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October 31 - November 4, 2007

(Q6) 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 Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	21, Q10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
CEV	8/23-25/2007	European Championship	7	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	12	4th	420	€ 4,250.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	38	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
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
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

Phuket Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/31/2007	Qualifier 1	Lyudmila Issayeva / Iryna Kokhan, Kazakhstan (Q27)	Won 21-6, 21-15	0:27
Wed, 10/31/2007	Qualifier 2	Sanne Keizer / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (30, Q11)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:40

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	$16,000.00	13	13	50.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$6,550.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	$16,000.00	13	13	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$6,550.00	4	7	36.4 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	$8,000.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	$8,000.00
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
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$3,275.00	2007	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$3,275.00
55	0	0	0	1	3	5	13	7	26	$39,517.50	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	2	3	4	9	1	8	$17,462.50

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	7	46.7%	3	20.0%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	12	80.0%	2-13	13.3%	14-24	36.8%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	12-18	40.0%

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	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 7-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 5 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	12	Alcon/Matveeva	38	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool K	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	11	Alcon/Matveeva	38	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	12	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q10	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 22 Cooke/Martin, Canada 0-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Cooke/Martin	Q13	Alcon/Matveeva	Q20	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Martins/Santanna	22, Q3	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 27, 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 # 28, Q5 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-1
8/28/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q10	Ilustre/Pascua	27, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:32
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
Trail the series against # 29 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-2
8/12/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Bronze Medal	Van Iersel/Wesselink	11	Alcon/Matveeva	12	21-17, 21-14	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 30, Q11 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 0-1
10/31/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Qualifier 2	Keizer/de Vries	30, Q11	Alcon/Matveeva	Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 32, Q15 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Baburina/Osheyko	24	Alcon/Matveeva	7	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # Q7 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 # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q27 Issayeva/Kokhan, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/31/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Matveeva	Q6	Issayeva/Kokhan	Q27	21-6, 21-15	0:27