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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Vodafone Grand Slam
June 24 - 28, 2003

(32, Q10) 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:

4th (CEV The Hague 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$60,015.59

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:

5th (CEV Valencia 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Osaka 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$39,258.51

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	US$9,008.74
FIVB	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	6	11	3	4	1	US$44,285.00
Overall	39	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	2	7	11	3	4	1	US$53,293.74

Previous Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q7	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	Q2	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	Q4	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	12	25th	30	US$1,650.00
CEV	8/29-31/2002	European Championships	21	7th	50	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	30	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	Q9	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	36	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	Q15	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	40	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2002	Canada Open	29, Q8	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	Q18	41st	10	US$0.00

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/24/2003	Qualifier 2	Leigh-Ann Naidoo / Julia Willand, South Africa (Q42)	Won 21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:48
Tue, 6/24/2003	Qualifier 3	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (Q39)	Won 25-23, 23-21	0:37
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool A	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (16)	Lost 15-21, 20-22	0:34
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool A	Dianne DeNecochea / Nancy Reynolds, United States (17, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:31
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool A	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 13-21, 12-21	0:30

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	1	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	$16,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	13	$26,360.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	$3,300.00
Total	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	7	19	$47,585.00

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	3	$8,012.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$2,812.50
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	12	$9,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	$8,025.00
38	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	7	19	$26,080.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	20	$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
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$2,650.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$2,650.00
65	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	12	34	$46,842.50	Total	56	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	10	30	$30,417.50

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$10,860.00	11	20	35.5 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$3,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	8	$14,360.00	14	25	35.9 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$5,430.00	2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$5,430.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	9	$8,080.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	8	$9,080.00

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%
2002-2003	14	51.9%	9	33.3%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	2	4.8%	8	19.0%	32	76.2%	2-40	4.8%	14-32	30.4%	11-12	47.8%	0	0	25-44	36.2%
Against the Field	13	56.5%	5	21.7%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	1	2.3%	6	13.6%	37	84.1%	1-43	2.3%	26-74	26.0%	12-22	35.3%	0	0	19-48	28.4%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	0	0	25	19	9	36	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	64

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Pol trail the series against the field 7-21 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 16 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	21-13, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 2 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	McPeak/Youngs	4	Alcon/Pol	29, Q8	21-9, 21-15	0:29
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Alcon/Pol	30	21-15, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 7 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Kadijk/Leenstra	5	Alcon/Pol	12	21-10, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 9 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Alcon/Pol	21	Pohl/Rau	5	21-19, 21-17	0:37
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Alcon/Pol	26	21-11, 21-13	0:24
Trail the series against # 10 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Ahmann/Vollmer	Q15	Alcon/Pol	Q18	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 11 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Alcon/Pol	36	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Dodd/McSorley, United States 0-1
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool J	Dodd/McSorley	16	Alcon/Pol	40	21-12, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Glesnes/Maaseide	16	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	21-15, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 DeNecochea/Reynolds, United States 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	DeNecochea/Reynolds	17, Q2	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	21-17, 21-10	0:31
Trail the series against # 18 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czechia 0-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Alcon/Pol	36	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 20, Q1 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-3
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	4	Alcon/Pol	21	20-22, 21-12, 15-10	0:58
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool C	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Alcon/Pol	30	21-16, 21-15	0:34
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	21-14, 21-16	0:29
Series tied with # 22 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	0:56
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Alcon/Pol	21	21-15, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with # 23 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 # 24, Q5 Wang/You, China 0-1
8/8/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Wang/You	30, Q8	Alcon/Pol	Q9	19-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:47
Trail the series against # 29, Q3 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	Alcon/Pol	29, Q8	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # Q7 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	Alcon/Pol	36	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against # Q12 Barrera/Luge, France 0-1
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Barrera/Luge	28, Q10	Alcon/Pol	12	21-13, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q26 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Alcon/Pol	21	Arjona/Kadjo	12	17-21, 24-22, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # Q36 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q39	Alcon/Pol	Q7	21-16, 14-21, 15-12	0:41
Lead the series against # Q39 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-0
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q39	25-23, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # Q42 Naidoo/Willand, South Africa 1-0
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	Naidoo/Willand	Q42	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q47 Kloeden/Maycock, Australia 1-0
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	Q7	Kloeden/Maycock	Q58	21-13, 21-13	0:30