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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 28 - July 2, 2006

(26, Q2) Francisco Alvarez/Wilfredo Villar, Cuba

Francisco "Francis" Alvarez Cutiño
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1969 (55 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

Wilfredo Villar Casazayas
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gramma

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Gstaad 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$28,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	28	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	1	US$38,300.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2002	Juan Rossell - 9th	Did not play
2003	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2004	Juan Rossell - 13th	Did not play
2005	Oney Ramirez Bernal - 13th	Juan Rossell - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	25, Q3	9th	320	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	21	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	22	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q2	41st	18	US$0.00

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/28/2006	Qualifier 2	Louw Franken / Adrian Strijdom, South Africa (Q34)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:34
Wed, 6/28/2006	Qualifier 3	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (Q18)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:38
Thu, 6/29/2006	Pool G	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (7)	Lost 20-22, 21-11, 11-15	0:55
Fri, 6/30/2006	Pool G	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (10)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 10-15	1:01
Fri, 6/30/2006	Pool G	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy (23)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:41

Head to Head Results
Alvarez/Villar trail the series against the field 6-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 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
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Alvarez/Villar	25, Q3	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	6	Alvarez/Villar	21	22-20, 22-20	0:44
Series tied with # 7 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Egger/Laciga	7	Alvarez/Villar	26, Q2	22-20, 11-21, 15-11	0:55
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alvarez/Villar	25, Q3	Egger/Laciga	8	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alvarez/Villar	25, Q3	Heuscher/Kobel	9	21-19, 26-24	0:53
Trail the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-2
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Alvarez/Villar	26, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:01
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Alvarez/Villar	21	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	12	Alvarez/Villar	22	21-9, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	11	Alvarez/Villar	22	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	1:03
Trail the series against # 23 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool G	Amore/Fenili	23	Alvarez/Villar	26, Q2	21-13, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Villar	22	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	1:08
Series tied with # Q16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Alvarez/Villar	25, Q3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q19	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	1:00
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	31, Q31	Alvarez/Villar	Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # Q18 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Alvarez/Villar	26, Q2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	Q18	21-12, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q34 Franken/Strijdom, South Africa 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Villar	26, Q2	Franken/Strijdom	Q34	21-16, 21-11	0:34