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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:

193

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$776,513.98

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$226,937.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2008

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

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	0	$15,312.50
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$22,250.00	World Tour Finals
82	1	4	4	4	23	19	19	8	0	$442,800.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
85	4	5	6	3	19	27	14	2	0	$252,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	0	$117,375.00
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$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
193	5	13	10	7	52	52	39	10	0	$776,350.00	Total	126	2	1	2	1	9	30	32	19	0	$226,937.50

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 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	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
											2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$7,375.00
											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
											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
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
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
23	0	3	0	0	2	3	7	3	5	$30,800.00	Total	Total	68	2	1	2	1	5	19	17	11	10	$161,662.50

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	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
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 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 # 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