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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(8) Adrian Gavira/Raul Mesa, Spain

Adrián Gavira Collado
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 17, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Linea de la Concepcion

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

232

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$875,706.94

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$283,052.56

Awards

Top Rookie 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,969.00
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	US$16,400.00
Overall	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	US$20,369.00

Previous Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/11-14/2008	English Masters	9	5th	360	€ 2,800.00

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	Steve Grotowski / Gregg Weaver, England (25, Q4)	Won 21-14, 26-24	0:54
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 2	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (24, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 10/9/2008	Winner 3	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:46
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 4	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (13)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:39

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$16,400.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$16,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Adrian Gavira												Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$50,000.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$15,312.50
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$22,250.00	World Tour Finals
85	1	4	4	4	23	19	22	8	0	$446,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	16	$91,100.00
87	4	5	6	3	20	27	15	2	5	$256,075.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	11	$117,375.00
4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	$1,600.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
17	1	0	2	1	6	2	3	2	0	$37,500.00	Confederation Championship	8	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	$19,375.00
216	6	13	12	8	59	55	46	12	5	$821,375.00	Total	134	3	1	2	2	11	32	32	20	31	$246,312.50

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Adrian Gavira													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$7,437.50
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00
											2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$7,375.00
											2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$500.00
											2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	$26,200.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
											2005	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$13,712.50
											2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	$18,350.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$5,975.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	$38,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,300.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,475.00
14	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	2	4	$26,800.00	2008	FIVB	15	1	0	1	0	2	8	3	0	0	$60,850.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$2,300.00	2008	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$7,150.00
31	0	3	0	0	3	6	10	4	5	$34,400.00	Total	Total	87	3	2	2	1	14	23	18	12	12	$192,850.00

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	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	7-4	63.6%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
2007-2008	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	7-4	63.6%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	8-8	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6

Head to Head Results
Gavira/Mesa trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	1	Gavira/Mesa	8	22-20, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	10	Gavira/Mesa	9	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	Gavira/Mesa	8	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Mesa	8	Hernandez/Villafane	24, Q2	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Mesa	8	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q4	21-14, 26-24	0:54