Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
September 8 - 13, 2015

(22) Cesar Menendez/Francisco Tomas, Spain

César Menéndez Ortego
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 25, 1991 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gijon

Resides:

Lorca

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Baden 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$13,138.19

Francisco Javier Tomás Cuadrado
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Murcia

Resides:

Lorca

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Sochi 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$7,087.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	1	2	US$14,175.00

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	Q23	41	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	Q16	41	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	29, Q9	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	28	9	240	US$2,000.00

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/9/2015	Pool F	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (11)	Lost 27-29, 13-21	0:39
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool F	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (6)	Lost 21-23, 14-21	0:39
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool F	Jian Li / Zhuoxin Li, China (27, Q4)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:33
Fri, 9/11/2015	Winner 1	Chris Gregory / Jake Sheaf, England (15)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:32
Fri, 9/11/2015	Winner 2	Toms Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (23, Q2)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 9/12/2015	Winner 3	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (3)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:32

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-1
9/12/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Menendez/Tomas	22	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	6	Menendez/Tomas	22	23-21, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool D	Menendez/Tomas	29, Q9	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	4	21-15, 27-25	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	11	Menendez/Tomas	22	29-27, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Gregory/Sheaf, England 2-0
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Menendez/Tomas	22	Gregory/Sheaf	15	21-16, 21-10	0:32
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool D	Menendez/Tomas	29, Q9	Gregory/Sheaf	20, Q3	23-21, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 0-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 1	Eglseer/Mullner	22, Q4	Menendez/Tomas	29, Q9	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Menendez/Tomas	22	Smedins/Sorokins	23, Q2	22-20, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Bao/Ha, China 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Bao/Ha	18, Q1	Menendez/Tomas	28	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Li/Li, China 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Menendez/Tomas	22	Li/Li	27, Q4	21-10, 21-12	0:33