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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 11 - 14, 2008

(9) 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 CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$868,111.66

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:

158

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Moscow 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$286,283.26

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 Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Javier Luna / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (8)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:42
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 2	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (1)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:50
Sat, 9/13/2008	Winner 3	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (4)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 8-15	0:45
Sat, 9/13/2008	Contender 4	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (10)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:42

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
17	1	0	2	1	6	2	3	2	0	$37,500.00	Confederation Championship	8	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	$19,375.00
210	6	13	12	8	58	54	42	12	0	$813,850.00	Total	134	3	1	2	2	11	32	32	20	0	$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	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	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$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											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
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											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
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
											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	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age
13	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2	4	$24,050.00	2008	FIVB	14	1	0	1	0	2	7	3	0	0	$58,100.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
35	0	4	0	2	4	6	10	4	5	$31,650.00	Total	Total	90	4	2	2	1	16	23	18	12	12	$190,100.00

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	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2007-2008	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Lead the series against # 1 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Gavira/Mesa	9	Matysik/Uhmann	1	21-19, 23-21	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 3	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Gavira/Mesa	9	17-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Luna/Marco, Spain 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Gavira/Mesa	9	Luna/Marco	8	21-16, 21-16	0:42
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