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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(24, Q9) 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 Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	30, Q10	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Janis Freidenfelds / Martins Freidenfelds, Latvia (Q24)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 3	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q8)	Won 21-16, 21-9	0:40
Thu, 5/29/2008	Winner 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (9)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:47
Thu, 5/29/2008	Contender 1	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (25, Q6)	Won 21-18, 26-24	0:47
Fri, 5/30/2008	Contender 2	Adrian Gavira / Inocencio Lario, Spain (10)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:41

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	1	$68,650.00	25	19	56.8 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$5,000.00	10	7	58.8 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	4	$73,650.00	35	26	57.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	1	$34,325.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	1	$34,325.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	2	$19,150.00	2006	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	3	$12,200.00	2007	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$2,500.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$2,500.00
108	2	2	1	2	14	40	22	10	15	$234,775.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	1	7	$39,325.00

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%
2007-2008	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	6-6	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	10-7	58.8%
Against the Field	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	9	90.0%	1-9	10.0%	22-12	64.7%	6-2	75.0%	0	3	14-10	58.3%

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 14-10 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 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
Trail the series against # 5 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	14	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	30, Q10	21-19, 21-8	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	5	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 9 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	9	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	24, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 10 Gavira/Lario, Spain 0-1
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Gavira/Lario	10	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	24, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 11 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q15	21-18, 21-17	0:46
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-17, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 14 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	12	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	21-15, 21-15	0:39
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	21-19, 21-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 16, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 17 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	13	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	30, Q10	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 21 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8, Q2	Cadieux/Heese	25	21-15, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	24, Q9	Kubala/Pavlas	25, Q6	21-18, 26-24	0:47
Series tied with # 27, Q5 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Pedrosa/Rosas	28, Q14	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q19	23-21, 21-14	0:47
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 # 28, Q1 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	30, Q10	Plavins/Samoilovs	14	21-17, 14-21, 29-27	1:11
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-0
4/29/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	30, Q10	Henriquez/Hernandez	Q7	21-17, 14-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # Q8 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	24, Q9	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q8	21-16, 21-9	0:40
Lead the series against # Q13 Kruger/Simek, Canada 2-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q14	Kruger/Simek	Q19	21-14, 21-14	0:41
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q15	Kruger/Simek	Q18	21-13, 24-22	0:45
Lead the series against # Q24 Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds, Latvia 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	24, Q9	Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds	Q24	21-15, 21-14	0:34