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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 5 - 9, 2006

(12) Francisco Alvarez/Wilfredo Villar, 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

Wilfredo Villar Casazayas
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1983 (42 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2000	Juan Rossell - 13th	Did not play
2002	Juan Rossell - 2nd	Did not play
2003	Juan Rossell - 9th	Did not play
2004	Juan Rossell - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	26, Q2	28th	80	US$3,400.00
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

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (21)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:46
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 2	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (28)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:46
Fri, 7/7/2006	Contender 2	Emiel Boersma / Mathijs Mast, Netherlands (27, Q9)	Won 26-24, 21-18	0:44
Fri, 7/7/2006	Contender 3	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (19)	Lost 20-18 Retired

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$17,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$21,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$38,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francisco Alvarez												Wilfredo Villar
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	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
20	0	1	0	0	1	11	4	0	0	$64,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$10,275.00
82	1	1	1	2	11	29	16	10	0	$152,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	0	$16,250.00
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	19	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	$28,400.00

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
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$22,900.00	10	12	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$22,900.00	10	12	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francisco Alvarez													Wilfredo Villar
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
8	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	$22,075.00	2002	FIVB
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	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$9,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$11,450.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$11,450.00
89	2	2	1	2	14	38	17	4	9	$212,375.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	6	$20,700.00

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	8	53.3%	5	33.3%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	1	5.6%	6	33.3%	11	61.1%	1-17	5.6%	8-11	42.1%	6-8	42.9%	1	2	15-21	41.7%
2005-2006	8	53.3%	5	33.3%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	1	5.6%	6	33.3%	11	61.1%	1-17	5.6%	8-11	42.1%	6-8	42.9%	1	2	15-21	41.7%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	10-18	35.7%	8-6	57.1%	0	2	9-14	39.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	1	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	13
Total	0	0	4	1	1	5	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	21

Head to Head Results
Alvarez/Villar trail the series against the field 6-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 19 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 3	Pedrosa/Rosas	19	Alvarez/Villar	12	20-18 Retired
Series tied with # 20 "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
Series tied with # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Villar	12	Brenha/Maia	21	21-19, 21-18	0:46
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	12	Alvarez/Villar	22	21-9, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 22, Q6 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Boersma/Mast, Netherlands 1-0
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Alvarez/Villar	12	Boersma/Mast	27, Q9	26-24, 21-18	0:44
Series tied with # 28 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28	Alvarez/Villar	12	21-18, 21-14	0:46
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