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European Championship Tour
€ 70,000 Spanish Masters
May 6 - 10, 2009

(5) 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 Winnings:

US$60,015.59

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 (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (The Hague 2007)

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 Gran Canaria Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Olga Matveeva - 9th	Ester Alcon - 9th

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
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
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
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	26, Q11	25th	60	US$1,800.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	14, Q5	9th	240	€ 1,800.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/8/2009	Winner 1	Danielle Remmers / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (12, Q6)	Lost 21-23, 15-21	0:38
Fri, 5/8/2009	Contender 1	Isabelle Forrer / Simone Kuhn, Switzerland (13, Q7)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:35

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$46,842.50	Total	38	0	0	0	1	2	2	7	8	0	$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	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	11	$34,300.00	24	33	42.1 %
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	1	0	0	0	$400.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
73	0	0	0	1	3	11	14	11	33	$52,267.50	Total	Total	45	0	0	0	2	3	10	10	5	15	$30,212.50

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	6	40.0%	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	10	76.9%	1-12	7.7%	6-10	37.5%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	11-17	39.3%
2008-2009	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	3-7	30.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	7-10	41.2%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-6	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 4-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 6 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 # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 12, Q6 Remmers/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Remmers/Wesselink	12, Q6	Alcon/Matveeva	5	23-21, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 13, Q7 Forrer/Kuhn, Switzerland 0-1
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Forrer/Kuhn	13, Q7	Alcon/Matveeva	5	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # Q1 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 # Q10 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 # Q11 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