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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 12 - 16, 2007

(29, Q25) 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:

5th (FIVB C&S San Sebastiàn 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$44,192.50

Olga Matveeva
Spain

/ Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Porto San Giorgio 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$23,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	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	US$650.00
Overall	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	5	6	1	5	US$40,350.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Susana Vega - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	32, Q36	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	Q25	41st	18	US$0.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/12/2007	Qualifier 2	Nadia Campisi / Clara Lozano, Spain (Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:40
Tue, 6/12/2007	Qualifier 3	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (Q24)	Won 14-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:51
Wed, 6/13/2007	Winner 1	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (4)	Won 22-20, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Wed, 6/13/2007	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (13, Q6)	Lost 11-21, 20-22	0:30
Thu, 6/14/2007	Contender 2	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (30)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:38

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	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	$25,800.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
Total	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	5	0	$40,350.00

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	0	$8,012.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	$9,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
38	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	7	0	$26,080.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	0	$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
60	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	11	0	$44,192.50	Total	34	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	8	0	$23,575.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$6,000.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$6,000.00	7	5	58.3 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$5,430.00	2002	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$10,062.50	2003	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	8	$6,650.00	2004	FIVB
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,000.00
39	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	6	23	$27,017.50	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	$4,400.00

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	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	8	44.4%	3	16.7%	7	38.9%	11-7	61.1%	2	10.0%	3	15.0%	15	75.0%	2-18	10.0%	16-30	34.8%	10-20	33.3%	0	0	13-25	34.2%

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
Total	0	0	16	11	1	8	0	0	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	40

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Matveeva lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 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 # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	Xue/Zhang	4	22-20, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 13, Q6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	21-11, 22-20	0:30
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 26, Q3 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
Series tied with # 30 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	30	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	21-17, 21-12	0:38
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against 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
Series tied with # Q8 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-1
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	Campisi/Lozano	Q8	21-19, 21-17	0:40
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Campisi/Lozano	30, Q8	Alcon/Matveeva	Q25	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q24 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	Candelas/Garcia	Q24	14-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:51