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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Japan Open
August 7 - 11, 2002

(16) Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria

Lina Yanchulova
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1975 (49 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 (46 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 Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Petia Yanchulova - 25th	Lina Yanchulova - 25th
2000	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th
2001	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	25	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	13	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	19	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2002	Canada Open	18	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	23	17th	60	US$2,520.00
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

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool A	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (32, Q7)	Won 30-28, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool A	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 22-24, 16-21	0:42
Sat, 8/10/2002	Pool A	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (17)	Lost 27-29, 19-21	0:51

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova trail the series against the field 21-22 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-3
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	24-22, 21-16	0:42
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	21-16, 21-16	0:34
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 # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-14, 21-17	0:42
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	18	19-21, 22-20, 15-5	0:51
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 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-5
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Cook/Pottharst	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-13, 21-13	0:35
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	21-13, 21-10	0:31
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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	15	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	21-19, 21-13	0:41
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 # 10 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 3-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Karadassiou/Sfyri	4	21-13, 15-21, 22-20	0:57
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
Trail the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 Aoki/Seike, Japan 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	Aoki/Seike	43	21-15, 21-8	0:32
Series tied with # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios, Cuba 1-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios	20	21-19, 14-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 17 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 2-1
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	29-27, 21-19	0:51
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	29	23-21, 21-18	0:47
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	30	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	Clarke/Gooley	24	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Galindo/Serrano Ochoa, Mexico 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	Galindo/Serrano Ochoa	35	21-11, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 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 # 25, Q1 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 # 31, Q13 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 # 32, Q7 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	Ahmann/Vollmer	32, Q7	30-28, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q11 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 # Q13 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 # Q18 Guenette/Rudol, Canada 1-0
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool B	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	18	Guenette/Rudol	31, Q16	24-22, 21-19	0:44