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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Spain Open
July 6 - 10, 2004

(9) 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 Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Catalina Maria Pol - 25th	Ester Alcon - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	Q10	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	Q11	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	Q10	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	Q8	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	38	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	30, Q10	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	Q6	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	24	17th	60	US$2,500.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/8/2004	Winner 1	Helke Claasen / Martina Stoof, Germany (24, Q8)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 7/8/2004	Winner 2	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (8)	Lost 8-21, 16-21	0:34
Thu, 7/8/2004	Contender 2	Katerina Nikolaidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (26)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:42

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	5	$20,125.00	14	24	36.8 %
2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$3,000.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	18	$33,985.00	32	53	37.6 %

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
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
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$10,062.50	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$10,062.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$1,500.00
31	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	19	$16,992.50	Total	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	18	$17,992.50

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%
2003-2004	15	55.6%	7	25.9%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	4	10.8%	6	16.2%	27	73.0%	4-33	10.8%	15-27	35.7%	11-11	50.0%	0	1	26-39	40.0%
Against the Field	9	50.0%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	0	0.0%	7	21.9%	25	78.1%	0-32	0.0%	18-50	26.5%	8-24	25.0%	0	0	13-37	26.0%

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 11-33 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 18 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool L	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	Alcon/Pol	38	25-23, 21-15	0:39
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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-3
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool L	Pohl/Rau	14	Alcon/Pol	38	21-17, 21-13	0:37
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	21-19, 21-17	0:39
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Alcon/Pol	26	21-11, 21-13	0:24
Trail the series against # 8 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Clarke/Gerlic	8	Alcon/Pol	9	21-8, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 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 # 12 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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 16, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Gattelli/Perrotta	19	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hakedal/Torlen	28, Q6	Alcon/Pol	Q11	21-11, 21-12	0:29
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	24, Q3	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	21-18, 27-25	0:44
Series tied with # 19 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-1
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Arjona/Kadjo	24, Q7	Alcon/Pol	Q10	21-16, 21-14	0:35
7/1/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	Arjona/Kadjo	Q24	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 21 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	23, Q6	Alcon/Pol	Q11	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 22 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
7/25/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Fonseca/Rodrigues	8, Q2	Alcon/Pol	Q15	21-11, 20-22, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 23, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q8 Claasen/Stoof, Germany 1-0
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Alcon/Pol	9	Claasen/Stoof	24, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 26 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	26	Alcon/Pol	9	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 27, Q6 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-2
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
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 2-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q7	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 29 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 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
Trail the series against # 31, Q9 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 0-1
3/10/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Jobst/Stragliotto	30, Q9	Alcon/Pol	Q8	23-21, 26-24	0:49
Series tied with # Q11 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-1
5/27/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	30, Q10	Alcon/Pol	Q7	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:47
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q25	21-10, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # Q12 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
Lead the series against # Q13 Teru Saiki/Urata, Japan 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	Teru Saiki/Urata	Q23	23-21, 21-15	0:42
Series tied with # Q16 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	Q11	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q22	21-11, 21-19	0:31
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q39	Alcon/Pol	Q7	21-16, 14-21, 15-12	0:41
Series tied with # Q17 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	Q10	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q23	21-17, 21-19	0:33
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 # Q19 Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/29/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Keizer/Mooren	32, Q23	Alcon/Pol	Q10	31-29, 21-16	0:44