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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Open
May 24 - 28, 2006

(12) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Petia Yanchulova - 17th	Lina Yanchulova - 17th
2005	Petia Yanchulova - 9th	Lina Yanchulova - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	17	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	12/28-30/2005	Phuket Challenger	1	3rd	80	US$4,600.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/25/2006	Winner 1	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (21)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:40
Thu, 5/25/2006	Contender 1	Linjun Ji / Lu Wang, China (28)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:36

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova trail the series against the field 24-44 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 15 Series, 3 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 # 4 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 # 7 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
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
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
Trail the series against # 14 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 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 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	11	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q6	21-18, 21-17	0:44
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool H	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q6	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 18 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-3
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	17	21-18, 21-18	0:41
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
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 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
Trail the series against # 21 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-2
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	21	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	22-20, 21-17	0:40
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	17	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 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
Trail the series against # 24 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-3
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Lessard/Maxwell	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	18-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:02
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 # 26, Q11 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-2
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q2	23-21, 21-16	0:51
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	21-16, 23-21	0:41
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	48	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	23-21, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 28 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Ji/Wang	28	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # 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 # Q6 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 # Q7 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 # Q10 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-3
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	24	21-12, 21-17	0:36
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	30	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:14
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	26, Q2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	23	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:47
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	21-16, 21-23, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # Q12 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Campisi/Lozano	31, Q11	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:44
Trail the series against # Q17 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 # Q19 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 # Q22 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
Series tied with # Q24 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-1
8/12/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Contender 4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker	15, Q10	21-10, 20-22, 17-15	0:52
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 1	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker	15, Q10	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	2	12-21, 30-28, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # Q25 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