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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open powered by ptt
October 31 - November 4, 2007

(Q6) Ester Alcon/Olga Matveeva, Spain

Ester Alcon
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 26, 1970 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sabaden

Resides:

Madrid

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S San Sebastiàn 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$44,192.50

Olga Matveeva
Spain

/ Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1975 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Resides:

Madrid

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Porto San Giorgio 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$23,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	6	1	5	US$39,700.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$650.00
Overall	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	5	6	1	5	US$40,350.00

Previous Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	21, Q10	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q20	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	38	17	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	Q15	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2007	San Sebastiàn Satellite	2	5	12	US$650.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	29, Q25	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	32, Q36	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	Q25	41	18	US$0.00

Phuket Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/31/2007	Qualifier 1	Lyudmila Issayeva / Iryna Kokhan, Kazakhstan (Q27)	Won 21-6, 21-15	0:27
Wed, 10/31/2007	Qualifier 2	Sanne Keizer / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (30, Q11)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:40

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Matveeva trail the series against the field 7-10

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	1	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	23-21, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	Xue/Zhang	4	22-20, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	12	Alcon/Matveeva	38	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool K	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	11	Alcon/Matveeva	38	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	12	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q10	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 22 Cooke/Martin, Canada 0-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Cooke/Martin	Q13	Alcon/Matveeva	Q20	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Martins/Santanna	22, Q3	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	Lessard/Maxwell	Q4	14-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Series tied with # 28, Q5 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-1
8/28/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	21, Q10	Ilustre/Pascua	27, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:32
7/1/07	FIVB C&S	San Sebastiàn Satellite	Contender 4	Ilustre/Pascua	8	Alcon/Matveeva	2	17-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:01
Series tied with # 29 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-1
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	Q15	Van Iersel/Wesselink	Q18	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	San Sebastiàn Satellite	Winner 3	Van Iersel/Wesselink	3	Alcon/Matveeva	2	21-16, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 30, Q11 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 0-1
10/31/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Qualifier 2	Keizer/de Vries	30, Q11	Alcon/Matveeva	Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Series tied with # Q7 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-1
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	Campisi/Lozano	Q8	21-19, 21-17	0:40
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Campisi/Lozano	30, Q8	Alcon/Matveeva	Q25	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q16 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Matveeva	29, Q25	Candelas/Garcia	Q24	14-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # Q27 Issayeva/Kokhan, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/31/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Matveeva	Q6	Issayeva/Kokhan	Q27	21-6, 21-15	0:27