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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Open
October 7 - 11, 2014

(16) Christian Garcia/Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain

Christian García Rodriguez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1986 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Resides:

S/C Tenerife

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Xiamen 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$51,275.00

Francisco Alfredo Marco
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1986 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Benidorm

Resides:

Benidorm

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Xiamen 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$49,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	51	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	8	9	14	11	1	US$88,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	52	0	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	8	9	14	11	1	US$88,300.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	28, Q6	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q14	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q15	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q12	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	30, Q12	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q8	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	4	5	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	10	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q14	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	21	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q3	17	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	28, Q12	17	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2013	Anapa Open	12	9	250	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q15	33	160	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	29, Q17	25	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q15	33	160	US$0.00

Xiamen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2014	Pool A	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (17, Q2)	Lost 22-24, 21-23	0:46
Thu, 10/9/2014	Pool A	Cheng Chen / Jian Li, China (1)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:33
Fri, 10/10/2014	Winner 1	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (19, Q3)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:35
Fri, 10/10/2014	Winner 2	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (8)	Won 10-21, 21-19, 21-19	0:56
Fri, 10/10/2014	Winner 3	Jian Bao / Likejiang Ha, China (18, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:36
Sat, 10/11/2014	Semi-Finals	Theo Brunner / John Mayer, United States (3)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:40
Sat, 10/11/2014	Gold Medal	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (5)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 12-15	0:57

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Marco lead the series against the field 9-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Chen/Li, China 0-1
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Chen/Li	1	Garcia/Marco	16	21-12, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 3 Brunner/Mayer, United States 1-0
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Semi-Finals	Garcia/Marco	16	Brunner/Mayer	3	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Gold Medal	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Garcia/Marco	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 8 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 2-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	16	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	8	10-21, 21-19, 21-19	0:56
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	4	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	28, Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Series tied with # 13 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hatch/Redmann	26, Q7	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:43
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	29, Q17	Hatch/Redmann	Q16	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 0-1
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Eithun/Horrem	17, Q2	Garcia/Marco	16	24-22, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # 18, Q1 Bao/Ha, China 1-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Garcia/Marco	16	Bao/Ha	18, Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	16	Faiga/Hilman	19, Q3	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 2-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q15	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q18	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:58
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q21	21-8, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 22 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 0-1
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q22	Garcia/Marco	Q11	21-13, 23-21	0:38