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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$50,000 Phuket Challenger
December 28 - 30, 2005

(1) 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 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 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 Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	14	9th	140	US$5,250.00
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

Phuket Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/28/2005	Winner 2	Kerstin Hegner / Camilla Nilsson, Sweden (9)	Won 21-7, 21-12	0:29
Thu, 12/29/2005	Winner 3	Yupa Phokongploy / Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand (5)	Won 24-22, 15-21, 15-12	0:51
Fri, 12/30/2005	Semi-Finals	Kamoltip Kulna / Jarunee Sannok, Thailand (4)	Lost 23-25, 13-21	0:42
Fri, 12/30/2005	Bronze Medal	Yupa Phokongploy / Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand (5)	Won 21-11, 22-20	0:32

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	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,900.00	16	4	80.0 %
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	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,400.00	18	6	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
4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00
86	3	0	1	1	3	31	19	16	12	$136,717.50	Total	Total	85	3	0	1	1	3	31	19	16	11	$136,717.50

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	9	56.3%	6	37.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	9-4	69.2%	8-2	80.0%	1	0	18-6	75.0%
2004-2005	9	56.3%	6	37.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	9-4	69.2%	8-2	80.0%	1	0	18-6	75.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-1	75.0%

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 lead the series against the field 4-1 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 4 Kulna/Sannok, Thailand 0-1
12/30/05	FIVB C&S	Phuket Challenger	Semi-Finals	Kulna/Sannok	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	25-23, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 5 Phokongploy/Tenpaksee, Thailand 2-0
12/30/05	FIVB C&S	Phuket Challenger	Bronze Medal	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Phokongploy/Tenpaksee	5	21-11, 22-20	0:32
12/29/05	FIVB C&S	Phuket Challenger	Winner 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Phokongploy/Tenpaksee	5	24-22, 15-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Hegner/Nilsson, Sweden 1-0
12/28/05	FIVB C&S	Phuket Challenger	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Hegner/Nilsson	9	21-7, 21-12	0:29