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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(30, Q7) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Juan Rossell - 7th	Did not play
1996	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2000	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2002	Juan Rossell - 9th	Did not play
2003	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2004	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2005	Oney Ramirez Bernal - 9th	Did not play
2006	Wilfredo Villar - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	29, Q7	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	26	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 2	Toni Ivkovic / Pero Krizanovic, Croatia (Q26)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:32
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 3	Denis Rovkin / Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan (Q23)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:39
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (3)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:37
Thu, 6/14/2007	Contender 1	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (14)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:33

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	$10,000.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	$10,000.00	8	10	44.4 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	$5,000.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	$5,000.00
98	2	2	1	2	14	39	20	9	9	$225,075.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	$5,000.00

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	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	12-20	37.5%	6-8	42.9%	1	0	10-14	41.7%

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 6-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Alvarez/Munder	30, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	4	Alvarez/Munder	29, Q7	21-14, 21-12	0:36
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 # 11 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 # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	7	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q10	18-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Alvarez/Munder	30, Q7	21-12, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 22 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	20	Alvarez/Munder	29, Q7	21-14, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 28, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 29 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q28 Podstawka/Simek, Canada 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Munder	29, Q7	Podstawka/Simek	Q39	21-14, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against 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
Trail the series against # Q5 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 # 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 # Q23 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Alvarez/Munder	30, Q7	Rovkin/Saulko	Q23	21-11, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q26 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Munder	30, Q7	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	Q26	21-13, 21-10	0:32