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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

(32, Q14) 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:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$37,735.00

Oleg Nikolayev
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1982 (43 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$11,835.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	7	3	1	US$17,000.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,950.00
Overall	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	7	3	1	US$21,950.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Oleg Nikolaev - 33rd	Mykola Babich - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q20	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q27	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	40	US$0.00
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
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q37	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 1	Alfredo Tabarini / Francesco Tabarini, San Marino (Q51)	Won 21-17, 9-21, 15-8	0:59
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 2	Lombardo Ontiveros / Ulises Ontiveros, Mexico (Q19)	Won 21-10, 25-23	0:46
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 3	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (Q3)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:41
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 12-21	0:32
Thu, 5/24/2007	Contender 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (16)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 16-18	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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$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
Total	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	$21,950.00

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	0	$3,400.00	World Championships
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$10,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0	$14,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$8,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$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
84	1	1	0	0	3	7	10	10	0	$37,735.00	Total	24	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$11,835.00

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 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$4,000.00	9	9	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	$6,000.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	7	3	70.0 %

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	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
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
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
32	1	1	0	0	3	4	1	4	18	$10,235.00	Total	Total	17	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	9	$6,335.00

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%
2006-2007	16	69.6%	2	8.7%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	13	76.5%	2-15	11.8%	16-13	55.2%	4-7	36.4%	0	0	20-20	50.0%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	8	80.0%	2-8	20.0%	14-16	46.7%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	10-12	45.5%

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
Total	0	0	22	11	0	0	0	0	4	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	33	28

Head to Head Results
Babich/Nikolaev lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	21-12, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	Lione/Varnier	Q26	14-21, 26-24, 21-19	0:58
Trail the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:01
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 "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
Trail the series against # 22 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	Babich/Nikolaev	Q27	21-16, 21-17	0:32
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 # Q3 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	Ces/Ces	Q3	21-16, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # Q19 Ontiveros/Ontiveros, Mexico 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	Ontiveros/Ontiveros	Q19	21-10, 25-23	0:46
Lead the series against # Q23 Morikawa/Yamamoto, Japan 2-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q37	Morikawa/Yamamoto	Q28	21-17, 21-17	0:48
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q19	Morikawa/Yamamoto	Q14	28-26, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q45 Barta/Plachy, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 1	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Barta/Plachy	Q46	21-10, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # Q51 Tabarini/Tabarini, San Marino 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	Tabarini/Tabarini	Q51	21-17, 9-21, 15-8	0:59