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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 1 - 5, 2006

(20) 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 Phuket Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2005	Petia Yanchulova - 3rd	Lina Yanchulova - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	22	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	17	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	26	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	25	13th	240	US$6,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Thailand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 1	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (13)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:04
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 2	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (4)	Lost 22-24, 12-21	0:39
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 2	Chiaki Kusuhara / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (19, Q5)	Lost 12-21, 23-21, 11-15	0:54

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 %
2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	$45,800.00	13	24	35.1 %
Total	FIVB	87	0	0	0	0	1	1	25	10	23	19	8	$303,835.00	115	146	44.1 %
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
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$22,900.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$22,900.00
97	3	0	1	1	3	35	23	19	12	$159,617.50	Total	Total	96	3	0	1	1	3	35	23	19	11	$159,617.50

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%
2005-2006	24	58.5%	7	17.1%	10	24.4%	31-10	75.6%	6	13.0%	10	21.7%	30	65.2%	6-40	13.0%	24-30	44.4%	13-20	39.4%	0	0	37-50	42.5%
Against the Field	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	6	40.0%	9-6	60.0%	2	7.7%	6	23.1%	18	69.2%	2-24	7.7%	8-34	19.0%	14-24	36.8%	0	0	11-30	26.8%

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 14-32 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 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 # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-4
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	24-22, 21-12	0:39
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 3	Hakedal/Torlen	17	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	21-15, 20-22, 15-10	0:50
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	18	21-17, 21-19	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-4
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-16, 21-11	0:46
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	18	Glesnes/Maaseide	31, Q17	21-13, 26-24	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 2-3
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	15-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:04
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	21-14, 21-17	0:40
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 # 14 Ji/Wang, China 0-2
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Ji/Wang	14, Q4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	21-17, 21-13	0:36
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Ji/Wang	28	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Cook/Sanderson	13	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-2
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	22-20, 23-21	0:42
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Kadijk/Mooren	12	17-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:48
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 19, Q5 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 0-1
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	21-12, 21-23, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 22 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
Series tied with # 26, Q2 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Faure/Sarpaux	29, Q10	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:50
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 # 32 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 # Q1 Zhang/Zuo, China 1-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	18	Zhang/Zuo	17	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q10 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