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(41) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Juan Rossell - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Juan Rossell - 5th	Did not play
2004	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2005	Oney Ramirez Bernal - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Wilfredo Villar - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q8	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	32, Q13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	30, Q7	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Gstaad World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/24/2007	Pool U	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (8)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:43
Wed, 7/25/2007	Pool U	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (17)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:36
Thu, 7/26/2007	Pool U	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (32)	Won 19-21, 21-13 Retired	0:49

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Oney Ramirez Bernal - 5th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Leonel Munder - 33rd	Francisco Alvarez - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	41	33rd	50	US$4,800.00

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	$22,800.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	$22,800.00	13	16	44.8 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	$11,400.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	$11,400.00
101	2	2	1	2	14	40	20	9	11	$231,475.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	$11,400.00

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	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	0	0.0%	1	6.7%	14	93.3%	0-15	0.0%	2-26	7.1%	2-10	16.7%	1	0	3-18	14.3%

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
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 3-15 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	12	Alvarez/Munder	32, Q13	21-16, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 8 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool U	Marques/Solberg	8	Alvarez/Munder	41	21-14, 21-17	0:43
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 # 12 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 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Alvarez/Munder	32, Q13	23-25, 21-17, 15-10	1:01
Trail the series against # 17 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool U	Klemperer/Koreng	17	Alvarez/Munder	41	21-12, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	Alvarez/Munder	32, Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 29 Fuerbringer/Scott, United States 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alvarez/Munder	32, Q13	Fuerbringer/Scott	23, Q19	21-15, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 30 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 # 31 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
Lead the series against # 32 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool U	Alvarez/Munder	41	Pedrosa/Rosas	32	19-21, 21-13 Retired	0:49
Series tied with # 36 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Alvarez/Munder	32, Q13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	16	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
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 # 46 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