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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
September 23 - 28, 2014

(32, Q10) Dmitri Barsuk/Nikita Liamin, Russia

Dmitri Barsuk
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$367,822.50

Nikita Liamin
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gorkiy

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$149,937.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	3	1	1	US$45,775.00

Previous São Paulo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	32, Q20	25th	160	US$4,000.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/23/2014	Qualifier 1	Julian Azaad / Pablo Bianchi, Argentina (Q7)	Won 23-21, 21-12	0:40
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool A	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:33
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool A	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (16)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:45
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool A	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (17)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:42
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 1	Vitor Felipe / Evandro Goncalves, Brazil (12, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:35

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$15,775.00
Total	14	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	3	0	$45,775.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dmitri Barsuk												Nikita Liamin
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$38,650.00	World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,000.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,500.00
52	1	0	0	3	4	6	13	10	0	$152,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	$44,000.00
68	1	2	4	2	8	21	12	9	0	$173,237.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	1	1	1	5	7	11	3	0	$56,887.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$15,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,235.00	Challenger
5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	Satellite
137	3	3	4	6	15	32	29	19	0	$367,822.50	Total	57	2	2	2	1	7	14	16	7	0	$149,937.50

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
2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$11,000.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$11,000.00	6	4	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dmitri Barsuk													Nikita Liamin
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	1999	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,635.00	2001	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,650.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2002	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	$6,750.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2003	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2004	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$26,250.00	2005	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	$22,150.00	2006	FIVB
13	0	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	$99,100.00	2007	FIVB
12	1	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	$71,350.00	2008	FIVB
11	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$55,050.00	2009	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$12,150.00	2010	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$5,200.00	2011	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	$10,800.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,500.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,500.00
116	3	3	3	6	13	27	25	15	22	$338,635.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,500.00

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	24	70.6%	5	14.7%	5	14.7%	29-5	85.3%	9	29.0%	6	19.4%	16	51.6%	9-22	29.0%	24-16	60.0%	14-11	56.0%	2	1	40-28	58.8%
2013-2014	7	58.3%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	7-4	63.6%	4-2	66.7%	1	0	12-6	66.7%
Against the Field	10	71.4%	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	12	75.0%	2-14	12.5%	20-18	52.6%	6-10	37.5%	2	1	15-15	50.0%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	1	5	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	12	6	0	0	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	13
Total	0	0	12	2	19	17	0	0	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	40	28

Head to Head Results
Barsuk/Liamin lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Doppler/Horst	17	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-2
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Felipe/Goncalves	12, Q1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	21-14, 21-14	0:35
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Felipe/Goncalves	16, Q2	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	Kantor/Losiak	16	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against # 17 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	Huber/Seidl	17	24-22, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Binstock/Schachter	Q4	27-25, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q7 Azaad/Bianchi, Argentina 1-0
9/23/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q10	Azaad/Bianchi	Q7	23-21, 21-12	0:40