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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 ConocoPhillips Open
July 2 - 6, 2003

(24, Q4) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Sergey Ermishin - 17th	Dmitry Karasev - 41st
2000	Sergey Ermishin - 17th	Dmitry Karasev - 25th
2001	Sergey Ermishin - 9th	Dmitri Kouvitchka - 33rd
2002	Sergey Sayfulin - 9th	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q5	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q3	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q5	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q3	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	Q2	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	34	25th	40	US$2,000.00
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

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/2/2003	Qualifier 2	Mikko Esko / Toni Tuominen, Finland (Q29)	Won 18-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:36
Thu, 7/3/2003	Qualifier 3	Djordje Ljubicic / Michael Slean, Canada (Q13)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:50
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool H	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (8)	Lost 19-21, 11-21	0:42
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool H	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (25, Q3)	Lost 13-21, 21-19, 13-15	0:53
Sat, 7/5/2003	Pool H	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (9)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:37

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	$13,450.00	8	12	40.0 %
2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	$15,450.00	13	18	41.9 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	$8,375.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	$7,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
74	0	0	1	1	6	15	17	19	15	$102,825.00	Total	Total	68	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	21	19	$51,750.00

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%
2002-2003	10	58.8%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	3	16.7%	4	22.2%	11	61.1%	3-15	16.7%	10-11	47.6%	5-9	35.7%	0	0	15-20	42.9%
Against the Field	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	9	64.3%	3-11	21.4%	14-16	46.7%	12-10	54.5%	0	1	13-14	48.1%

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
Series tied against the field 10-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 8 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-19, 21-11	0:42
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Trail the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 14 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
Series tied with # 16 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
Series tied with # 18 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
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 25, Q3 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q3	21-23, 21-15, 17-15	0:58
Series tied with # Q13 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	Ljubicic/Slean	Q13	23-21, 21-17	0:50
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	21-16, 22-20	0:52
Trail the series against # Q16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q28	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q18 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
Lead the series against # Q29 Esko/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	Esko/Tuominen	Q29	18-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q30 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q3	Xu/Xu	Q35	21-14, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # Q52 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q5	Dvorsky/Litva	Q60	21-19, 21-18	0:41