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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 PAF Open
August 15 - 19, 2007

(Q7) Roman Arkaev/Alexander Kuzmichev, 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

Alexander Kuzmichev
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ivanovo

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$8,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	US$13,500.00

Previous Åland Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q10	33rd	26	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q23	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	47	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/15/2007	Qualifier 2	Morais Abreu / Emanuel Fernandes, Angola (Q26)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:36
Wed, 8/15/2007	Qualifier 3	Denis Rovkin / Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan (20, Q10)	Lost 26-24, 21-23, 9-15	1:00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$13,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Roman Arkaev												Alexander Kuzmichev
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$23,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
42	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	9	0	$47,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
64	0	0	0	0	3	12	14	12	0	$84,665.00	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	$8,000.00

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
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$10,500.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$10,500.00	6	7	46.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Roman Arkaev													Alexander Kuzmichev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
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
11	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	4	$17,750.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	$27,250.00	2005	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	1	$19,150.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$6,250.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$5,250.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
53	0	0	0	0	3	12	12	10	17	$77,865.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	$6,500.00

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	16.7%	0	0.0%	10	83.3%	2-10	16.7%	5-10	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	7-11	38.9%
2006-2007	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	9	81.8%	2-9	18.2%	5-9	35.7%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	7-10	41.2%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Total	0	0	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11

Head to Head Results
Arkaev/Kuzmichev lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	18	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	47	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool O	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	47	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 20, Q10 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 0-1
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Rovkin/Saulko	20, Q10	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	Q7	24-26, 23-21, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 27 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	29, Q23	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	15-21, 24-22, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	29, Q23	Laciga/Schnider	Q10	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q26 Abreu/Fernandes, Angola 1-0
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	Q7	Abreu/Fernandes	Q26	21-14, 21-18	0:36