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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Austria Grand Slam
August 1 - 4, 2002

(34) Mikhail Kouchnerev/Sergey Sayfulin, Russia

Mikhail Kouchnerev
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 27, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

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 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kemerovo

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$52,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	7	8	US$27,650.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	7	7	8	US$28,450.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Sergey Sayfulin - 17th	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 17th
1998	Dmitry Karasev - 17th	Rushan Dayanov - 25th
1999	Sergey Ermishin - 33rd	Dmitry Karasev - 13th
2000	Sergey Ermishin - 25th	Dmitry Karasev - 13th
2001	Sergey Ermishin - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	27	9th	120	US$3,900.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/1/2002	Pool K	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (10)	Lost 14-21, 21-15, 11-15	1:11
Fri, 8/2/2002	Pool K	Ahren Cadieux / James Mackay, Canada (39)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:56
Fri, 8/2/2002	Pool K	Marcel Gscheidle / Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland (15)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 12-15	0:58

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	0	$20,850.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00
Total	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	7	0	$28,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mikhail Kouchnerev												Sergey Sayfulin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,250.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	$14,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	$7,200.00
71	0	0	1	1	4	11	15	17	0	$81,475.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	7	18	17	0	$43,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Goodwill Games
91	0	0	1	1	7	15	18	22	0	$106,800.00	Total	78	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	22	0	$52,750.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	$13,450.00	7	10	41.2 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	$13,450.00	7	10	41.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mikhail Kouchnerev													Sergey Sayfulin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$4,250.00	1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	$7,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	$5,100.00	1997	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	$8,700.00	1998	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	$4,450.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	4	$12,750.00	1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	1	$13,000.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	2	0	$25,000.00	2000	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	$10,000.00
11	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	1	0	$37,250.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$2,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	$8,375.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	$7,550.00
68	0	0	1	1	6	15	17	18	10	$101,825.00	Total	Total	62	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	20	14	$50,750.00

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	11	52.4%	4	19.0%	6	28.6%	15-6	71.4%	3	13.0%	4	17.4%	16	69.6%	3-20	13.0%	11-16	40.7%	7-10	41.2%	0	2	18-28	39.1%
2001-2002	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	5-7	41.7%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	8-12	40.0%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	11	68.8%	2-14	12.5%	8-18	30.8%	6-12	33.3%	0	2	7-17	29.2%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	9	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	20
Total	0	0	11	13	7	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	28

Head to Head Results
Kouchnerev/Sayfulin trail the series against the field 6-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-0
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	Baracetti/Conde	3	22-20, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	21-19, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 0-2
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Child/Heese	11	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	21-15, 21-19	0:56
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-15, 27-25	0:50
Series tied with # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Lead the series against # 12 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	Alvarez/Rossell	6, Q3	29-27, 21-19	0:55
Trail the series against # 13 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Prosser/Zahner	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	21-13, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 15 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 0-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Gscheidle/Vesti	15	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 23 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Egger/Heyer	22	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	17-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:55
Trail the series against # 24 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	21	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	21-19, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 36 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	Karasev/Zaitsev	37	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 38 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	21-16, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # 39 Cadieux/Mackay, Canada 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	Cadieux/Mackay	39	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:56