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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(8) Francisco Alvarez/Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba

Francisco "Francis" Alvarez Cutiño
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Luis

Height:

185 cm (6'0")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

108

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Carolina Beach 1995)

Career Winnings:

US$247,775.00

Oney Ramirez Bernal
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

C. Habana

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$39,325.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	3	1	US$73,650.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Juan Rossell - 7th	Did not play
1996	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2000	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2002	Juan Rossell - 9th	Did not play
2003	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2004	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	8	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	8, Q2	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	31	5th	600	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q6	33rd	20	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Alex Ortiz, Spain (25, Q10)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 2	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (9)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:46
Fri, 7/15/2005	Winner 3	Mariano Baracetti / Pedro Depiaggio, Argentina (17)	Lost 15-21, 31-29, 13-15	1:04
Fri, 7/15/2005	Contender 4	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (12)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:40

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$19,650.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$34,000.00
Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	0	$73,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francisco Alvarez												Oney Ramirez Bernal
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
20	0	1	0	0	1	11	4	0	0	$64,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$9,825.00
82	1	1	1	2	11	29	16	10	0	$152,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	0	$19,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger
108	2	2	1	2	14	40	22	10	0	$234,775.00	Total	20	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	1	0	$39,325.00

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
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	$40,300.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	$40,300.00	14	9	60.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francisco Alvarez													Oney Ramirez Bernal
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
15	1	1	0	1	3	7	2	0	0	$36,000.00	1995	FIVB
11	0	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	$38,250.00	1996	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1996	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	$14,750.00	2000	FIVB
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$2,500.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	$22,075.00	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$19,500.00	2003	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	1	0	$31,025.00	2004	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$20,150.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$20,150.00
78	2	2	1	2	14	32	14	4	7	$186,750.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	4	$22,650.00

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	24	77.4%	4	12.9%	3	9.7%	28-3	90.3%	6	26.1%	2	8.7%	15	65.2%	6-17	26.1%	24-15	61.5%	10-5	66.7%	1	6	35-26	57.4%
2004-2005	18	81.8%	2	9.1%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	9	56.3%	5-11	31.3%	18-9	66.7%	7-4	63.6%	0	6	25-19	56.8%
Against the Field	11	84.6%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	22-12	64.7%	8-8	50.0%	0	4	15-14	51.7%

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	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	18
Total	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	0	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	26

Head to Head Results
Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal lead the series against the field 10-6 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	21-16, 21-16	0:41
Series tied with # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8, Q2	By Forfeit	0:19
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	19-21, 23-21, 15-10	1:07
Lead the series against # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	Pedrosa/Rosas	9	21-11, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 11 Conde/Salema, Argentina 1-0
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	Conde/Salema	10	21-15, 26-24	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	12	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	21-14, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	22-20, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 17 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 0-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Baracetti/Depiaggio	17	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	21-15, 29-31, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	Engvik/Goranson	34	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 25, Q10 Bosma/Ortiz, Spain 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	Bosma/Ortiz	25, Q10	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Neto/Ramos	5	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	21-17, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q1 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 1-0
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8, Q2	Boersma/Kogel	26, Q5	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q6 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	Lochhead/Pitman	25, Q2	21-12, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # Q13 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8, Q2	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q15	22-20, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # Q14 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q6	21-19, 11-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # Q17 Wu/Yin, China 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q6	Wu/Yin	Q27	22-20, 21-17	0:40