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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 18 - 23, 2010

(5) Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain

Adrián Gavira Collado
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 17, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Linea de la Concepcion

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

187

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$760,763.98

Pablo Herrera Allepuz
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Castellon de la Plana

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

225

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$908,963.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	159	4	10	10	7	46	3	44	1	27	1	1	5	US$1,440,678.42

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Pablo Herrera - 9th	Adrian Gavira - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	2	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2009	Sanya Open	2	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	3	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	2	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	7	2nd	720	US$28,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	11	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	15	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	13	7th	300	US$7,600.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/20/2010

Pool N

Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (28, Q15)

Won 21-12, 23-21

0:36

Thu, 5/20/2010

Pool N

Casey Jennings / Brad Keenan, United States (21)

Won 20-22, 21-15, 15-12

0:48

Fri, 5/21/2010

Pool N

Jefferson Bellaguarda / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (12)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:39

Sat, 5/22/2010

Winner 2

Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (14)

Won 21-18, 22-20

0:43

Sat, 5/22/2010

Winner 3

Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (19)

Won 21-12, 21-18

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	Total	21	12	0	0.571	0	7	2	4
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	1	2	2
	2	14	8	0	0.571	0	6	0	2
Pablo Herrera	Total	17	14	0	0.824	6	2	0	0
	1	10	9	0	0.900	3	1	0	0
	2	7	5	0	0.714	3	1	0	0

Sun, 5/23/2010

Semi-Finals

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	Total	32	19	7	0.375	1	7	1	4
	1	16	8	4	0.250	0	4	0	1
	2	16	11	3	0.500	1	3	1	3
Pablo Herrera	Total	8	6	1	0.625	0	4	1	5
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	2	0	2
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	2	1	3

Sun, 5/23/2010

Bronze Medal

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (2)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	Total	9	6	0	0.667	1	10	2	4
	1	5	3	0	0.600	0	5	0	2
	2	4	3	0	0.750	1	5	2	2
Pablo Herrera	Total	24	19	4	0.625	4	3	0	2
	1	15	13	2	0.733	2	2	0	2
	2	9	6	2	0.444	2	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Adrian Gavira	62	37	7	0.484	2	24	5	12
Pablo Herrera	49	39	5	0.694	10	9	1	7
Total	111	76	12	0.577	12	33	6	19
Opponents	121	66	18	0.397	5	23	8	12

Head to Head Results
Gavira/Herrera lead the series against the field 46-15 (Lead 22 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-3
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-14, 21-17	0:39
7/26/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-8, 21-14	0:35
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	11	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:56
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Gavira/Herrera	15	25-23, 21-14	0:46
Series tied with # 2 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
5/23/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	5	Brink/Reckermann	2	21-17, 21-17	0:47
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Brink/Reckermann	4	Gavira/Herrera	2	23-21, 21-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	5	Gavira/Herrera	4	12-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 3-4
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-16, 21-18	0:38
8/30/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Gavira/Herrera	3	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	10	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-17, 21-17	0:44
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Gavira/Herrera	3	Nummerdor/Schuil	4	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-15, 21-15	0:35
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	7	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-14, 21-15	0:35
7/12/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	11	Nummerdor/Schuil	12	23-21, 14-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 7 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-1
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Gavira/Herrera	2	Klemperer/Koreng	6	21-19, 21-16	0:42
8/22/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Klemperer/Koreng	8	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-13, 10-21, 15-12	0:50
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Gavira/Herrera	3	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Gavira/Herrera	2	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 10 Nicolai/Varnier, Italy 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 4	Nicolai/Varnier	9	Gavira/Herrera	11	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 11 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	13	22-20, 29-27	0:55
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Gavira/Herrera	11	21-23, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 2-1
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool N	Gavira/Herrera	5	Bellaguarda/Laciga	12	21-18, 21-18	0:39
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Bellaguarda/Laciga	10	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-19, 21-14	0:40
8/22/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Gavira/Herrera	2	Bellaguarda/Laciga	7	28-26, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 Gosch/Horst, Austria 4-1
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Gosch/Horst	14	21-18, 22-20	0:43
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	4	Gosch/Horst	9	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	1:07
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	11	Gosch/Horst	18	21-17, 21-13	0:41
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	20	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-19, 11-21, 15-9	0:52
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 3	Gavira/Herrera	11	Gosch/Horst	14	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	21-16, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-0
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	5	Fijalek/Prudel	19	21-12, 21-18	0:32
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fijalek/Prudel	14	25-23, 21-19	0:45
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fijalek/Prudel	9	21-18, 21-8	0:32
Lead the series against # 20 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Ces/Ces	20	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 21 Jennings/Keenan, United States 2-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool N	Gavira/Herrera	5	Jennings/Keenan	21	20-22, 21-15, 15-12	0:48
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	2	Jennings/Keenan	19	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q10 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 2-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	15	Boersma/Paulides	27	By Forfeit
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	13	Boersma/Paulides	24	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	2	Lario/Mesa	7	21-19, 10-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 28, Q15 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool N	Gavira/Herrera	5	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q15	21-12, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Doppler/Mellitzer	29	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 3-0
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	23-21, 21-15	0:38
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	26	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Gavira/Herrera	13	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q2	18-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 4-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	4	Lochhead/Pitman	20	21-11, 21-18	0:39
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	2	Lochhead/Pitman	27	21-17, 21-14	0:36
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	15	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-11, 21-12	0:36
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Gavira/Herrera	13	Lochhead/Pitman	19	17-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # Q5 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 2-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Gavira/Herrera	3	Dugrip/Salvetti	19, Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:34
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	7	Dugrip/Salvetti	10	21-11, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q6 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 2-0
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Bronze Medal	Gavira/Herrera	2	Bogatov/Prokopiev	16	17-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:55
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Bogatov/Prokopiev	10	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q7 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	4	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q6	21-13, 21-15	0:33
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	7	Hoyer/Soderberg	26	21-16, 21-12	0:35
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q10	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q14 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	3	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	23, Q8	21-13, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q17 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q24	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q20 Gao/Li, China 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Gavira/Herrera	2	Gao/Li	27	21-19, 21-17	0:49
Lead the series against # Q22 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	11	Hernandez/Villafane	22	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # Q23 Biza/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	2	Biza/Kufa	31, Q17	27-29, 21-17, 15-10	0:54