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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Brazil Open
October 30 - November 4, 2001

(10) 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 Fortaleza Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	12	11th	0	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	11	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2001	China Open	10	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Japan Open	22	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	27	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	22	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	21	17th	90	US$3,500.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/1/2001	Winner 1	Krisztina Nagy / Katalin Schlegl, Hungary (23)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:36
Thu, 11/1/2001	Winner 2	Adriana Bento Buczmiejuk / Claudia Oliveira, Brazil (7)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:47
Thu, 11/1/2001	Contender 2	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (8)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:31

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	5	1	0	$45,750.00	18	24	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	6	8	4	$77,750.00	22	28	44.0 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	1	0	$22,875.00	2001	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	1	0	$22,875.00
34	1	0	0	0	0	11	6	8	8	$40,875.00	Total	Total	33	1	0	0	0	0	11	6	8	7	$40,875.00

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	5	31.3%	5	31.3%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	4	14.8%	1	3.7%	22	81.5%	4-23	14.8%	10-40	20.0%	18-14	56.3%	0	0	14-29	32.6%

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 5-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 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 # 3 Minello/Pires, Brazil 0-1
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Minello/Pires	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	21-14, 21-10	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Bento Buczmiejuk/Oliveira, Brazil 0-1
11/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Bento Buczmiejuk/Oliveira	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	21-17, 21-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-3
11/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	21-15, 21-14	0:31
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 # 9 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 2-0
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	29-27, 21-17	0:46
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 11 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 1-1
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	Galindo/Huerta	13	23-25, 21-13, 15-6	0:58
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Galindo/Huerta	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	22-20, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Nagy/Schlegl, Hungary 1-0
11/1/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	Nagy/Schlegl	23	21-17, 21-13	0:36