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€ 25,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters
May 20 - 24, 2015

(8) 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 Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool H	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (24, Q28)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool H	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (9)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:42

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	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	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	3	16	$45,725.00	41	48	46.1 %
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	11	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	3	1	0	$16,375.00	26	20	56.5 %
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00
69	0	2	2	1	5	13	17	6	23	$40,225.00	Total	Total	76	0	4	3	4	10	17	14	6	18	$46,650.00

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%
2014-2015	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	4	21.1%	1	5.3%	14	73.7%	4-15	21.1%	9-14	39.1%	7-3	70.0%	0	0	16-17	48.5%
Against the Field	5	45.5%	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	10-10	50.0%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	10-10	50.0%

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 lead the series against the field 22-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 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
Series tied with # 5, Q1 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
Series tied with # 6 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-2
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
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Semi-Finals	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Huber/Seidl	3	20-22, 25-23, 16-14	0:58
Series tied with # 7 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Garcia/Marco	10	21-16, 21-18	0:37
8/6/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Contender 4	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	5	22-20, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 9 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-2
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool H	Eithun/Horrem	9	Garcia/Marco	8	21-16, 21-18	0:42
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool F	Garcia/Marco	6	Eithun/Horrem	11	25-27, 21-14, 15-8	0:58
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Eithun/Horrem	17, Q2	Garcia/Marco	16	24-22, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 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
Series tied with # 13 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Faiga/Hilman	18	Garcia/Marco	6	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	16	Faiga/Hilman	19, Q3	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 2-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	16	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	8	10-21, 21-19, 21-19	0:56
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	4	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	28, Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18, Q7 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 # 24, Q28 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool H	Garcia/Marco	8	Koekelkoren/van Walle	24, Q28	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against 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 # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q9 Hordvik/Kvamsdal, Norway 2-1
6/29/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Contender 4	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	12, Q4	Garcia/Marco	3	21-17, 20-22, 15-10	0:54
6/11/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q15	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	Q18	23-21, 21-17	0:43
6/9/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	6	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	11, Q5	3-0	0:32
Lead the series against # Q17 Ohana/Sendrovich, Israel 1-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool F	Garcia/Marco	6	Ohana/Sendrovich	22, Q3	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q19 Gritsai/Romano, Azerbaijan 1-0
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool A	Garcia/Marco	8	Gritsai/Romano	16	21-18, 21-12	0:37