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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
May 24 - 29, 2016

(Q18) 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$51,275.00

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$49,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
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	52	0	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	8	9	14	11	1	US$88,300.00

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Francisco Alfredo Marco - 17th	Christian Garcia - 17th
2014	Francisco Alfredo Marco - 33rd	Christian Garcia - 33rd
2015	Francisco Alfredo Marco - 41st	Christian Garcia - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	Q9	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	25, Q4	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	Q9	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	Q8	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	Q6	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	14	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	13	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	14	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	14	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	27, Q5	25th	160	US$4,000.00
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
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/24/2016	Qualifier 1	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (Q15)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:39
Tue, 5/24/2016	Qualifier 2	Isaac Kapa / Christopher McHugh, Australia (23, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 22-24	0:41

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
Total	52	0	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	8	9	0	$88,300.00

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
70	0	1	0	0	6	8	12	13	0	$51,275.00	Total	61	0	2	0	0	5	7	9	11	0	$49,050.00

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 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$14,150.00	12	12	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	5	$29,575.00	21	25	45.7 %
2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	$23,575.00	14	18	43.8 %
2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	$4,000.00	10	13	43.5 %
Total	FIVB	46	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	7	7	24	$73,300.00	65	79	45.1 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
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	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
											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
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
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
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
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
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	$11,787.50	2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	$11,787.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	$2,000.00	2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	$2,000.00
54	0	1	0	0	3	6	9	9	26	$41,175.00	Total	Total	56	0	2	0	0	5	7	8	9	25	$41,550.00

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%
2015-2016	20	74.1%	3	11.1%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	7	15.6%	6	13.3%	32	71.1%	7-38	15.6%	20-32	38.5%	10-10	50.0%	1	0	31-42	42.5%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	5	9.6%	7	13.5%	40	76.9%	5-47	9.6%	14-80	14.9%	14-20	41.2%	0	0	14-50	21.9%

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
Total	0	0	38	26	27	47	0	0	9	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	75	92

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Marco trail the series against the field 12-40 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 23 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Garcia/Marco	14	21-12, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	Garcia/Marco	25, Q4	21-12, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-5
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Garcia/Marco	14	21-8, 21-17	0:34
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Garcia/Marco	27, Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:37
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 # 11 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-4
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool C	Bourne/Hyden	3	Garcia/Marco	14	22-20, 21-15	0:36
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 # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Garcia/Marco	28, Q12	21-16, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Garcia/Marco	25, Q4	21-18, 21-17	0:35
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	2	Garcia/Marco	13	21-15, 21-19	0:37
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 # 17 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
9/24/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	3	Garcia/Marco	14	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Ontiveros/Virgen	4	Garcia/Marco	13	21-18, 7-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22, Q1 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-2
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
Series tied with # 23, Q2 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-1
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kapa/McHugh	23, Q2	Garcia/Marco	Q18	21-19, 24-22	0:41
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 # 24, Q4 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 # 28, Q11 Fuchs/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fuchs/Windscheif	25, Q7	Garcia/Marco	Q10	22-24, 22-20, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 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 # 31 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 2-1
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	13	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q12	21-17, 25-23	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 32, Q19 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 0-2
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	29, Q9	Garcia/Marco	Q8	21-19, 21-13	0:36
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 1	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	Garcia/Marco	14	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 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 # Q10 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Huber/Seidl	27, Q5	Garcia/Marco	Q12	21-11, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # Q13 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 # Q14 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 0-1
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Qualifier 2	Bryl/Kujawiak	26, Q8	Garcia/Marco	Q9	28-26, 15-21, 15-11	1:01
Series tied with # Q15 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q18	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	Q15	21-19, 21-18	0:39
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24, Q3	Garcia/Marco	25, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q17 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	Bykanov/Koshkarev	8	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # Q20 Bergerud/Retterholt, Norway 0-1
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool C	Bergerud/Retterholt	19	Garcia/Marco	14	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q21 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 # Q23 Sivolap/Velichko, Russia 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool C	Garcia/Marco	14	Sivolap/Velichko	30, Q12	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # Q25 Bogatov/Hudyakov, Russia 1-0
5/3/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	25, Q4	Bogatov/Hudyakov	Q13	21-19, 21-15	0:35