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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Switzerland Open
June 18 - 22, 2002

(28, Q28) Ester Alcon/Catalina Maria Pol, Spain

Ester Alcon
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 26, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sabaden

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S San Sebastiàn 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$44,192.50

Catalina Maria Pol Marti
Spain

Photo: VoleyPlaya.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Consell (Mallora)

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S St. Jean de Monts 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Osaka 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$27,767.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	6	11	3	4	1	US$44,285.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	26	25th	30	US$1,650.00

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/18/2002	Qualifier 1	Angelica Gomez / Ester Ribera, Spain (Q37)	Won 21-12, 19-21, 15-7	0:49
Tue, 6/18/2002	Qualifier 2	Teresa Galindo / Myrna Serrano Ochoa, Mexico (Q5)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:43
Wed, 6/19/2002	Qualifier 3	Lenka Hajeckova / Michaela Maixnerova, Czech Republic (Q44)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:45
Thu, 6/20/2002	Pool E	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (12)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:32
Thu, 6/20/2002	Pool E	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (21)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:29
Fri, 6/21/2002	Pool E	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (5)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 11-15	0:48

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$16,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$26,360.00
Total	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	6	0	$44,285.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ester Alcon												Catalina Maria Pol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$8,012.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,812.50
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	$9,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$8,025.00
38	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	7	0	$26,080.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	$16,180.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$750.00
60	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	11	0	$44,192.50	Total	51	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	9	0	$27,767.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,170.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,170.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ester Alcon													Catalina Maria Pol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,085.00	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,085.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$2,085.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,085.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	21	53.8%	11	28.2%	7	17.9%	32-7	82.1%	5	8.9%	10	17.9%	41	73.2%	5-51	8.9%	21-41	33.9%	16-17	48.5%	0	1	37-59	38.5%
2001-2002	6	50.0%	4	33.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	5.3%	4	21.1%	14	73.7%	1-18	5.3%	6-14	30.0%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	11-20	35.5%
Against the Field	6	37.5%	6	37.5%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	1	4.0%	3	12.0%	21	84.0%	1-24	4.0%	12-42	22.2%	14-14	50.0%	0	0	13-28	31.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	4	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	15	14	8	16	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	35
Total	0	0	24	18	8	34	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	59

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Pol lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Cook/Pottharst	5	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 12 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-15, 21-15	0:32
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Alcon/Pol	26	21-12, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Alcon/Pol	26	21-11, 21-13	0:24
Trail the series against # 21 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	21-14, 21-16	0:29
Lead the series against # Q2 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 1-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Alcon/Pol	26	Gougeon/Lessard	23	15-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:41
Lead the series against # Q5 Galindo/Serrano Ochoa, Mexico 1-0
6/18/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	Galindo/Serrano Ochoa	Q5	22-20, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # Q37 Gomez/Ribera, Spain 1-0
6/18/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	Gomez/Ribera	Q37	21-12, 19-21, 15-7	0:49
Lead the series against # Q44 Hajeckova/Maixnerova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	Hajeckova/Maixnerova	Q44	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:45