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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open
June 5 - 10, 2007

(32, Q36) Ester Alcon/Olga Matveeva, 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

Olga Matveeva
Spain

/ Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$40,224.12

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	US$20,081.64
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	5	6	1	5	US$39,700.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$650.00
Overall	33	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	6	1	5	6	1	5	US$60,431.64

Previous Warsaw Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	10	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	Q25	41st	18	US$0.00

Warsaw Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 1	Miho Makabe / Sachie Oguri, Japan (Q29)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:44
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 2	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (Q4)	Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 3	Chrisi Gschweidl / Barbara Hansel, Austria (Q20)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
Thu, 6/7/2007	Winner 1	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (1)	Lost 21-23, 20-22	0:42
Thu, 6/7/2007	Contender 1	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (17)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:56
Fri, 6/8/2007	Contender 2	Chiaki Kusuhara / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (18, Q5)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 18-20	0:54

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	5	$25,800.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	5	12	$42,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ester Alcon												Olga Matveeva
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	1	0	1	$5,200.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	12	$9,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,750.00
38	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	7	19	$26,080.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	7	$15,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$725.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$2,650.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$3,000.00
65	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	12	34	$46,842.50	Total	38	0	0	0	1	2	2	7	8	18	$26,575.00

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
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,300.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,300.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ester Alcon													Olga Matveeva
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
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
											1999	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,500.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$5,430.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$10,062.50	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00	2003	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	8	$6,650.00	2004	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,625.00	2004	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,875.00	2005	FIVB
											2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
											2006	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$2,962.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00
46	0	0	0	0	2	5	9	7	23	$30,067.50	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	1	5	$8,012.50

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	14	53.8%	4	15.4%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	5	14.3%	6	17.1%	24	68.6%	5-30	14.3%	14-24	36.8%	9-14	39.1%	1	0	24-38	38.7%
2006-2007	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	9	69.2%	3-10	23.1%	7-9	43.8%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	13-13	50.0%
Against the Field	6	37.5%	4	25.0%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	4	18.2%	2	9.1%	16	72.7%	4-18	18.2%	12-30	28.6%	16-16	50.0%	1	0	15-23	39.5%

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	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	5	0	0	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	23
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Total	0	0	16	11	1	8	0	0	6	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	44

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Matveeva trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	1	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	23-21, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 17 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 18, Q5 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 0-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q5	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	13-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:54
Lead the series against # Q4 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	Lessard/Maxwell	Q4	14-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # Q13 Erni/Graessli, Switzerland 0-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 1	Erni/Graessli	15	Alcon/Matveeva	10	21-17, 16-21, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # Q20 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	Gschweidl/Hansel	Q20	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q29 Makabe/Oguri, Japan 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	Makabe/Oguri	Q29	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # Q42 Celbova Rysava/Nakladalova, Czechia 0-2
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Nakladalova	7	Alcon/Matveeva	10	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:48
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Celbova Rysava/Nakladalova		Alcon/Matveeva		18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:53