Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 26 - 30, 2006
(26) Roman Arkaev/Dmitri Barsuk, Russia
 
Roman Arkaev
Russia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 25, 1973 (50 yrs old)
Home Town: Simferopol
Height: 195 cm (6'5")
Weight: 93 kg (205 lb)
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 64
Career Best: 7th (3 times)
Career Winnings: US$84,665.00
Dmitri Barsuk
Russia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jan 20, 1980 (44 yrs old)
Home Town: Krasnodar
Height: 193 cm (6'3")
Weight: 86 kg (189 lb)
Seasons: 18
Tournaments: 137
Career Wins: 3
Career FIVB WT Wins: 2
Career Winnings: US$367,822.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
FIVB380000035610654 US$137,800.00
Previous Paris Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2005 Dmitri Barsuk - 17th Roman Arkaev - 17th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/19-23/2006 St. Petersburg Open 9 9th 240 US$6,000.00
FIVB 7/5-9/2006 France Open 23 13th 180 US$4,500.00
FIVB 6/28-7/2/2006 Norway Grand Slam 19 17th 160 US$4,900.00
FIVB 6/21-25/2006 Switzerland Grand Slam 24 25th 80 US$3,400.00
FIVB 6/7-11/2006 Italian Open 16 25th 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 5/31-6/4/2006 Croatia Open 21 7th 300 US$8,000.00
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
Paris Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Thu, 7/27/2006 Winner 1 Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger, United States (7) Lost 14-21, 21-17, 10-15 0:44
Thu, 7/27/2006 Contender 1 Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (23, Q11) Won 21-9, 21-12 0:35
Fri, 7/28/2006 Contender 2 Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (9) Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-12 1:03
Fri, 7/28/2006 Contender 3 Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (18) Lost 17-21, 23-21, 10-15 1:04
Head to Head Results
Arkaev/Barsuk trail the series against the field 21-28 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 16 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-4
7/7/06FIVBFrance Open Contender 3 Rego/Santos 1 Arkaev/Barsuk 23 21-10, 21-16 0:36
7/21/05FIVBPoland Open Winner 2 Rego/Santos 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 15 21-11, 21-14 0:30
7/23/04FIVBMazury Open Contender 2 Rego/Santos 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 16 21-18, 20-22, 15-12 0:53
6/5/04FIVBPortugal 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
6/2/06FIVBCroatia Open Contender 4 Arkaev/Barsuk 21 Araujo/Magalhaes 2 21-18, 14-21, 15-13 0:51
6/25/05FIVBBerlin World Championships Contender 5 Araujo/Magalhaes 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 14 21-14, 21-18 0:42
6/16/05FIVBSwitzerland Open Winner 2 Araujo/Magalhaes 3, Q1 Arkaev/Barsuk 14 21-17, 21-17 0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/30/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool C Brink/Dieckmann 3 Arkaev/Barsuk 19 21-13, 21-15 0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/20/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Winner 2 Baracetti/Conde 8 Arkaev/Barsuk 9 21-14, 16-21, 26-24 1:18
5/24/06FIVBChina Open Winner 1 Baracetti/Conde 13 Arkaev/Barsuk 20 22-20, 21-16 0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Lambert/Metzger, United States 0-1
7/27/06FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 1 Lambert/Metzger 7 Arkaev/Barsuk 26 21-14, 17-21, 15-10 0:44
Series tied with # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
6/22/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Winner 1 Heuscher/Kobel 9 Arkaev/Barsuk 24 21-16, 21-15 0:33
6/1/06FIVBCroatia Open Winner 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 21 Heuscher/Kobel 5 21-16, 21-18 0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 2-0
7/28/06FIVBParis Grand Slam Contender 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 26 Ces/Dugrip 9 19-21, 21-18, 15-12 1:03
10/20/05FIVBBrazil Open Contender 1 Arkaev/Barsuk 19 Ces/Dugrip 30, Q13 21-15, 21-15 0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-1
7/21/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Contender 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 9 Kais/Vesik 7 21-16, 21-13 0:32
9/24/04FIVBBrazil Open Contender 3 Arkaev/Barsuk 12 Kais/Vesik 13 32-30, 21-19 0:51
6/25/04FIVBGermany Grand Slam Contender 2 Kais/Vesik 18 Arkaev/Barsuk 17, Q9 21-13, 19-21, 15-11 0:48
6/4/04FIVBPortugal Open Winner 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 25, Q9 Kais/Vesik 24, Q1 21-17, 30-28 0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/22/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Contender 1 Egger/Laciga 8 Arkaev/Barsuk 24 21-17, 19-21, 15-12 0:57
7/29/05FIVBFrance Grand Slam Contender 2 Egger/Laciga 6 Arkaev/Barsuk 21 23-21, 21-17 0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/1/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Winner 1 Wu/Xu 18 Arkaev/Barsuk 19 19-21, 21-17, 20-18 1:02
Lead the series against # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/30/04FIVBAustria Grand Slam Contender 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 22 Schacht/Slack 12 19-21, 25-23, 15-12 1:00
Lead the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/1/06FIVBCroatia Open Winner 1 Arkaev/Barsuk 21 Kjemperud/Skarlund 12 14-21, 30-28, 15-12 0:57
Trail the series against # 18 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-2
7/28/06FIVBParis Grand Slam Contender 3 Horrem/Pettersen 18 Arkaev/Barsuk 26 21-17, 21-23, 15-10 1:04
7/22/05FIVBPoland Open Contender 2 Horrem/Pettersen 16 Arkaev/Barsuk 15 21-18, 22-20 0:44
Trail the series against # 20 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/2/06FIVBCroatia Open Winner 3 Dalhausser/Rogers 13 Arkaev/Barsuk 21 21-15, 21-17 0:38
Lead the series against # 23, Q11 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 2-0
7/27/06FIVBParis Grand Slam Contender 1 Arkaev/Barsuk 26 Pedrosa/Rosas 23, Q11 21-9, 21-12 0:35
9/2/05FIVBGreece Open Contender 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 18 Pedrosa/Rosas 17 21-14, 30-28 0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 3-1
7/21/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Contender 4 De Gruijter/Ronnes 27 Arkaev/Barsuk 9 12-21, 21-13, 15-8 0:49
7/7/06FIVBFrance Open Contender 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 23 De Gruijter/Ronnes 24, Q1 21-14, 21-18 0:41
9/23/04FIVBBrazil Open Winner 1 Arkaev/Barsuk 12 De Gruijter/Ronnes 21 21-16, 21-14 0:34
5/27/04FIVBSerbia and Montenegro Open Qualifier 2 Arkaev/Barsuk Q12 De Gruijter/Ronnes Q21 21-19, 21-15 0:33
Trail the series against # 27 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
5/25/06FIVBChina Open Contender 2 Doppler/Gartmayer 14 Arkaev/Barsuk 20 21-9, 21-19 0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
10/21/05FIVBBrazil Open Contender 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 19 Lochhead/Pitman 20, Q2 21-14, 21-16 0:34
6/3/04FIVBPortugal Open Qualifier 3 Arkaev/Barsuk 25, Q9 Lochhead/Pitman Q25 21-11, 21-16 0:37
Trail the series against # 30, Q13 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
7/6/06FIVBFrance Open Winner 2 Nishimura/Shiratori 26, Q7 Arkaev/Barsuk 23 21-14, 18-21, 15-11 0:54
Lead the series against # 31 Daguerre/Gagliano, France 1-0
7/6/06FIVBFrance Open Winner 1 Arkaev/Barsuk 23 Daguerre/Gagliano 10 21-13, 21-15 0:44
Trail the series against Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-2
8/5/05FIVBAustria Grand Slam Contender 2 Insfran/Marques 6 Arkaev/Barsuk 21 21-18, 19-21, 15-12 0:57
7/14/05FIVBPortugal Open Contender 1 Insfran/Marques 3 Arkaev/Barsuk 14 21-19, 21-14 0:46
Lead the series against # Q4 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/22/05FIVBBerlin World Championships Winner 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 14 Gosch/Strauss 46 31-29, 24-22 1:01
Trail the series against # Q5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-2
10/20/05FIVBBrazil Open Winner 1 Herrera/Mesa 14 Arkaev/Barsuk 19 21-14, 21-12 0:29
9/1/05FIVBGreece Open Winner 1 Herrera/Mesa 15 Arkaev/Barsuk 18 21-18, 25-23 0:42
6/10/05FIVBCroatia Open Contender 3 Arkaev/Barsuk 24 Herrera/Mesa 16 21-18, 21-19 0:41
Trail the series against # Q7 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/8/06FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Berger/Nowotny 17 Arkaev/Barsuk 16 21-13, 16-21, 15-13 0:52
Trail the series against # Q10 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
6/30/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool C Berg/Svensson 30, Q10 Arkaev/Barsuk 19 22-20, 15-21, 17-15 1:01
Lead the series against # Q12 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 2-0
7/20/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Winner 1 Arkaev/Barsuk 9 Asahi/Watanabe 24, Q5 21-19, 21-19 0:44
7/8/05FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Contender 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 9 Asahi/Watanabe 26, Q4 22-20, 13-21, 15-10 0:58
Trail the series against # Q17 Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/9/06FIVBItalian Open Contender 1 Krug/Urbatzka 32, Q20 Arkaev/Barsuk 16 19-21, 22-20, 15-10 0:51