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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(32) Alexei Polnitski/Mikhail Tarakanov, Russia

Alexei Polnitski
Russia

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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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:38
Thu, 7/7/2005	Contender 1	Linyin Xu / Qiang Xu, China (17, Q5)	Lost 16-21, 7-21	0:33

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 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	$1,665.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	$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%
2004-2005	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%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	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	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 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Polnitski/Tarakanov	32	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 17, Q5 Xu/Xu, China 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Xu/Xu	17, Q5	Polnitski/Tarakanov	32	21-16, 21-7	0:33
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q32 Murs/Puusepp, Estonia 1-0
8/15/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Pool A	Polnitski/Tarakanov	32	Murs/Puusepp	17	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:52