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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 5 - 9, 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/6/2005	Winner 1	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (19)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:38
Wed, 7/6/2005	Contender 1	Katarzyna Urban / Joanna Wiatr, Poland (30)	Won 21-7, 21-15	0:30
Thu, 7/7/2005	Contender 2	Eiko Koizumi / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (29, Q9)	Won 28-26, 21-19	0:44
Thu, 7/7/2005	Contender 3	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (11)	Won 21-14, 13-21, 16-14	1:00
Thu, 7/7/2005	Contender 4	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (2)	Lost 9-21, 21-18, 7-15	0:55

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova trail the series against the field 15-25 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 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 Tian/Wang, China 2-4
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-9, 18-21, 15-7	0:55
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	11-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
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 # 7 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 0-2
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	21-16, 21-15	0:39
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Lahme/Musch, Germany 1-3
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q5	Lahme/Musch	6	17-21, 21-15, 20-18	0:51
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	21-16, 21-16	0:35
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool H	Lahme/Musch	9	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q6	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	0:55
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Lahme/Musch	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	22-20, 15-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
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
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 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 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 # 13, Q2 Li/Wang, China 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Li/Wang	27	21-18, 21-14	0:31
Series tied with # 15 Arjona/Kadjo, France 2-2
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 # 18 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	16-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-2
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Maxwell	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/24/04	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Lessard/Maxwell	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	21-16, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21, 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
Trail the series against # 23 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 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
Lead the series against # 29, Q9 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 # 30 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Urban/Wiatr	30	21-7, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # Q4 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
Trail the series against # Q10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	23-21, 21-15	0:42