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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South African Open
November 16 - 20, 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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	16	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	14	13th	120	US$4,500.00
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

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool C	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (19)	Won 16-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool C	Asta Baltakys / Bryce Barry, Canada (30, Q6)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 11/18/2005	Pool C	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (3)	Won 21-17, 25-27, 15-12	1:01
Sat, 11/19/2005	Winner 2	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:39

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova trail the series against the field 22-25 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 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 0-5
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	21-16, 21-12	0:27
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-15, 21-18	0:31
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 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 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-3
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-18, 21-14	0:39
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-17, 25-27, 15-12	1:01
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
Series tied with # 8 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	Keizer/Leenstra	8	21-16, 24-22	0:39
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Leenstra	12	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:57
Series tied with # 9 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-2
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-16, 21-11	0:32
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	Pohl/Rau	8	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:08
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 # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 4	Hakedal/Torlen	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:59
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 # 13 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 # 15 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 2-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	Kusuhara/Urata	17	21-19, 21-14	0:36
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 # 16 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	Barrera/Hamzaoui	18	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Moiseeva/Uryadova	19	16-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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 # 27, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Baltakys/Barry, Canada 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool C	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Baltakys/Barry	30, Q6	21-13, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Barrio Cendoya/Hopf, Spain 1-0
8/18/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Barrio Cendoya/Hopf	9	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Forrer/Kayser, Switzerland 1-0
8/12/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	Forrer/Kayser	11	21-10, 19-21, 15-13	0:48