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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(25, Q9) 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 Espinho Results

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	27, Q16	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	29, Q21	17th	60	US$2,500.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Jarle Huseby / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (Q24)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:29
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 3	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (Q25)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (8)	Won 21-17, 27-25	0:44
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (24, Q1)	Won 21-17, 30-28	0:41
Sat, 6/5/2004	Winner 3	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:33
Sat, 6/5/2004	Contender 4	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (4)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:36
Sat, 6/5/2004	Contender 5	Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (15)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:38

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	$7,000.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	7	$20,500.00	22	19	53.7 %

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
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
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$3,500.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$3,500.00
19	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	12	$10,965.00	Total	Total	24	1	0	0	1	2	4	4	4	9	$15,135.00

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	23	85.2%	1	3.7%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	3	9.4%	7	21.9%	22	68.8%	3-29	9.4%	46-42	52.3%	8-20	28.6%	1	0	28-31	47.5%

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
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 11-15 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 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 # 2 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
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 # 4 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 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	20	Arkaev/Barsuk	29, Q21	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
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 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 # 21, Q10 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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	21-17, 30-28	0:41
Lead the series against # 30, Q14 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
Series tied with # Q3 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-1
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 3	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q5	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q12	21-11, 21-14	0:34
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	16-21, 21-15, 20-18	1:02
Trail the series against # Q8 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 # Q20 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 # Q22 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 # Q24 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
Lead the series against # Q25 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