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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 11 - 15, 2008

(4) 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 Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	6	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	8	9th	240	US$5,500.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 1	Sam Boehm / Christopher McHugh, Australia (29)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:37
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 2	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (13)	Lost 21-16, 13-21, 13-15	0:49
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 2	Martin Reader / Ray Sewell, Canada (19, Q4)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:50
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 3	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (12)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	0:43

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$16,400.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$16,400.00	7	6	53.8 %

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
16	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	2	4	$32,250.00	2008	FIVB	17	1	0	1	0	3	9	3	0	0	$66,300.00
25	0	3	0	0	3	4	7	3	5	$36,250.00	Total	Total	70	2	1	2	1	6	20	17	11	10	$167,112.50

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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
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 lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
10/31/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 5	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Gavira/Mesa	6	23-21, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	Gavira/Mesa	4	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Asahi/Shiratori	13	Gavira/Mesa	4	16-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17, Q3 Bizzotto/Casadei, Italy 1-0
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Mesa	6	Bizzotto/Casadei	22, Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:56
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 Reader/Sewell, Canada 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Gavira/Mesa	4	Reader/Sewell	19, Q4	21-17, 23-21	0:50
Lead the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 29 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Mesa	4	Boehm/McHugh	29	21-19, 21-11	0:37