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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
May 3 - 8, 2016

(19) Yulia Abalakina/Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia

Yulia Abalakina
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 21, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$24,662.40

Ekaterina Syrtseva
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Daegu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$85,745.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	3	1	1	US$24,550.00

Previous Sochi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Ekaterina Syrtseva - 5th	Yulia Abalakina - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	23	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	21	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	27, Q7	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q10	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q6	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	10/20-24/2015	Antalya Open	14	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/23-27/2015	Xiamen Open	15	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	11	5th	300	US$3,375.00

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/4/2016	Pool C	Taru Lahti / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (14)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:33
Wed, 5/4/2016	Pool C	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (3)	Lost 19-21, 22-24	0:43
Thu, 5/5/2016	Pool C	Nicole Eiholzer / Dunja Gerson, Switzerland (30, Q11)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 5/6/2016	Winner 1	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (21)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:34

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	3	0	$13,550.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	$24,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yulia Abalakina												Ekaterina Syrtseva
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	0	$1,700.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	6	0	$54,625.00
21	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	6	0	$13,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	1	0	0	4	5	3	4	0	$23,875.00
8	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	$5,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	1	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
41	0	0	0	2	6	4	7	7	0	$24,475.00	Total	67	1	2	1	0	7	13	10	10	0	$85,300.00

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
2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,375.00	5	5	50.0 %
2016	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	$7,375.00	9	16	36.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	2	$12,750.00	14	21	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yulia Abalakina													Ekaterina Syrtseva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	4	$17,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	1	2	$37,600.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	$3,087.50	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	3	$12,387.50
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	$3,687.50	2016	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	$3,687.50
24	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	4	10	$9,125.00	Total	Total	46	0	1	0	0	5	8	8	7	17	$71,300.00

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	9	60.0%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	4	14.8%	3	11.1%	20	74.1%	4-23	14.8%	9-20	31.0%	7-6	53.8%	1	0	17-26	39.5%
2015-2016	9	60.0%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	4	14.8%	3	11.1%	20	74.1%	4-23	14.8%	9-20	31.0%	7-6	53.8%	1	0	17-26	39.5%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	3	16.7%	1	5.6%	14	77.8%	3-15	16.7%	12-28	30.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	10-17	37.0%

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	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	8	16	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	22
Total	0	0	3	2	9	18	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	26

Head to Head Results
Abalakina/Syrtseva trail the series against the field 7-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool F	Abalakina/Syrtseva	27, Q7	Brzostek/Wojtasik	6	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 3 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool C	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	3	Abalakina/Syrtseva	19	21-19, 24-22	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Mader/Zumkehr	10	Abalakina/Syrtseva	23	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-3
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Gallay/Klug	7	Abalakina/Syrtseva	23	21-15, 21-17	0:32
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool F	Gallay/Klug	11	Abalakina/Syrtseva	27, Q7	21-18, 15-21, 16-14	1:03
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Gallay/Klug	3	Abalakina/Syrtseva	14	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool B	Holtwick/Semmler	2	Abalakina/Syrtseva	15	21-23, 24-22, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 11 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool F	Laboureur/Sude	22	Abalakina/Syrtseva	27, Q7	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 2-1
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool C	Abalakina/Syrtseva	19	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	21-16, 21-14	0:33
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 3	Lahti/Lehtonen	6	Abalakina/Syrtseva	11	21-18, 21-18	0:43
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Abalakina/Syrtseva	11	Lahti/Lehtonen	6	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 16 Wang/Yue, China 0-1
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Wang/Yue	1	Abalakina/Syrtseva	15	21-15, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 20 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Abalakina/Syrtseva	14	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	12	22-20, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	21	Abalakina/Syrtseva	19	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Makroguzova/Motrich, Russia 0-1
10/21/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Makroguzova/Motrich	19	Abalakina/Syrtseva	14	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Jupiter/Longuet, France 0-2
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Jupiter/Longuet	26, Q7	Abalakina/Syrtseva	23	21-18, 21-18	0:34
9/24/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool B	Jupiter/Longuet	18	Abalakina/Syrtseva	15	21-15, 22-20	0:36
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	Abalakina/Syrtseva	21	21-17, 27-25	0:38
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Eiholzer/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool C	Abalakina/Syrtseva	19	Eiholzer/Gerson	30, Q11	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # Q4 Chen/Tang, China 0-1
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Chen/Tang	Q23	Abalakina/Syrtseva	Q10	12-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q8 Matic/Milosevic, Serbia 1-0
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Abalakina/Syrtseva	11	Matic/Milosevic	27	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q15 Giombini/Perry, Italy 1-0
3/15/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Abalakina/Syrtseva	27, Q7	Giombini/Perry	Q23	21-17, 21-14	0:36