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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

(26) Francisco Alvarez/Leonel Munder, 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

Leonel Munder Misiñan
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Havana

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Paris 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$12,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	US$24,400.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Wilfredo Villar - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	26, Q10	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	26, Q7	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 1	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (7)	Lost 18-21, 30-32	0:59
Thu, 5/24/2007	Contender 1	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (23)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:59

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	$11,600.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	$24,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francisco Alvarez												Leonel Munder
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	$2,400.00
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	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
82	1	1	1	2	11	29	16	10	0	$152,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	$5,800.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
108	2	2	1	2	14	40	22	10	0	$234,775.00	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	$12,200.00

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
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00	4	6	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francisco Alvarez													Leonel Munder
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	2	$19,150.00	2006	FIVB
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,000.00
96	2	2	1	2	14	39	20	7	9	$223,075.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$3,000.00

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%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	14	82.4%	2-15	11.8%	8-14	36.4%	5-5	50.0%	1	0	14-19	42.4%
2006-2007	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	14	82.4%	2-15	11.8%	8-14	36.4%	5-5	50.0%	1	0	14-19	42.4%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	10-18	35.7%	10-6	62.5%	1	0	11-12	47.8%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Total	0	0	11	2	2	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	19

Head to Head Results
Alvarez/Munder trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	7	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q7	19-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:51
Trail the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	7	Alvarez/Munder	26	21-18, 32-30	0:59
Trail the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q10	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 22 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q7	18-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:47
Trail the series against # 23 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	23	Alvarez/Munder	26	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Kruger/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q7	Kruger/Montgomery	Q10	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # Q19 Ontiveros/Ontiveros, Mexico 1-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q10	Ontiveros/Ontiveros	Q23	21-17, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # Q20 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 3	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q10	Kubala/Pavlas	Q26	21-17, 21-12	0:39