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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lianyungang Open
August 13 - 17, 2003

(24) 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 Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	25, Q4	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	28, Q15	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	28, Q9	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	32, Q10	25th	60	US$3,500.00
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
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	30	17th	60	US$2,520.00

Lianyungang Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool H	Angela Clarke / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (8)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 8-15	0:38
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool H	Annika Granstrom / Angelica Ljungquist, Sweden (25, Q3)	Won 21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Sat, 8/16/2003	Pool H	Lu Wang / Wenhui You, China (9)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:36

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$10,860.00	11	20	35.5 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	$14,750.00	12	17	41.4 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	9	$25,610.00	23	37	38.3 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	$7,375.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	$7,375.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	10	$12,805.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	9	$13,805.00

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	10	62.5%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	3.7%	6	22.2%	20	74.1%	1-26	3.7%	20-40	33.3%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	15-28	34.9%

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 trail the series against the field 10-16 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 8 Clarke/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool H	Clarke/Pottharst	8	Alcon/Pol	24	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Wang/You, China 0-2
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool H	Wang/You	9	Alcon/Pol	24	21-19, 21-14	0:36
8/8/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Wang/You	30, Q8	Alcon/Pol	Q9	19-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 11 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-2
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q4	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	21-19, 21-23, 15-8	0:54
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Ahmann/Vollmer	Q15	Alcon/Pol	Q18	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Ji/Wang, China 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	Ji/Wang	8	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	28, Q15	Gerlic/Lochowicz	Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-2
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	Alcon/Pol	Q13	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
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 # 18 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Glesnes/Maaseide	21	Alcon/Pol	28, Q15	21-10, 21-17	0:33
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Glesnes/Maaseide	16	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	21-15, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	9	27-25, 21-14	0:44
Trail the series against # 20, Q1 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	24, Q3	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	21-18, 27-25	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/1/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	Arjona/Kadjo	Q24	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Granstrom/Ljungquist, Sweden 1-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool H	Alcon/Pol	24	Granstrom/Ljungquist	25, Q3	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q7 Barrera/Jaouen, France 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	28, Q15	Barrera/Jaouen	Q18	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # Q9 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q25	21-10, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # Q10 Nagy/Petho, Hungary 1-1
8/7/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Nagy/Petho	31, Q13	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	Q13	Nagy/Petho	Q20	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # Q15 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 # Q25 Intuan/Phokongploy, Thailand 1-0
8/6/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	Intuan/Phokongploy	Q29	21-10, 21-12	0:28