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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 21 - 26, 2008

(21, 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Catalina Maria Pol - 17th	Did not play
2003	Catalina Maria Pol - 41st	Did not play
2004	Catalina Maria Pol - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Did not play	Teresa Zunzunegui - 41st
2007	Olga Matveeva - 17th	Ester Alcon - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	22, Q2	9th	240	US$5,500.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/22/2008	Qualifier 1	Claudia Ciavarelli / Laura Menon, Italy (Q15)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:34
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool E	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (12, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 21-14, 14-16	0:53
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool E	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (5)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:35
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool E	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (28, Q6)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:33

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	$14,400.00	9	17	34.6 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	10	$30,400.00	22	30	42.3 %
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
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	$7,200.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	$7,200.00
56	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	10	32	$39,542.50	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	5	14	$16,925.00

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	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	1	5.9%	3	17.6%	13	76.5%	1-16	5.9%	4-26	13.3%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	6-21	22.2%

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 5-20 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 13 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
Trail the series against # 3 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
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 # 5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Salgado/Salgado	5	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q2	22-20, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 10 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 # 12, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-2
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Claasen/Roder	12, Q1	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q2	21-17, 14-21, 16-14	0:53
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 # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/17/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	25, Q2	Alcon/Matveeva	Q18	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 18 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 # 22 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 # 25 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 # 26, Q4 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
Series tied with # 27, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q6 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Petrova/Skalnikova	28, Q6	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q2	21-14, 21-19	0:33
7/1/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q20	Alcon/Matveeva	Q13	21-19, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q15 Ciavarelli/Menon, Italy 1-0
7/22/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q2	Ciavarelli/Menon	Q15	21-16, 21-11	0:34