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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(Q13) Alexei Polnitski/Mikhail Tarakanov, Russia

Alexei Polnitski
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 25, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (St. Petersburg 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$1,665.00

Mikhail Tarakanov
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 19, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (St. Petersburg 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$2,015.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	US$1,330.00
Overall	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	US$3,330.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/21/2004	Qualifier 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (24, Q4)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:34

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$880.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$450.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$3,330.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexei Polnitski												Mikhail Tarakanov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$440.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$790.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$1,665.00	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$2,015.00

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
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$880.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$450.00	2	2	50.0 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,330.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexei Polnitski													Mikhail Tarakanov
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	1	0	0	0	$440.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$440.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$665.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$665.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-3	0.0%
2003-2004	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Satellite	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7

Head to Head Results
Polnitski/Tarakanov trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/16/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Polnitski/Tarakanov	32	21-10, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 24, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
9/21/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q4	Polnitski/Tarakanov	Q13	21-15, 21-13	0:34