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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea German Masters
May 31 - June 3, 2006

(15) 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:

111

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$181,094.31

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:

121

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$181,819.31

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	45	57	Money
CEV	13	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	US$31,751.11
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$816.17
FIVB	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	1	10	23	0	0	19	8	1	1	0	1	US$303,835.00
FIVB C&S	6	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$15,400.00
Overall	110	3	0	2	2	2	5	27	1	10	23	2	1	20	8	1	1	1	1	US$351,802.29

Previous Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		45th	18	€ 0.00
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
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

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 1	Ruth Flemig / Friederike Romberg, Germany	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:35
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 2	Katerina Tychnova / Marketa Tychnova, Czech Republic (10)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:29
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 1	Michaela Eckl / Mireya Kaup, Germany (2)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:56
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 2	Sarka Nakladalova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (7)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:40
Thu, 6/1/2006	Contender 2	Nadia Campisi / Clara Lozano, Spain (5)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 3	Lenka Hajeckova / Petra Novotna, Czech Republic (3)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	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
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	$18,225.00
Total	102	3	0	1	2	1	3	28	10	24	19	0	$337,460.00

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
6	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	$9,112.50	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	$9,112.50
103	3	0	1	2	4	38	24	19	0	$168,730.00	Total	112	3	0	1	3	5	38	24	19	0	$169,455.00

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 %
2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	3	2	60.0 %
2001	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	5	1	0	$45,750.00	18	24	42.9 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,650.00	1	2	33.3 %
2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	2	0	$37,235.00	17	24	41.5 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	3	2	60.0 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	2	$30,000.00	17	18	48.6 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,250.00	1	5	16.7 %
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 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$7,500.00	10	5	66.7 %
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,500.00	2	4	33.3 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,475.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	78	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	8	19	17	8	$264,535.00	104	126	45.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,400.00	18	6	75.0 %
Total	CEV	10	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	$22,950.00	22	19	53.7 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$412.50	2002	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$412.50
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,125.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,125.00
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
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,750.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,750.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,237.50	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,237.50
99	3	0	2	2	6	34	21	18	13	$151,855.00	Total	Total	98	3	0	2	2	6	34	21	18	12	$151,855.00

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	15	62.5%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	4	18.2%	5	22.7%	13	59.1%	4-18	18.2%	15-13	53.6%	9-9	50.0%	0	0	27-24	52.9%
2005-2006	8	72.7%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	8-4	66.7%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	9-8	52.9%
Against the Field	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	16-10	61.5%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	10-7	58.8%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	3	0	2	4	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	13
Total	0	0	19	3	32	42	0	0	44	64	2	3	1	2	2	0	148	165

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova lead the series against the field 14-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-5
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
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Pohl/Rau		22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-19, 21-14	0:35
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-17, 21-11	0:36
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 # 2 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 1-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Eckl/Kaup	2	21-18, 21-17	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Hajeckova/Novotna	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 2-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Campisi/Lozano	5	21-15, 21-14	0:32
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Campisi/Lozano	31, Q11	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:44
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 Nakladalova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Nakladalova/Tobiasova	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Castelli/Gemise Fareau, France 1-0
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Castelli/Gemise Fareau	8	11-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 2-0
5/31/06	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Tychnova/Tychnova	10	21-12, 21-18	0:29
9/4/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	Tychnova/Tychnova	Q30	21-17, 21-13
Lead the series against Barrio Cendoya/Hopf, Spain 2-0
8/18/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Barrio Cendoya/Hopf	9	21-19, 21-11	0:34
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Barrio Cendoya/Hopf		23-21, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against Flemig/Romberg, Germany 1-0
5/31/06	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Flemig/Romberg		21-18, 21-18	0:35