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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Germany Open
June 27 - July 1, 2001

(29) Dmitry Karasev/Pavel Zaitsev, Russia

Dmitry Karasev
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnogorsk

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Lopar Island 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Marbella 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$98,897.50

Pavel Zaitsev
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Xylokastro 2000)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$29,760.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	8	3	3	1	2	US$58,020.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Maxim Pospelov - 7th	Did not play
1997	Maxim Pospelov - 17th	Did not play
1998	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 33rd	Did not play
1999	Sergey Sayfulin - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q13	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q9	37th	22	US$0.00

Germany Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/29/2001	Winner 1	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (4)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:34
Fri, 6/29/2001	Contender 1	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (20)	Won 12-21, 21-18, 23-21	1:06
Fri, 6/29/2001	Contender 2	Lazaro Milian Carvajal / Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba (30, Q29)	Won 21-15, 21-10	0:40
Sat, 6/30/2001	Contender 3	Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (11, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:36
Sat, 6/30/2001	Contender 4	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (8)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:38

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$14,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	6	0	$37,770.00
Total	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	8	0	$58,020.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dmitry Karasev												Pavel Zaitsev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$6,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	$14,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$7,125.00
80	0	0	0	0	2	13	25	23	0	$74,735.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	6	0	$18,885.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	$3,037.50	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
103	0	0	0	1	3	19	29	28	0	$98,897.50	Total	29	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	8	0	$29,760.00

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
2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$5,500.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$5,500.00	6	6	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dmitry Karasev													Pavel Zaitsev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$1,500.00	1995	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	1	1	$17,500.00	1996	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	0	$11,450.00	1997	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	1	$10,400.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	1998	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	1	$13,000.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	1	$10,000.00	2000	FIVB
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,750.00	2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,750.00
65	0	0	0	0	2	12	25	17	9	$66,950.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	$3,500.00

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	25	58.1%	8	18.6%	10	23.3%	33-10	76.7%	7	13.0%	18	33.3%	29	53.7%	7-47	13.0%	25-29	46.3%	15-28	34.9%	3	3	43-60	41.7%
2000-2001	12	75.0%	3	18.8%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	3	18.8%	6	37.5%	7	43.8%	3-13	18.8%	12-7	63.2%	6-7	46.2%	1	2	19-16	54.3%
Against the Field	9	60.0%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	2	7.1%	10	35.7%	16	57.1%	2-26	7.1%	18-26	40.9%	10-26	27.8%	1	2	15-28	34.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	5	3	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	16	10	6	18	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	41
Total	1	0	24	15	11	30	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	60

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	4	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 4	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 11, Q3 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	Novosel/Slack	11, Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	Berg/Dahl	20	12-21, 21-18, 23-21	1:06
Lead the series against # 30, Q29 Milian Carvajal/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	Milian Carvajal/Ramirez Bernal	30, Q29	21-15, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # Q4 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Bosma/Cotrino	15, Q4	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q13	21-18, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # Q8 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Canet/Hamel	28, Q8	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q9	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # Q16 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q13	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q20	21-13, 21-15	0:36