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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 2 - 6, 2002

(23) 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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	21	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	13	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	10/30-11/4/2001	Brazil Open	10	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool G	Dianne DeNecochea / Barbra Fontana, United States (7)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:33
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool G	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (26)	Won 21-12, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool G	Leila Barros / Sandra Pires, Brazil (10)	Lost 21-16, 17-21, 10-15	0:55

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 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$10,320.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	7	8	4	$88,070.00	27	34	44.3 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,160.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,160.00
37	1	0	0	0	0	13	7	8	8	$46,035.00	Total	Total	36	1	0	0	0	0	13	7	8	7	$46,035.00

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%
2001-2002	21	58.3%	10	27.8%	5	13.9%	31-5	86.1%	4	8.5%	7	14.9%	36	76.6%	4-43	8.5%	21-36	36.8%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	35-48	42.2%
Against the Field	19	47.5%	10	25.0%	11	27.5%	29-11	72.5%	6	9.2%	8	12.3%	51	78.5%	6-59	9.2%	38-98	27.9%	32-38	45.7%	0	0	35-70	33.3%

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 10-18 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 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 # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool F	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27	22-20, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-3
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Cook/Pottharst	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	21-13, 21-15	0:29
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-10, 21-14	0:29
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 6, Q3 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-2
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	21-17, 24-22	0:44
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Fonseca/Rodrigues	29, Q36	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	25-27, 21-17, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 DeNecochea/Fontana, United States 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	DeNecochea/Fontana	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	21-14, 21-15	0:33
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
Trail the series against # 10 Barros/Pires, Brazil 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Barros/Pires	10	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
Series tied with # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	Pohl/Rau	7	22-20, 25-27, 17-15	1:20
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	26-24, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 17 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-19, 22-24, 18-16	0:59
Series tied with # 19 Tian/Wang, China 1-1
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 3	Tian/Wang	14	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	11	21-18, 21-14	0:41
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Tian/Wang	12	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 24 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Gougeon/Lessard	21, Q4	21-12, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 26 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	Hakedal/Torlen	26	21-12, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 27, Q1 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	22-20, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 32 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
Lead the series against # Q4 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Gerlic/Lochowicz	27, Q6	21-14, 17-21, 17-15	0:43
Lead the series against # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q17 Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou, Greece 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	21-13, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q18 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	21-14, 21-16	0:29