Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002
(27) Mikhail Kouchnerev/Sergey Sayfulin, Russia
 
Mikhail Kouchnerev
Russia
Photo: Raymond Wardenær
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 27, 1972 (52 yrs old)
Home Town: Moscow
Height: 192 cm (6'4")
Weight: 82 kg (180 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 91
Career Best: 3rd (FIVB Tenerife 2000)
Career Winnings: US$106,800.00
Sergey Sayfulin
Russia
Photo: Raymond Wardenær
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 27, 1968 (56 yrs old)
Home Town: Kemerovo
Height: 197 cm (6'6")
Weight: 100 kg (220 lb)
Seasons: 9
Tournaments: 78
Career Best: 9th (3 times)
Career Winnings: US$52,750.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
FIVB27000000203778 US$27,650.00
FIVB C&S1000000010000 US$800.00
Overall28000000213778 US$28,450.00
Previous Espinho Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1996 Dmitry Areshkin - 25th Dmitri Kouvitchka - 17th
1997 Sergey Sayfulin - 25th Mikhail Kouchnerev - 25th
1998 Dmitry Karasev - 25th Rushan Dayanov - 25th
1999 Sergey Ermishin - 9th Dmitry Karasev - 17th
2000 Sergey Ermishin - 17th Dmitry Karasev - 25th
2001 Sergey Ermishin - 5th Dmitri Kouvitchka - 41st
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/17-21/2002 France Grand Slam 36 25th 40 US$2,000.00
FIVB 7/10-14/2002 Canada Open 22 25th 30 US$1,650.00
FIVB 7/3-7/2002 Norway Open 30 9th 120 US$3,900.00
Portugal Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 7/26/2002 Pool F Jose Pedrosa / Jose Teixeira, Portugal (11) Won 21-15, 21-19 0:39
Fri, 7/26/2002 Pool F Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (22) Lost 21-17, 15-21, 7-15 0:55
Sat, 7/27/2002 Pool F Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (6, Q3) Won 29-27, 21-19 0:55
Sat, 7/27/2002 Winner 1 Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (21) Lost 19-21, 16-21 0:40
Head to Head Results
Kouchnerev/Sayfulin trail the series against the field 6-8 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
7/6/02FIVBNorway Open Pool C Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 30 Baracetti/Conde 3 22-20, 21-19 0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Child/Heese, Canada 0-2
7/13/02FIVBCanada Open Pool F Child/Heese 11 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 22 21-15, 21-19 0:56
7/5/02FIVBNorway Open Pool C Child/Heese 14 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 30 21-15, 27-25 0:50
Lead the series against # 6, Q3 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/27/02FIVBPortugal Open Pool F Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 27 Alvarez/Rossell 6, Q3 29-27, 21-19 0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/17/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool M Dieckmann/Reckermann 12 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 36 21-19, 20-22, 15-11 0:53
Trail the series against # 8 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
7/18/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool M Prosser/Zahner 13 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 36 21-13, 22-20 0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
7/26/02FIVBPortugal Open Pool F Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 27 Pedrosa/Teixeira 11 21-15, 21-19 0:39
Series tied with # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
7/12/02FIVBCanada Open Pool F Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 22 Heuscher/Kobel 6 21-19, 17-21, 15-11 1:03
7/6/02FIVBNorway Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Kobel 13 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 30 21-13, 21-14 0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/27/02FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 21 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 27 21-19, 21-16 0:40
Series tied with # 22 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
7/26/02FIVBPortugal Open Pool F Egger/Heyer 22 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 27 17-21, 21-15, 15-7 0:55
7/5/02FIVBNorway Open Pool C Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 30 Egger/Heyer 19, Q2 21-17, 22-20 0:55
Lead the series against # Q4 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/18/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool M Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 36 Karasev/Zaitsev 37 15-21, 21-18, 15-12 0:59
Trail the series against # Q10 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 0-1
7/12/02FIVBCanada Open Pool F Ljubicic/Slean 27, Q8 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 22 21-16, 22-20 0:52