	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
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 # 20 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 # 22 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	22	Garcia/Marco	27, Q5	22-20, 21-23, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 26, Q3 Doherty/Mayer, United States 0-1
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Doherty/Mayer	23, Q3	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	21-12, 27-25	0:38
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
8/7/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool C	Plavins/Regza	6	Garcia/Marco	3	21-15, 25-23	0:44
Series tied with # Q2 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-2
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	8	Kantor/Losiak	3	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
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 # Q11 Hordvik/Kvamsdal, Norway 1-0
6/11/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q15	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	Q18	23-21, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # Q12 Holler/Schroder, Germany 2-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	27, Q5	Holler/Schroder	Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:42
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
Series tied with # Q13 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 2-2
8/6/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool C	Garcia/Marco	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	11	21-14, 21-16	0:41
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 # Q28 Lawson/Roberts, United States 1-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	27, Q5	Lawson/Roberts	Q28	21-19, 21-16	0:45