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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Olympic Garden Open
May 19 - 23, 2004

(11) 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 Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	13	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	18	5th	216	US$9,000.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/21/2004	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (22, Q9)	Lost 17-21, 21-14, 16-18	1:00
Fri, 5/21/2004	Contender 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (27, Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:39
Fri, 5/21/2004	Contender 2	Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (5)	Won 26-24, 14-21, 15-13	0:56
Sat, 5/22/2004	Contender 3	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (13)	Lost 22-24, 19-21	0:44

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$17,000.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	1	1	1	7	2	8	3	5	0	2	$176,650.00	57	34	62.6 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$8,500.00
63	2	2	1	2	12	24	11	3	6	$144,075.00	Total	Total	68	2	2	1	2	12	24	12	4	9	$145,775.00

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	20	64.5%	6	19.4%	5	16.1%	26-5	83.9%	3	10.3%	8	27.6%	18	62.1%	3-26	10.3%	40-36	52.6%	18-26	40.9%	0	0	29-31	48.3%

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
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 trail the series against the field 17-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Holdren/Metzger, United States 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Holdren/Metzger	5	26-24, 14-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-5
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	5	Alvarez/Rossell	13	21-18, 21-14	0:41
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
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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 10, Q1 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
Series tied with # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Egger/Heyer	13	Alvarez/Rossell	11	24-22, 21-19	0:44
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 # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-2
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Alvarez/Rossell	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	21-19, 21-19	0:47
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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 18 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 # 19 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 # 20 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	13	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20, Q4	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 22, Q9 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Ferreira	22, Q9	Alvarez/Rossell	11	21-17, 14-21, 18-16	1:00
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 25 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Alvarez/Rossell	13	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Kais/Vesik	27, Q4	21-15, 21-14	0:39
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 # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q13 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	Alvarez/Rossell	6, Q3	29-27, 21-19	0:55