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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Salvador Open
March 16 - 21, 2004

(18) Francisco Alvarez/Juan Rossell, 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

Juan Miguel Rossell Milanes
Cuba

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jiguany

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Carolina Beach 1995)

Career Winnings:

US$190,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	72	1	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	4	1	1	US$327,200.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,000.00
Overall	73	2	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	4	1	1	US$333,200.00

Previous Salvador Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	18	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	14	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	11	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	11	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	11	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	12	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	11	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	7	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/18/2004	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (15)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:48
Thu, 3/18/2004	Winner 2	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (2)	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:47
Fri, 3/19/2004	Winner 3	Pedro Brazao / Fred Souza, Brazil (7)	Won 12-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
Fri, 3/19/2004	Winner 4	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:45
Fri, 3/19/2004	Contender 6	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (11)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:55

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	2	2	0	0	$84,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	58	1	1	1	2	7	3	10	13	10	4	0	$237,650.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	73	2	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	0	$333,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francisco Alvarez												Juan Rossell
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,375.00
20	0	1	0	0	1	11	4	0	0	$64,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	1	0	0	1	7	2	1	0	$43,900.00
82	1	1	1	2	11	29	16	10	0	$152,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	1	1	1	2	10	24	12	7	0	$126,275.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
108	2	2	1	2	14	40	22	10	0	$234,775.00	Total	87	2	2	1	2	12	31	16	8	0	$177,550.00

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
1996	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	$76,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	$44,150.00	30	12	71.4 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	$39,000.00	17	14	54.8 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	1	1	1	7	2	8	1	5	0	2	$168,650.00	53	30	63.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francisco Alvarez													Juan Rossell
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	15	1	1	0	1	3	7	2	0	0	$36,000.00
11	0	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	$38,250.00	1996	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	$38,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	$14,750.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	$14,750.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	$22,075.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	$22,075.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$19,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$19,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
61	2	2	1	2	12	22	11	3	6	$140,075.00	Total	Total	66	2	2	1	2	12	22	12	4	9	$141,775.00

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	51	71.8%	10	14.1%	10	14.1%	61-10	85.9%	9	18.8%	15	31.3%	24	50.0%	9-39	18.8%	51-24	68.0%	19-25	43.2%	1	3	74-54	57.8%
2003-2004	26	61.9%	9	21.4%	7	16.7%	35-7	83.3%	5	13.5%	14	37.8%	18	48.6%	5-32	13.5%	26-18	59.1%	14-21	40.0%	1	1	41-40	50.6%
Against the Field	26	63.4%	7	17.1%	8	19.5%	33-8	80.5%	4	10.5%	13	34.2%	21	55.3%	4-34	10.5%	52-38	57.8%	22-42	34.4%	1	0	38-41	48.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	19	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	2	18	9	0	0	9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	36
Total	0	0	13	2	31	14	0	0	18	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	74	54

Head to Head Results
Alvarez/Rossell lead the series against the field 21-20 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Alvarez/Rossell	18	Insfran/Marques	2	23-21, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Alvarez/Rossell	14	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:03
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Alvarez/Rossell	11	24-26, 21-15, 15-12	1:01
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Alvarez/Rossell	11	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 5 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-2
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool G	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Alvarez/Rossell	18	19-21, 34-32, 15-10	1:03
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Alvarez/Rossell	7	21-13, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Alvarez/Rossell	18	21-13, 21-18	0:45
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Alvarez/Rossell	11	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Brazao/Souza, Brazil 1-0
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Alvarez/Rossell	18	Brazao/Souza	7	12-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
Series tied with # 8 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Alvarez/Rossell	12	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:53
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Berger/Doppler	18	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	6, Q3	Egger/Heyer	22	23-21, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-4
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Baracetti/Conde	11	Alvarez/Rossell	18	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:55
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	6	Alvarez/Rossell	12	21-18, 21-16	0:47
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	3	Alvarez/Rossell	12	21-16, 27-25	0:51
7/21/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Baracetti/Conde	3	24-22, 25-23	0:59
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	3	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	21-15, 21-18	0:44
Series tied with # 12 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Rogers/Scott	10, Q2	Alvarez/Rossell	Q15	19-21, 27-25, 16-14	1:03
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	Rogers/Scott	11, Q2	21-19, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-2
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	18	Berg/Dahl	15	21-19, 22-20	0:48
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	21	Alvarez/Rossell	18	21-14, 21-16	0:43
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Berg/Dahl	23	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Alvarez/Rossell	11	21-16, 21-18	0:44
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	5	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	6	Schacht/Slack	11	21-17, 21-17	0:41
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Schacht/Slack	39	27-25, 21-19	0:52
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool E	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	Schacht/Slack	21	18-21, 21-14, 26-24	1:04
Trail the series against # 19 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Canet/Hamel	22	Alvarez/Rossell	11	35-33, 16-21, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 20, Q15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Alvarez/Rossell	14	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	21-13, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Alvarez/Rossell	12	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-19, 21-14	0:46
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-14, 37-35	0:54
Lead the series against # 25 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	21-18, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with # 28 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Child/Heese	5	By Forfeit	0:51
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Child/Heese	8	Alvarez/Rossell	10	15-4	0:30
Series tied with # 29, Q7 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Alvarez/Rossell	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:36
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	Alvarez/Rossell	Q1	23-21, 19-21, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # 31, Q14 Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	18	Ces/Salvetti	42	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q6 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	20-22, 23-21, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Gartmayer/Nowotny	27, Q9	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q19 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q17	21-14, 21-17	0:37