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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 25 - July 4, 2009

(42) Imara Esteves Ribalta/Dalixia Fernandez Grasset, Cuba

Imara Esteves Ribalta
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 15, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Resides:

C.Habana

Height:

171 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$171,737.50

Dalixia Fernandez Grasset
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Guantanamo

Resides:

Guantanamo

Height:

177 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$257,130.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	US$16,100.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Yoselin Roque Palacios - 17th
2003	Milagros Crespo - 17th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 5th
2004	Milagros Crespo - 17th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 17th
2005	Milagros Crespo - 7th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 25th
2006	Milagros Crespo - 9th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 5th
2007	Milagros Crespo - 17th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th
2008	Milagros Crespo - 17th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	26	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	19	25	60	US$2,000.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool G

Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (7)

Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-12

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Imara Esteves Ribalta	Total	40	20	5	0.375	0	8	1	4
	1	16	11	2	0.563	0	3	0	4
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	1	0	0
	3	12	4	2	0.167	0	4	1	0
Dalixia Fernandez Grasset	Total	22	15	0	0.682	1	5	0	3
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	1	0	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	1	0	1
	3	7	3	0	0.429	1	3	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool G

Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (18)

Lost 19-21, 25-27

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Imara Esteves Ribalta	Total	16	8	2	0.375	2	3	1	0
	1	5	3	1	0.400	1	2	1	0
	2	11	5	1	0.364	1	1	0	0
Dalixia Fernandez Grasset	Total	33	23	2	0.636	0	3	0	3
	1	16	11	0	0.688	0	1	0	2
	2	17	12	2	0.588	0	2	0	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool G

Claudia Lubetz / Julia Sude, Germany (31)

Won 21-13, 21-17

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Imara Esteves Ribalta	Total	12	10	0	0.833	1	1	2	1
	1	6	5	0	0.833	1	1	1	0
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	0	1	1
Dalixia Fernandez Grasset	Total	20	12	1	0.550	0	12	4	3
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	2	3	3
	2	13	9	0	0.692	0	10	1	0

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (5)

Lost 14-21, 21-19, 15-17

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Imara Esteves Ribalta	Total	22	14	1	0.591	2	5	2	1
	1	5	2	0	0.400	1	1	0	0
	2	11	10	1	0.818	0	3	0	1
	3	6	2	0	0.333	1	1	2	0
Dalixia Fernandez Grasset	Total	44	23	6	0.386	1	10	1	2
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	2	1	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	1	6	0	1
	3	15	9	3	0.400	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Imara Esteves Ribalta	90	52	8	0.489	5	17	6	6
Dalixia Fernandez Grasset	119	73	9	0.538	2	30	5	11

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Milagros Crespo - 37th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 17th
2005	Berlin	Milagros Crespo - 13th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 4th
2007	Gstaad	Milagros Crespo - 17th	Tamara Larrea Peraza - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	42	17	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset trail the series against the field 2-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	5	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	0:59
Lead the series against # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	Holtwick/Semmler	7	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 18 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Gioria/Momoli	18	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	21-19, 27-25	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	19	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 27 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	26	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 31 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	42	Lubetz/Sude	31	21-13, 21-17	0:33