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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Open
April 12 - 16, 2016

(26, Q5) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Nikita Liamin - 3rd	Dmitri Barsuk - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	32, Q13	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	26, Q8	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	26, Q6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	Q13	41st	30	US$0.00

Xiamen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/12/2016	Qualifier 2	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (Q12)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:30
Wed, 4/13/2016	Pool G	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (7)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:28
Wed, 4/13/2016	Pool G	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (10)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 4/14/2016	Pool G	Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (23, Q1)	Won 21-18, 11-21, 15-11	0:43
Fri, 4/15/2016	Winner 1	Cole Durant / Bo Soderberg, Australia (25, Q3)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:47

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	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$17,000.00	12	6	66.7 %
2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$10,400.00	16	13	55.2 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	1	$27,400.00	28	19	59.6 %

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
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,500.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	$8,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	$11,800.00	2015	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$5,200.00	2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$5,200.00
132	3	3	4	6	13	31	29	18	26	$358,635.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	4	$13,700.00

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%
2015-2016	17	77.3%	2	9.1%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	8	30.8%	6	23.1%	12	46.2%	8-18	30.8%	17-12	58.6%	10-9	52.6%	1	1	28-22	56.0%
Against the Field	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	4-7	36.4%	20-4	83.3%	12-10	54.5%	0	1	16-8	66.7%

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 11-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	21-11, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	21-16, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 10 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	Binstock/Schachter	10	21-18, 21-16	0:34
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Binstock/Schachter	10	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q20	Binstock/Schachter	Q4	27-25, 21-13	0:39
Series tied with # 12 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-1
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	Krou/Rowlandson	16	21-18, 21-18	0:35
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Semi-Finals	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Barsuk/Liamin	20	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool A	Barsuk/Liamin	32, Q13	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	17	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 15 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q6	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	21-18, 21-19	0:37
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 # 22 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barsuk/Liamin	31, Q21	Koekelkoren/van Walle	Q12	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 2-0
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q1	21-18, 11-21, 15-11	0:43
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q8	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Liamin	20	Dressler/Kunert	15	18-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Durant/Soderberg, Australia 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Durant/Soderberg	25, Q3	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # Q12 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Liamin	26, Q5	Faiga/Hilman	Q12	21-17, 21-18	0:30