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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 (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 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

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