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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 30 - September 3, 2005

(14) 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 Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	10	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2005	Switzerland Satellite	2	4th	22	US$1,300.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	25, Q1	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	France Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	20	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	14	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	15	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	14	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	12	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	5	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	5	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	6	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/20-25/2004	Brazil Open	9	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	9/1-5/2004	Italy Open	14	7th	180	US$7,000.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/31/2005	Winner 1	Karin Lundqvist / Sara Uddstahl, Sweden (19, Q6)	Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-9	0:46
Wed, 8/31/2005	Winner 2	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (3, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:42
Thu, 9/1/2005	Contender 2	Jingting Zhang / Ju Zhang, China (29, Q12)	Won 29-27, 21-19	1:06
Thu, 9/1/2005	Contender 3	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (12)	Lost 22-20, 15-21, 10-15	0:57

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova trail the series against the field 22-28 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 3, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-19, 21-15	0:42
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	29, Q13	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-2
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	22-20, 23-21	0:42
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Kadijk/Mooren	12	17-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:48
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-3
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	18-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:55
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	13-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:45
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	21-19, 14-21, 17-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-14, 13-21, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 12 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Leenstra	12	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 15 Arjona/Kadjo, France 3-2
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Gold Medal	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Arjona/Kadjo	2	20-22, 21-15, 15-12	0:53
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Arjona/Kadjo	6	11-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:42
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Arjona/Kadjo	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q6	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	0:53
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	Arjona/Kadjo	24, Q7	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	26	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	28-26, 17-21, 15-9	1:01
Trail the series against # 17 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-2
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Clarke/Gerlic	18	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	18-21, 21-11, 21-19	0:52
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Clarke/Gerlic	27, Q1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-15, 21-14	0:40
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	30	Clarke/Gerlic	22	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	Kusuhara/Urata	21, Q4	21-13, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 19, Q6 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 2-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	19, Q6	21-15, 17-21, 15-9	0:46
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	4	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 21 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-2
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	23-21, 20-22, 16-14	1:04
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	9	23-21, 23-25, 15-13	1:10
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	16-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 23 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Nystrom/Nystrom	11	21-17, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 24 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 0-1
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Maaseide/Wiig	23	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 25 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
8/20/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Semi-Finals	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Erni/Trussel	3	21-13, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 27, Q2 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-0
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	Gschweidl/Hansel	10	21-13, 21-18	0:33
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	9	Gschweidl/Hansel	24	21-12, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Zhang/Zhang, China 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Zhang/Zhang	29, Q12	29-27, 21-19	1:06
Lead the series against # Q4 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q9	28-26, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q5 Mandana/Pol, Spain 3-0
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	Mandana/Pol	5	21-15, 21-10	0:27
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	Mandana/Pol	Q17	21-14, 21-13	0:29
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Mandana/Pol	28, Q6	21-12, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # Q8 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Semi-Finals	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	1:05