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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South Africa Open
November 23 - 27, 2005

(21) Roman Arkaev/Dmitry Karasev, 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

Dmitry Karasev
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnogorsk

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Lopar Island 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Marbella 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$98,897.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$2,000.00

Previous Cape Town Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Dmitri Barsuk - 33rd	Pavel Karpukhin - 41st

Recent Results 1st Tournament

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/24/2005	Pool E	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (12, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:43
Thu, 11/24/2005	Pool E	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (5)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 11-15	0:56
Fri, 11/25/2005	Pool E	Stephane Canet / Gregory Gagliano, France (28, Q6)	Lost 21-16, 17-21, 10-15	1:02

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Roman Arkaev												Dmitry Karasev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$12,750.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$6,200.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$23,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$14,925.00
42	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	9	0	$47,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	80	0	0	0	0	2	13	25	23	0	$74,735.00
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	5	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	$3,037.50
64	0	0	0	0	3	12	14	12	0	$84,665.00	Total	103	0	0	0	1	3	19	29	28	0	$98,897.50

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Roman Arkaev													Dmitry Karasev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$1,500.00
											1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	1	1	$17,500.00
											1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	0	$11,450.00
											1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	1	$10,400.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	1	$13,000.00
											2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	1	$10,000.00
											2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	$9,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$275.00	2001	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	$9,135.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$440.00	2002	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	$6,750.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,875.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	$27,250.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$3,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$337.50
38	0	0	0	0	2	9	9	6	13	$52,465.00	Total	Total	96	0	0	0	1	2	19	29	26	19	$95,397.50

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
2004-2005	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

Head to Head Results
Arkaev/Karasev trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool E	Lione/Varnier	5	Arkaev/Karasev	21	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool E	Asahi/Watanabe	12, Q1	Arkaev/Karasev	21	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 28, Q6 Canet/Gagliano, France 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool E	Canet/Gagliano	28, Q6	Arkaev/Karasev	21	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:02