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June 25 - July 4, 2009

(38) 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 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
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	5	13th	180	€ 800.00
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
CEV	7/10-12/2008	European Championship	18	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
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, Czechia (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
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Olga Matveeva - 37th	Ester Alcon - 37th

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

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 %
2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	$18,300.00	11	20	35.5 %
2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$6,400.00	7	8	46.7 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	0	3	0.0 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	12	$37,700.00	24	36	40.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	$13,750.00	11	17	39.3 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	$9,150.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	7	$9,150.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$3,200.00	2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$3,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
74	0	0	0	1	3	11	14	11	34	$53,967.50	Total	Total	46	0	0	0	2	3	10	10	5	16	$31,912.50

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%
2008-2009	7	53.8%	1	7.7%	5	38.5%	8-5	61.5%	2	9.1%	5	22.7%	15	68.2%	2-20	9.1%	7-15	31.8%	3-10	23.1%	1	0	11-25	30.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	10	71.4%	2-12	14.3%	0-20	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	3-15	16.7%

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 7-21 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 13 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, Czechia 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 # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	3	Alcon/Matveeva	14, Q5	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-3
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	9	Alcon/Matveeva	14, Q5	21-12, 21-18	0:43
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	Alcon/Matveeva	5	21-13, 13-21, 15-12	0:55
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 # 21 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-2
7/10/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	15	Alcon/Matveeva	18	17-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:57
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	Alcon/Matveeva	6	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 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 # 24 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Alcon/Matveeva	14, Q5	Jursone/Minusa	11, Q11	23-21, 16-21, 15-12	1:03
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 0-2
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Baburina/Osheyko	30, Q21	Alcon/Matveeva	Q12	21-19, 21-12	0:33
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Baburina/Osheyko	24	Alcon/Matveeva	7	21-18, 21-15	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 45 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
5/9/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	14, Q5	Dampney/Mullin	Q21	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 47 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Alcon/Matveeva	6	Prokopeva/Ukolova	11	21-19, 21-11	0:35
5/9/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Matveeva	14, Q5	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q4	21-12, 21-19	0:33