Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal
June 14 - 18, 2006
(16) John Garcia-Thompson/Alex Ortiz, Spain
 
John Garcia-Thompson
England / Spain
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 8, 1979 (44 yrs old)
Home Town: Palma de Mallorca
Resides: S.C. TENERIFE
Height: 192 cm (6'3")
Weight: 92 kg (202 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 68
Career Best: 5th (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)
Career FIVB WT Best: 9th (3 times)
Career Winnings: US$40,620.00
Alejandro "Alex" Ortiz Vargas
Spain
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jan 25, 1977 (47 yrs old)
Home Town: Medellin
Resides: Los Cristianos (Tenerife)
Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Weight: 89 kg (196 lb)
Seasons: 3
Tournaments: 17
Career Best: 7th (2 times)
Career Winnings: US$25,450.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317252641Money
FIVB6000000101211 US$16,400.00
Previous Espinho Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2002 Fabio Diez - 17th Did not play
2003 Antonio Cotrino - 33rd Did not play
2004 Antonio Cotrino - 33rd Did not play
2005 Javier Luna - 33rd Javier Bosma - 13th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/7-11/2006 Italian Open 23 9 240 US$6,000.00
FIVB 5/23-27/2006 China Open 24 25 60 US$2,000.00
Portugal Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Thu, 6/15/2006 Winner 1 Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (17) Lost 19-21, 21-18, 15-17 1:08
Thu, 6/15/2006 Contender 1 Ricardo Fonseca / Rui Guedes, Portugal (32) Won 23-21, 21-19 0:45
Fri, 6/16/2006 Contender 2 Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (18) Lost 14-21, 20-22 0:49
Head to Head Results
Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz trail the series against the field 3-4
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
6/9/06FIVBItalian Open Contender 2 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz 23 Baracetti/Conde 8 22-20, 22-20 0:50
Trail the series against # 17 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
6/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Wu/Xu 17 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz 16 21-19, 18-21, 17-15 1:08
5/24/06FIVBChina Open Winner 1 Wu/Xu 9 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz 24 18-21, 21-17, 15-10 0:55
Trail the series against # 18 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
6/16/06FIVBPortugal Open Contender 2 Gosch/Strauss 18 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz 16 21-14, 22-20 0:49
Trail the series against # 23 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
6/8/06FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Amore/Fenili 10 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz 23 23-25, 24-22, 15-12 1:08
Lead the series against # 27 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/9/06FIVBItalian Open Contender 1 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz 23 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q3 22-20, 21-18 0:44
Lead the series against # 32 Fonseca/Guedes, Portugal 1-0
6/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Contender 1 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz 16 Fonseca/Guedes 32 23-21, 21-19 0:45