Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 World Series 13
July 14 - 20, 2008

(22, Q2) 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
2007	Olga Matveeva - 33rd	Ester Alcon - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q13	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q16	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q12	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	9	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	26, Q11	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	24	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	21, Q10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/15/2008	Qualifier 2	Benigna Fernandez / Alejandra Simon, Spain (Q15)	Won 20-22, 21-16, 15-8	0:49
Wed, 7/16/2008	Winner 1	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (11)	Won 21-18, 22-24, 15-11	0:52
Wed, 7/16/2008	Winner 2	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (6)	Won 21-18, 25-23	0:43
Thu, 7/17/2008	Winner 3	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (14)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:33
Fri, 7/18/2008	Contender 4	Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (2)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39

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	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 %
2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	$10,900.00	8	14	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	10	$26,900.00	21	27	43.8 %
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
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	$5,450.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	$5,450.00
55	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	9	32	$37,792.50	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	4	14	$15,175.00

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%
2007-2008	14	56.0%	4	16.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	5	16.1%	6	19.4%	20	64.5%	5-26	16.1%	14-20	41.2%	9-13	40.9%	1	0	24-33	42.1%
Against the Field	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	3-5	37.5%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	10	58.8%	3-14	17.6%	4-20	16.7%	8-18	30.8%	0	0	6-19	24.0%

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
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 5-17 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 0-2
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Antonelli/Leao	2	Alcon/Matveeva	22, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:39
6/10/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Antonelli/Leao	26, Q17	Alcon/Matveeva	Q16	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Alcon/Matveeva	22, Q2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	21-18, 25-23	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-1
6/24/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	17, Q2	Alcon/Matveeva	Q18	21-18, 20-22, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 11 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-3
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Alcon/Matveeva	22, Q2	Martins/Santanna	11	21-18, 22-24, 15-11	0:52
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Martins/Santanna	25, Q3	Alcon/Matveeva	9	21-18, 21-23, 15-10	0:53
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Martins/Santanna	28, Q5	Alcon/Matveeva	Q12	22-24, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	14	Alcon/Matveeva	22, Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 15, Q1 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 # 20 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	24	Alcon/Matveeva	9	21-17, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 23, Q4 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Baburina/Osheyko	30, Q21	Alcon/Matveeva	Q12	21-19, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 26 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	Alcon/Matveeva	26, Q11	18-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 27 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 # 28, Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Fernandez/Simon, Spain 1-0
7/15/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	22, Q2	Fernandez/Simon	Q15	20-22, 21-16, 15-8	0:49