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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 (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 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

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 %
2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	2	$61,050.00	24	26	48.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,300.00	13	3	81.3 %
Total	FIVB	76	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	7	19	16	8	$258,035.00	102	122	45.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00	15	5	75.0 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	1	2	$30,525.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	1	2	$30,525.00
3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,650.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,650.00
85	3	0	0	1	3	31	19	16	12	$134,417.50	Total	Total	84	3	0	0	1	3	31	19	16	11	$134,417.50

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%
2004-2005	26	53.1%	10	20.4%	13	26.5%	36-13	73.5%	10	20.4%	6	12.2%	33	67.3%	10-39	20.4%	26-33	44.1%	20-19	51.3%	0	0	46-52	46.9%
Against the Field	10	43.5%	7	30.4%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	7	18.4%	8	21.1%	23	60.5%	7-31	18.4%	20-46	30.3%	28-28	50.0%	0	0	24-37	39.3%

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 22-25 (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