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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 20 - 25, 2004

(9) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/1-5/2004	Italy Open	14	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	20	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	27, Q5	9th	216	US$8,250.00
FIVB C&S	7/24-25/2004	Italy Challenger	2	7th	30	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	25	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	27, Q6	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	24	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	30	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	22	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	23	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	26	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	23	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	30	9th	320	US$10,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/22/2004	Winner 1	Chrisi Gschweidl / Barbara Hansel, Austria (24)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:32
Wed, 9/22/2004	Winner 2	Angela Clarke / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (8)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 3	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 19-21, 10-21	0:40
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 4	Angela Lavalle / Monica Paludo, Brazil (29, Q6)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 13-15	0:53

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	2	$30,000.00	17	18	48.6 %
2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	4	3	0	$52,000.00	22	26	45.8 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	62	0	0	0	0	1	1	19	4	16	15	6	$196,985.00	78	96	44.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	$15,000.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	$15,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$26,000.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$26,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
68	1	0	0	0	3	23	16	15	10	$101,242.50	Total	Total	67	1	0	0	0	3	23	16	15	9	$101,242.50

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%
2003-2004	20	55.6%	8	22.2%	8	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	11	23.4%	6	12.8%	30	63.8%	11-36	23.4%	20-30	40.0%	19-14	57.6%	0	0	39-44	47.0%
Against the Field	13	50.0%	5	19.2%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	7	16.7%	4	9.5%	31	73.8%	7-35	16.7%	26-58	31.0%	24-24	50.0%	0	0	25-43	36.8%

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 15-31 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-9
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	9	21-19, 21-10	0:40
8/21/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:59
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 # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	11, Q8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	27-25, 21-7	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 4	Bede/Ribeiro	24, Q1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:38
5/22/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Bede/Ribeiro	30	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	25-23, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 4-3
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-14, 25-23	0:40
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q5	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	22-20, 21-18	0:40
10/10/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	30	21-12, 21-16	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 6 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-5
9/4/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Gattelli/Perrotta	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-15, 21-18	0:38
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool H	Gattelli/Perrotta	9	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	22-20, 21-14	0:44
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 # 7 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-2
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q6	Kadijk/Leenstra	12	21-23, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
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
Lead the series against # 8 Clarke/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	9	Clarke/Sanderson	8	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 10, Q1 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-3
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	21-19, 21-16	0:39
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 # 13 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-3
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	24	21-12, 21-17	0:36
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	30	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:14
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	26, Q2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:47
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	21-16, 21-23, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 2-0
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	6	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:53
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	10	21-13, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Keizer/Mooren	19	28-30, 29-27, 15-9	1:04
Lead the series against # 24 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	9	Gschweidl/Hansel	24	21-12, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 26 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 # 29, Q6 Lavalle/Paludo, Brazil 0-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Lavalle/Paludo	29, Q6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	9	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53