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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 ConocoPhillips Open
June 30 - July 4, 2004

(18, Q6) Roman Arkaev/Dmitri Barsuk, Russia

Roman Arkaev
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 25, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Simferopol

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$84,665.00

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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	10	6	5	4	US$137,800.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Pavel Karpukhin - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	17, Q9	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	25, Q9	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q12	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q6	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	29	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	27, Q10	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q16	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q19	33rd	32	US$0.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/30/2004	Qualifier 2	Espen Goranson / Jon Grydeland, Norway (Q27)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:34
Thu, 7/1/2004	Qualifier 3	Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (Q11)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
Fri, 7/2/2004	Winner 1	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (15)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 14-16	0:55
Fri, 7/2/2004	Contender 1	Colin Pocock / Gershon Rorich, South Africa (31)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 7/2/2004	Contender 2	Luizao Correa / Harley Marques, Brazil (17, Q3)	Won 21-14, 23-21	0:37
Sat, 7/3/2004	Contender 3	Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (7)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
Sat, 7/3/2004	Contender 4	Dax Holdren / Stein Metzger, United States (22, Q1)	Lost 20-22, 14-21	0:39

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$35,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	5	5	0	$84,000.00
Total	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	10	6	0	$137,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Roman Arkaev												Dmitri Barsuk
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,750.00	World Championships	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$38,650.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$23,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	52	1	0	0	3	4	6	13	10	0	$152,375.00
42	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	9	0	$47,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	1	2	4	2	8	21	12	9	0	$173,237.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$715.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,235.00
											Satellite	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00
64	0	0	0	0	3	12	14	12	0	$84,665.00	Total	137	3	3	4	6	15	32	29	19	0	$367,822.50

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
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$13,500.00	15	14	51.7 %
2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	$17,500.00	15	9	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	2	7	$31,000.00	30	23	56.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Roman Arkaev													Dmitri Barsuk
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$275.00	2001	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,635.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$440.00	2002	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	$6,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	$6,750.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$8,750.00	2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$8,750.00
21	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	12	$16,215.00	Total	Total	26	1	0	0	1	2	5	5	4	9	$20,385.00

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	47	74.6%	8	12.7%	8	12.7%	55-8	87.3%	10	13.9%	20	27.8%	42	58.3%	10-62	13.9%	47-42	52.8%	18-28	39.1%	1	0	66-70	48.5%
2003-2004	26	78.8%	4	12.1%	3	9.1%	30-3	90.9%	8	21.6%	10	27.0%	19	51.4%	8-29	21.6%	26-19	57.8%	12-13	48.0%	1	0	39-32	54.9%
Against the Field	22	81.5%	2	7.4%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	3	10.0%	8	26.7%	19	63.3%	3-27	10.0%	44-38	53.7%	10-22	31.3%	0	0	27-30	47.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	17	4	3	6	0	0	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	45
Total	0	0	21	9	5	10	0	0	14	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	70

Head to Head Results
Arkaev/Barsuk trail the series against the field 14-16 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-11, 25-23	0:42
Series tied with # 7 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-1
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	Prosser/Williams	7	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Prosser/Williams	15	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Fonoimoana/Wong	20	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-23, 21-17, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	21-12, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 11 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Bosma/Herrera	8	21-17, 27-25	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	18	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:48
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	21-17, 30-28	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-2
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	15	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	21-19, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q19	21-12, 19-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 17, Q3 Correa/Marques, Brazil 1-0
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	Correa/Marques	17, Q3	21-14, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 19 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	16	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	20-22, 23-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Holdren/Metzger	22, Q1	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	22-20, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 26 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Klemperer/Rademacher	29, Q13	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q20	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 27 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	13	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	21-17, 18-21, 19-17	1:07
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 0-1
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	28, Q10	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q7	23-21, 24-22	0:53
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q13	28-26, 22-20	0:54
Lead the series against # 31 Pocock/Rorich, South Africa 2-0
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	Pocock/Rorich	31	21-17, 21-19	0:34
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	Pocock/Rorich	Q24	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q11 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	Kogel/Mulder	Q11	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q12 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	Asahi/Nishimura	44	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # Q19 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q17	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q16	21-19, 21-18	1:02
Lead the series against # Q20 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Lochhead/Pitman	Q25	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q21 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q26	21-13, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # Q24 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q27 Goranson/Grydeland, Norway 1-0
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	18, Q6	Goranson/Grydeland	Q27	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q28 Huseby/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Huseby/Pettersen	Q24	21-16, 21-14	0:29