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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$450,000 France Grand Slam
July 16 - 22, 2001

(21) Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria

Lina Yanchulova
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sofia-Bulgaria

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Maoming 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$159,617.50

Petia Yanchulova
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 3, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sofia

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Maoming 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$160,342.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	1	10	23	19	8	1	1	1	US$303,835.00
FIVB C&S	6	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$15,400.00
Overall	96	3	0	1	1	1	2	24	1	10	23	19	8	1	1	1	US$319,235.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Petia Yanchulova - 57th	Lina Yanchulova - 57th
1999	Petia Yanchulova - 25th	Lina Yanchulova - 25th
2000	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	14	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	13	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	14	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	6	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/5/2000	Brazil Open	9	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/16-25/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	23	17th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	China Open	15	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Japan Open	22	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2000	Portugal Open	26	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2000	France Open	25	9th	136	US$4,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2001	Winner 1	Marika Teknedzjanova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (12, Q8)	Lost 15-21, 21-13, 12-15	0:49
Wed, 7/18/2001	Contender 1	Marla O'Hara / Kristin Schritter, United States (28, Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:42
Thu, 7/19/2001	Contender 2	Rong Chi / Zi Xiong, China (11)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$19,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	4	0	$73,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	0	0	0	0	1	1	19	8	15	14	0	$206,985.00
Challenger	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,100.00
Satellite	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,300.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	96	3	0	1	1	1	2	25	10	23	19	0	$319,235.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lina Yanchulova												Petia Yanchulova
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	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$9,750.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$9,750.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	4	0	$36,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	4	0	$36,675.00
65	0	0	0	0	2	27	15	14	0	$103,492.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	0	0	0	0	2	27	15	14	0	$103,492.50
3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,050.00	Challenger	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,050.00
3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,650.00	Satellite	5	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
97	3	0	1	1	3	35	23	19	0	$159,617.50	Total	106	3	0	1	2	4	35	23	19	0	$160,342.50

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
1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$5,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	5	2	$27,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$17,000.00	5	10	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	8	4	$49,000.00	9	14	39.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lina Yanchulova													Petia Yanchulova
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	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,500.00	1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	2	$13,500.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	2	$13,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$8,500.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$8,500.00
27	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	8	8	$26,500.00	Total	Total	26	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	8	7	$26,500.00

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	65	57.5%	25	22.1%	23	20.4%	90-23	79.6%	21	15.0%	23	16.4%	96	68.6%	21-119	15.0%	65-96	40.4%	46-46	50.0%	0	0	115-146	44.1%
2000-2001	11	73.3%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	4	14.8%	5	18.5%	18	66.7%	4-23	14.8%	11-18	37.9%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	19-26	42.2%
Against the Field	15	42.9%	11	31.4%	9	25.7%	26-9	74.3%	7	11.5%	6	9.8%	48	78.7%	7-54	11.5%	30-90	25.0%	36-30	54.5%	0	0	33-63	34.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
World Championships	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	3	5	13	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	35
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	21	21	0	0	25	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	96
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	13	3
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	16	3	30	38	0	0	37	60	2	2	1	1	2	0	133	152

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova trail the series against the field 2-11 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	15-3	0:25
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	32	15-4	0:30
Trail the series against # 7 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
9/18/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	15-3	0:23
Trail the series against # 11 Chi/Xiong, China 0-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Chi/Xiong	11	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 12, Q8 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	12, Q8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	21-15, 13-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 16 DeNecochea/Masakayan, United States 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Masakayan	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-2
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	13	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-17, 24-22	0:42
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	23-21, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 23 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	26-24, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 25 Schmidt/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Schmidt/Vollmer	29	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-7, 21-17	0:28
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 O'Hara/Schritter, United States 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	O'Hara/Schritter	28, Q9	21-16, 21-19	0:42