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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

Ester Alcon/Catalina Maria Pol, 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:

4th (CEV The Hague 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$60,015.59

Catalina Maria Pol Marti
Spain

Photo: VoleyPlaya.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Consell (Mallora)

Resides:

Barcelona

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Under Age Esposende 2001)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$40,139.61

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	US$9,008.74
FIVB	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	6	11	3	4	1	US$44,285.00
Overall	39	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	2	7	11	3	4	1	US$53,293.74

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q8	33	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	21, Q2	13	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	9	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	Q10	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q11	33	32	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	Q11	33	18	US$0.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		19	20	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	Q7	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	Q7	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	Q10	33	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		9	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	Q8	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	38	37	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	30, Q10	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	Q6	41	10	US$0.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		25	16	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	24	17	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	25, Q4	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	28, Q15	25	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q13	33	32	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		19	10	€ 750.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	28, Q9	25	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	32, Q10	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q7	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	Q2	57	4	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	Q4	33	18	US$0.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool D	Marion Castelli / Eva Hamzaoui, France	Lost 21-12, 20-22, 11-15	0:52
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool D	Morgane Faure / Celine Gemise Fareau, France	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:36
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool D	Diletta Lunardi / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy	Won 21-13, 15-21, 19-17	1:01
Sat, 9/11/2004	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:36

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Pol trail the series against the field 4-17

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-2
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou		Alcon/Pol		21-16, 21-15	0:36
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou		Alcon/Pol		21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
6/11/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Baburina/Osheyko	Q63	Alcon/Pol	Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against Castelli/Hamzaoui, France 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Castelli/Hamzaoui		Alcon/Pol		12-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against Faure/Gemise Fareau, France 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Alcon/Pol		Faure/Gemise Fareau		21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-2
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	12	Alcon/Pol	21, Q2	27-29, 21-19, 17-15	1:03
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Gattelli/Perrotta	19	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-3
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hakedal/Torlen	28, Q6	Alcon/Pol	Q11	21-11, 21-12	0:29
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	24, Q3	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	21-18, 27-25	0:44
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Hakedal/Torlen		Alcon/Pol		21-17, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	Q10	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q23	21-17, 21-19	0:33
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	Alcon/Pol	36	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-2
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Alcon/Pol		21-19, 21-17	0:45
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Alcon/Pol	36	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/29/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Keizer/Mooren	32, Q23	Alcon/Pol	Q10	31-29, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against Lunardi/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Alcon/Pol		Lunardi/Solazzi		21-13, 15-21, 19-17	1:01
Series tied with Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	Q11	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q22	21-11, 21-19	0:31
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q39	Alcon/Pol	Q7	21-16, 14-21, 15-12	0:41
Trail the series against Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-3
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	4	Alcon/Pol	21	20-22, 21-12, 15-10	0:58
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool C	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Alcon/Pol	30	21-16, 21-15	0:34
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	21-14, 21-16	0:29