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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 World Series 13
July 17 - 21, 2007

(Q15) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Catalina Maria Pol - 37th	Did not play
2003	Catalina Maria Pol - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Catalina Maria Pol - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2007	San Sebastiàn Satellite	2	5th	12	US$650.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	29, Q25	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/17/2007	Qualifier 2	Marleen Van Iersel / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (Q18)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
Tue, 7/17/2007	Qualifier 3	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (29, Q2)	Lost 12-21, 21-16, 8-15	0:44

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$6,000.00	8	6	57.1 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$6,000.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
41	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	6	24	$27,342.50	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	6	$4,725.00

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	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	7	50.0%	7-7	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	21.1%	15	78.9%	0-19	0.0%	8-30	21.1%	6-22	21.4%	0	0	7-26	21.2%

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 trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 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 # 2 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 # 4 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 # 29, Q2 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Mouha/Van Breedam	29, Q2	Alcon/Matveeva	Q15	21-12, 16-21, 15-8	0:44
Series tied with # 30, Q4 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
Trail the series against # Q16 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 0-1
7/1/07	FIVB C&S	San Sebastiàn Satellite	Contender 4	Ilustre/Pascua	8	Alcon/Matveeva	2	17-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:01
Series tied with # Q18 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-1
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	Q15	Van Iersel/Wesselink	Q18	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	San Sebastiàn Satellite	Winner 3	Van Iersel/Wesselink	3	Alcon/Matveeva	2	21-16, 21-15	0:40