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(21) 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 Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Dmitri Barsuk - 9th	Roman Arkaev - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	19	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	18	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	21	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	21	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	14	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	9	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	14	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	14	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	24	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (12)	Won 14-21, 30-28, 15-12	0:57
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:36
Fri, 6/2/2006	Winner 3	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (13)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:38
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 4	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:51
Sat, 6/3/2006	Contender 5	Dax Holdren / Sean Scott, United States (22)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:37

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	4	$35,500.00	24	18	57.1 %
2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	1	0	$50,500.00	15	20	42.9 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$11,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	9	4	8	$110,500.00	58	56	50.9 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	$27,250.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$26,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00
40	0	0	0	0	3	9	10	6	13	$57,965.00	Total	Total	45	1	0	0	1	5	11	11	7	10	$61,460.00

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%
2005-2006	21	70.0%	4	13.3%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	2	5.7%	10	28.6%	23	65.7%	2-33	5.7%	21-23	47.7%	6-15	28.6%	0	0	27-38	41.5%
Against the Field	15	78.9%	3	15.8%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	3	10.0%	10	33.3%	17	56.7%	3-27	10.0%	30-34	46.9%	12-22	35.3%	0	0	21-28	42.9%

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 15-18 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 12 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	15	21-11, 21-14	0:30
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Rego/Santos	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	16	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
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 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:51
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-14, 21-18	0:42
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-2
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Insfran/Marques	6	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Insfran/Marques	3	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	Kais/Vesik	13	32-30, 21-19	0:51
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
Lead the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	22	Schacht/Slack	12	19-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	13	Arkaev/Barsuk	20	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	10	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	14-21, 30-28, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 13 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	13	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 16 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Arkaev/Barsuk	20	21-9, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Pettersen	16	Arkaev/Barsuk	15	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Holdren/Scott, United States 0-1
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 5	Holdren/Scott	22	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-2
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	14	Arkaev/Barsuk	19	21-14, 21-12	0:29
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	15	Arkaev/Barsuk	18	21-18, 25-23	0:42
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 25, Q9 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 0-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	9	Arkaev/Barsuk	18	21-18, 15-21, 20-18	1:04
Lead the series against # Q3 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Gosch/Strauss	46	31-29, 24-22	1:01
Lead the series against # Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	19	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:34
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 # Q5 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # Q10 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	19	Ces/Dugrip	30, Q13	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q20 Byron/Suan, Australia 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	20	Byron/Suan	29, Q17	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q34 Bakumovski/Dollinger, Germany 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	18	Bakumovski/Dollinger	31, Q22	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:46