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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 World Series 13
July 14 - 18, 2004

(Q5) 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:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$107,390.04

Dmitri Barsuk
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 1980 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$415,805.74

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$29,361.93
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	10	6	5	4	US$137,800.00
Overall	45	0	0	0	2	2	4	7	6	10	6	5	4	US$167,161.93

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Dmitri Barsuk - 33rd	Roman Arkaev - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	12, Q4	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	18, Q6	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	17, Q9	17th	120	US$5,000.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		9th	80	€ 3,000.00
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
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		5th	60	€ 2,250.00
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
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		4th	140	€ 6,500.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/14/2004	Qualifier 2	Javier Luna / Raul Mesa, Spain (31, Q12)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:49

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	5	$35,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	5	5	4	$84,000.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
Total	41	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	6	10	6	9	$151,300.00

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	2	$38,650.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	6	$23,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	52	1	0	0	3	4	6	13	10	15	$152,375.00
42	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	9	17	$47,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	1	2	4	2	8	21	12	9	10	$173,237.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	$18,250.00
67	0	0	0	1	4	13	14	12	24	$91,415.00	Total	146	3	3	5	7	18	34	31	19	27	$386,072.50

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 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	7	2	77.8 %
2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	$19,500.00	17	12	58.6 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	3	8	$33,000.00	32	26	55.2 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,750.00	12	6	66.7 %

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
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	$9,750.00	2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	$9,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00
27	0	0	0	1	2	5	4	3	13	$23,840.00	Total	Total	32	1	0	0	2	3	6	5	5	11	$27,260.00

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	16	80.0%	1	5.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	2	7.4%	7	25.9%	18	66.7%	2-25	7.4%	32-34	48.5%	6-20	23.1%	1	0	20-27	42.6%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	6
Total	0	0	23	9	10	11	0	0	17	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	77	76

Head to Head Results
Arkaev/Barsuk trail the series against the field 17-22 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Arkaev/Barsuk		24-22, 26-24	0:47
8/31/03	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-15, 16-21, 15-11	1:05
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	21-15, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Series tied with # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 2-2
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Laciga/Laciga	4	21-19, 21-18	0:36
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q10	21-15, 21-19	0:37
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	Laciga/Laciga	4	18-21, 21-1, 15-0 Retired	0:25
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-3
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Egger/Heyer	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	12, Q4	21-19, 23-21	0:43
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-11, 25-23	0:42
8/31/03	CEV	European Championships	Bronze Medal	Egger/Heyer		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:00
Series tied with # 9 Canet/Hamel, France 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 2	Canet/Hamel		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-17, 16-21, 19-17
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk		Canet/Hamel		21-17, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 17 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 # 19 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 # 20 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	21	Arkaev/Barsuk	12, Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:30
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	16	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:44
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool F	Arkaev/Barsuk		Gartmayer/Nowotny		21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 24 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
Series tied with # 25 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 # 26 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Horrem/Maaseide		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-19, 21-16	0:39
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool F	Horrem/Maaseide		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-17, 23-21	0:40
Series tied with # 28, Q6 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk		Brink/Schneider		21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:05
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q13	28-26, 22-20	0:54
Series tied with # 30, Q3 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk		Berg/Dahl		21-17, 15-21, 15-12
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 # 31, Q12 Luna/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Luna/Mesa	31, Q12	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q5	22-20, 21-17	0:49
Lead the series against # 32 Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
8/28/03	CEV	European Championships		Arkaev/Barsuk		Ces/Salvetti		21-16, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # Q13 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 # Q15 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 # Q17 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 # Q18 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-1
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool F	Arkaev/Barsuk		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-11, 21-12	0:37
8/27/03	CEV	European Championships		Arkaev/Barsuk		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-16, 21-9	0:35
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q17	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q16	21-19, 21-18	1:02