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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

(8) 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:

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 (46 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 Valencia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Petia Yanchulova - 3rd	Lina Yanchulova - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	15	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
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

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 1	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (9)	Won 21-23, 26-24, 17-15	1:06
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 2	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (1)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:40
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Deborah Giaoui / Mathilde Giordano, France (14)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:49
Sat, 7/22/2006	Contender 3	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (15)	Lost 17-21, 25-27	0:46

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova lead the series against the field 19-17 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-6
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	21-19, 21-13	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-2
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-19, 21-14	0:34
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	18	21-16, 17-21, 15-8	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 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 # 9 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-23, 26-24, 17-15	1:06
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 # 11 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 # 13 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 # 14 Giaoui/Giordano, France 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	Giaoui/Giordano	14	21-19, 21-17	0:49
Trail the series against # 15 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-3
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	21-17, 27-25	0:46
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 # 16 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-2
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
Lead the series against 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 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-0
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	Gschweidl/Hansel	10	21-13, 21-18	0:33
9/22/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	9	Gschweidl/Hansel	24	21-12, 21-18	0:32