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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 26 - 30, 2006

(Q21) Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine

Mykola Babich
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mykolaev

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$73,291.06

Oleg Nikolayev
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporizzya

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$37,662.24

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	19	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$47,187.73
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	7	3	1	US$17,000.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,950.00
Overall	39	1	0	0	2	2	1	6	5	6	3	2	7	3	1	US$69,137.73

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	6	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	28, Q11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	29, Q19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	8	4th	420	€ 4,250.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q37	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	8	4th	420	€ 4,250.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	22	17th	40	€ 1,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	10	9th	10	US$450.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	11	13th	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	9	1st	60	US$4,500.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 2	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (Q12)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:38
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 3	Jan Ferreira / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (32, Q28)	Lost 18-21, 22-20, 13-15	1:01

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	9	$17,000.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$450.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	11	$26,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mykola Babich												Oleg Nikolaev
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	0	0	0	2	$3,400.00	World Championships
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	14	$10,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	32	$14,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	$8,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$2,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
8	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$6,735.00	Challenger	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$3,110.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	$5,750.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00
92	1	1	0	0	3	11	11	12	53	$43,485.00	Total	27	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	12	$14,335.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	7	3	70.0 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,250.00	6	6	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$4,000.00	9	7	56.3 %
2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$9,800.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$4,000.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	$14,050.00	13	14	48.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mykola Babich													Oleg Nikolaev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$385.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,985.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2003	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00	2003	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$375.00	2004	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,375.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$2,125.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	$4,900.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	$4,900.00
40	1	1	0	2	3	8	5	3	17	$18,760.00	Total	Total	20	1	0	0	2	0	5	3	2	7	$12,360.00

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	18	69.2%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	18	72.0%	5-20	20.0%	18-18	50.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	26-25	51.0%
2005-2006	9	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	9-7	56.3%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	11-10	52.4%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	8-18	30.8%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	5-13	27.8%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	21	9	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	23
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Total	0	0	22	11	0	0	0	0	5	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	36	34

Head to Head Results
Babich/Nikolaev trail the series against the field 6-13 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	21-15, 21-10	0:40
Series tied with # 6 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-1
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 3	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Klemperer/Schneider	5	21-17, 21-13	0:48
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Semi-Finals	Klemperer/Schneider	11	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-16, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Semi-Finals	Egger/Laciga	1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-15, 27-25	0:47
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 22, Q23 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
6/18/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Bronze Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Bronze Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Babich/Nikolaev	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Cadieux/Leinemann	21, Q3	Babich/Nikolaev	Q19	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 27 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Babich/Nikolaev	6	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q14 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Koreng/Matysik	5	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 32, Q28 Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Ferreira/Ferreira	32, Q28	Babich/Nikolaev	Q21	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # Q3 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	13	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	24-22, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # Q9 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	Babich/Nikolaev	Q37	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q12 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 2-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q21	Asahi/Watanabe	Q12	21-18, 21-12	0:38
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Asahi/Watanabe	Q3	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # Q17 Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	11	Krug/Urbatzka	14	24-22, 16-21, 17-15	1:05
Lead the series against # Q25 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 2	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Brinkborg/Magnusson	8	12-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52