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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$60,000 Geroskipou Challenger
July 26 - 29, 2007

(17, Q17) Mikhail Kouchnerev/Vyacheslav Makhortov, 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 FIVB C&S Best:

7th (Geroskipou 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$106,800.00

Vyacheslav Makhortov
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$1,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	US$3,500.00

Previous Geroskipou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Geroskipou Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/26/2007	Qualifier 1	Raftis Costas / Achilleas Petrakides, Cyprus (Q16)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:35
Thu, 7/26/2007	Qualifier 2	Anssi Hakala / Toni Kankaanpaa, Finland (Q1)	Won 13-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:06
Thu, 7/26/2007	Qualifier 3	Stanislav Eremin / Pavel Karpukhin, Russia (Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:42
Fri, 7/27/2007	Winner 1	Paris Christofi / Michail Vasilios, Cyprus (16)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:35
Fri, 7/27/2007	Winner 2	Benjamin Insfran / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:47
Fri, 7/27/2007	Contender 2	Josh Binstock / Anton Hauser, Canada (9)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 7/27/2007	Contender 3	Andreas Gortsianiouk / Konstantinos Tampouratzis, Greece (14)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:04
Sat, 7/28/2007	Contender 4	Janis Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (7)	Lost 21-19, 13-21, 7-15	0:55

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mikhail Kouchnerev												Vyacheslav Makhortov
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
12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	$14,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
71	0	0	1	1	4	11	15	17	0	$81,475.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00

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
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	2	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mikhail Kouchnerev													Vyacheslav Makhortov
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	0	3	2	3	$5,100.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	1997	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	$8,700.00	1998	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	4	$12,750.00	1999	FIVB
13	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	2	0	$25,000.00	2000	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	1	0	$37,250.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	$8,375.00	2002	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2005	FIVB C&S
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
88	0	0	1	1	7	15	18	21	25	$105,800.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3-1	75.0%	2-1	66.7%	1	0	6-2	75.0%
2006-2007	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3-1	75.0%	2-1	66.7%	1	0	6-2	75.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	4-2	66.7%	1	0	6-2	75.0%

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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenger	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2
Total	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6

Head to Head Results
Kouchnerev/Makhortov lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 de Paula/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 2	Insfran/de Paula	1	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	21-15, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
7/28/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Contender 4	Smedins/Sorokins	7	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	19-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:55
Lead the series against # 9 Binstock/Hauser, Canada 1-0
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Contender 2	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	Binstock/Hauser	9	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 14 Gortsianiouk/Tampouratzis, Greece 1-0
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Contender 3	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	Gortsianiouk/Tampouratzis	14	16-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:04
Lead the series against # 16 Christofi/Vasilios, Cyprus 1-0
7/27/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 1	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	Christofi/Vasilios	16	21-12, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q1 Hakala/Kankaanpaa, Finland 1-0
7/26/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	Hakala/Kankaanpaa	Q1	13-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against # Q8 Eremin/Karpukhin, Russia 1-0
7/26/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Qualifier 3	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	Eremin/Karpukhin	Q8	21-17, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # Q16 Costas/Petrakides, Cyprus 1-0
7/26/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Qualifier 1	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	17, Q17	Costas/Petrakides	Q16	21-13, 21-14	0:35