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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Vodafone Grand Slam
June 24 - 28, 2003

(20, Q1) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Petia Yanchulova - 25th	Lina Yanchulova - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	23	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	22	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	13	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	15	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	14	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	16	25th	30	US$1,650.00
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

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/24/2003	Qualifier 2	Mika Teru Saiki / Satoko Urata, Japan (Q33)	Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:50
Tue, 6/24/2003	Qualifier 3	Gabriele Jobst / Patricia Stragliotto, Canada (Q16)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:36
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool D	Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (4)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:36
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool D	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (29, Q3)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:35
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool D	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (13)	Won 15-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:56

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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	2	0	$37,235.00	17	24	41.5 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$10,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	3	11	11	4	$124,985.00	45	58	43.7 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	2	0	$18,617.50	2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	2	0	$18,617.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,000.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,000.00
48	1	0	0	0	1	16	11	11	8	$64,492.50	Total	Total	47	1	0	0	0	1	16	11	11	7	$64,492.50

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%
2002-2003	20	54.1%	10	27.0%	7	18.9%	30-7	81.1%	4	10.3%	7	17.9%	28	71.8%	4-35	10.3%	20-28	41.7%	14-14	50.0%	0	0	34-42	44.7%
Against the Field	26	49.1%	17	32.1%	10	18.9%	43-10	81.1%	12	14.8%	14	17.3%	55	67.9%	12-69	14.8%	52-104	33.3%	58-48	54.7%	0	0	55-79	41.0%

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
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 22-31 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 5 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 # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-7
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	21-13, 21-11	0:33
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-16, 21-10	0:33
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 # 4 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-2
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Connelly/Pires	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20, Q1	21-12, 21-15	0:36
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Pires	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-15, 21-11	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Davis/Johnson Jordan	26	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Kadijk/Leenstra	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	21-17, 21-19	0:34
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Kadijk/Leenstra	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	22-20, 27-25	0:49
Series tied with # 8 Tian/Wang, China 2-2
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Tian/Wang	6	21-14, 11-21, 15-13	0:56
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
Series tied with # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-1
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-17, 21-16	0:31
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 # 11 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 # 13 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-3
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20, Q1	Gattelli/Perrotta	13	15-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:56
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 # 19 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	0:56
9/18/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	15-3	0:23
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 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 3-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	0:53
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
Series tied with # 23 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-17, 21-17	0:47
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 26 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 # 27 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Gerlic/Lochowicz	18	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	21-14, 21-14	0:39
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 # 29, Q3 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Garcia/Gaxiola	29, Q3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:35
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 # 32, Q10 Alcon/Pol, Spain 2-0
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool C	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Alcon/Pol	30	21-16, 21-15	0:34
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	21-14, 21-16	0:29
Trail the series against # Q6 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Ji/Wang	27, Q8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	23-21, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q7 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q4	21-6, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
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 # Q16 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 1-0
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20, Q1	Jobst/Stragliotto	Q16	21-11, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # Q21 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Lahme/Musch	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	22-20, 15-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # Q33 Teru Saiki/Urata, Japan 1-0
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20, Q1	Teru Saiki/Urata	Q33	18-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:50