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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 8 - 12, 2021

(27, Q11) Ruslan Bykanov/Alexander Likholetov, Russia

Ruslan Bykanov
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 20, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$40,144.18

Alexander Likholetov
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 4, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Khakrov

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Chennai 2010)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Qinzhou 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$26,826.86

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$1,773.50
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	US$13,000.00
Overall	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	US$14,773.50

Previous Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Serguei Prokopiev - 4th	Did not play
2016	Maksim Hudyakov - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/16-20/2020	EuroBeachVolley 2020	10	17th	240	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	29, Q10	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/30-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	26, Q3	4th	420	US$4,000.00

Doha 4-star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 3/8/2021	Qualifier 1	Petr Bakhnar / Valeriy Samoday, Russia (Q22)	Won 21-15, 34-32	0:46
Mon, 3/8/2021	Qualifier 2	Patrik Manas / Jiri Sedlak, Czechia (Q27)	Won 21-15, 21-23, 15-12	0:49
Tue, 3/9/2021	Pool F	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (6)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:35
Wed, 3/10/2021	Pool F	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (22)	Won 11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:45
Wed, 3/10/2021	Winner 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (15)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:32

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	$14,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ruslan Bykanov												Alexander Likholetov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	$8,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	13	$8,050.00
17	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	4	6	$14,437.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	14	$8,300.00
14	2	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	3	$10,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$3,050.00
											Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$1,250.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$1,625.00
50	2	1	1	3	7	6	7	9	14	$35,012.50	Total	49	1	0	0	1	1	3	6	8	29	$25,925.00

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
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$6,000.00	6	5	54.5 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$13,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ruslan Bykanov													Alexander Likholetov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,550.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
											2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00
											2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	$6,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	$1,400.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$7,225.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	$4,850.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	2014	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2015	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	$5,587.50	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2016	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,050.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	$4,300.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$5,250.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$3,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
50	2	2	1	4	7	6	7	9	12	$37,762.50	Total	Total	51	1	0	0	1	1	4	7	7	30	$25,675.00

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	6	54.5%	1	9.1%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	6-6	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
2020-2021	6	54.5%	1	9.1%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3-5	37.5%	6-3	66.7%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	10-9	52.6%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	6-6	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	5-7	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Total	0	0	5	2	3	10	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	16

Head to Head Results
Bykanov/Likholetov trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Bykanov/Likholetov	27, Q11	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Perusic/Schweiner, Czechia 0-1
11/14/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool D	Perusic/Schweiner	4	Bykanov/Likholetov	29, Q10	23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 15 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	15	Bykanov/Likholetov	27, Q11	21-15, 21-12	0:32
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Bykanov/Likholetov	31	21-9, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
11/3/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Semi-Finals	Ermacora/Pristauz	2	Bykanov/Likholetov	26, Q3	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool F	Bykanov/Likholetov	27, Q11	Doppler/Horst	22	11-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Aye/Gauthier-Rat, France 0-1
9/18/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Winner 1	Aye/Gauthier-Rat	18	Bykanov/Likholetov	10	21-17, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 30, Q24 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-0
10/30/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Qualifier 2	Bykanov/Likholetov	26, Q3	Ahman/Hellvig	Q14	21-14, 22-20	0:33
Trail the series against # Q8 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
9/18/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool G	Berntsen/Mol	26	Bykanov/Likholetov	10	21-17, 36-34	0:45
Lead the series against # Q10 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
11/13/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Qualifier 2	Bykanov/Likholetov	29, Q10	Haussener/Metral	Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q22 Bakhnar/Samoday, Russia 1-0
3/8/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Qualifier 1	Bykanov/Likholetov	27, Q11	Bakhnar/Samoday	Q22	21-15, 34-32	0:46
Lead the series against # Q27 Manas/Sedlak, Czechia 1-0
3/8/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Qualifier 2	Bykanov/Likholetov	27, Q11	Manas/Sedlak	Q27	21-15, 21-23, 15-12	0:49