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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 A1 Major Klagenfurt
July 26 - 31, 2016

(Q6) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2013	Francisco Alfredo Marco - 9th	Christian Garcia - 9th
CEV 2015	Francisco Alfredo Marco - 25th	Christian Garcia - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	29, Q8	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	29, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	30, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	Q17	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	80	US$0.00
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
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

A1 Major Klagenfurt Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2016	Qualifier 1	Vinicius Cardoso / Marcio Gaudie, Brazil (31, Q27)	Lost 21-14, 15-21, 17-19	0:52

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	$23,575.00	14	18	43.8 %
2015	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$1,500.00	4	9	30.8 %
2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	$19,000.00	17	24	41.5 %
Total	FIVB	51	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	8	9	26	$88,300.00	72	90	44.4 %
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
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
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
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	$9,500.00	2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	$9,500.00
85	0	1	2	0	5	12	19	13	33	$59,787.50	Total	Total	89	0	2	2	1	9	17	17	13	28	$66,212.50

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	6	60.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	3	10.0%	3	10.0%	24	80.0%	3-27	10.0%	12-46	20.7%	8-12	40.0%	1	0	11-29	27.5%

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 15-35 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 16 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-6
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
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
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool D	Saxton/Schalk	4	Garcia/Marco	29, Q8	21-14, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool C	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	14, Q1	Garcia/Marco	30, Q7	21-15, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool D	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Garcia/Marco	29, Q8	21-16, 21-12	0:34
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 # 9 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-5
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool D	Bourne/Hyden	13	Garcia/Marco	29, Q7	21-8, 21-15	0:29
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
Lead the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-4
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool D	Huber/Seidl	20	Garcia/Marco	29, Q7	21-19, 21-19	0:41
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Huber/Seidl	31	Garcia/Marco	18	21-18, 21-17	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 17 Matysik/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	29, Q8	Matysik/Walkenhorst	20	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 18 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-3
6/7/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Qualifier 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	23, Q1	Garcia/Marco	Q17	21-17, 21-19	0:35
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 # 19 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
Lead the series against # 21 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 3-1
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool C	Garcia/Marco	14	Dressler/Kunert	19	21-16, 21-15	0:39
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	20, Q2	Garcia/Marco	13	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
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
Trail the series against # 22 Loyola/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool C	Loyola/Santos	19, Q2	Garcia/Marco	30, Q7	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 23 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
Series tied with # 29, Q14 Doherty/Mayer, United States 1-1
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	29, Q8	Doherty/Mayer	Q9	16-21, 24-22, 15-6	0:50
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 # 31, Q27 Cardoso/Gaudie, Brazil 0-1
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Qualifier 1	Cardoso/Gaudie	31, Q27	Garcia/Marco	Q6	14-21, 21-15, 19-17	0:52
Lead the series against Metral/Zandbergen, Switzerland 1-0
7/5/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	29, Q8	Metral/Zandbergen	Q25	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q11 Menendez/Tomas, Spain 1-0
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool C	Garcia/Marco	14	Menendez/Tomas	19	21-15, 21-10	0:37
Trail the series against # Q13 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 0-1
4/4/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 2	Basta/Kolaric	27, Q11	Garcia/Marco	Q6	14-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # Q19 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
6/18/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool G	Garcia/Marco	7	Gregory/Sheaf	23	23-21, 21-14	0:46