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June 25 - July 4, 2009

(38) Ester Alcon/Olga Matveeva, Spain

Ester Alcon
Spain

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 26, 1970 (54 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 (48 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Catalina Maria Pol - 41st	Did not play
2003	Catalina Maria Pol - 25th	Did not play
2004	Catalina Maria Pol - 41st	Did not play
2005	Olena Zalubovskaya - 41st	Did not play
2006	Did not play	Teresa Zunzunegui - 41st
2008	Olga Matveeva - 33rd	Ester Alcon - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	18	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	21, Q2	25th	80	US$3,500.00
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

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool K

Lenka Hajeckova / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (11)

Lost 13-21, 11-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ester Alcon	Total	31	11	1	0.323	0	12	1	2
	1	16	6	0	0.375	0	4	1	1
	2	15	5	1	0.267	0	8	0	1
Olga Matveeva	Total	22	7	1	0.273	1	9	0	0
	1	11	3	0	0.273	1	4	0	0
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	5	0	0

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool K

Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (14)

Lost 19-21, 19-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ester Alcon	Total	30	19	1	0.600	0	12	0	1
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	4	0	1
	2	17	10	1	0.529	0	8	0	0
Olga Matveeva	Total	13	6	2	0.308	0	3	0	3
	1	3	2	0	0.667	0	2	0	0
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	1	0	3

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool K

Tatiana Barrera / Virginie Sarpaux, France (35)

Lost 18-21, 7-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ester Alcon	Total	26	12	2	0.385	0	7	0	0
	1	14	10	0	0.714	0	3	0	0
	2	12	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	0
Olga Matveeva	Total	29	10	7	0.103	0	10	0	0
	1	14	6	3	0.214	0	5	0	0
	2	15	4	4	0.000	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ester Alcon	87	42	4	0.437	0	31	1	3
Olga Matveeva	64	23	10	0.203	1	22	0	3
Total	151	65	14	0.338	1	53	1	6
Opponents	158	93	10	0.525	4	59	13	8

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Catalina Maria Pol - 37th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Olena Zalubovskaya - 33rd	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Olga Matveeva - 17th	Ester Alcon - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	38	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	38	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Matveeva trail the series against the field 3-15 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	7	Alcon/Matveeva	26, Q11	21-15, 21-9	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	2	Alcon/Matveeva	18	20-22, 21-13, 15-11	0:48
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 # 10 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 # 11 Hajeckova/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Hajeckova/Novakova	11	Alcon/Matveeva	38	21-13, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 14 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Keizer/Van Iersel	14	Alcon/Matveeva	38	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 19 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Alcon/Matveeva	18	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	15	24-26, 22-20, 15-6	1:03
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 33 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 # 34 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 # 35 Barrera/Sarpaux, France 0-1
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Barrera/Sarpaux	35	Alcon/Matveeva	38	21-18, 21-7	0:40
Trail the series against # 37 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 # 39 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