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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Italy Open
July 11 - 15, 2001

(21, Q7) 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 Lignano Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Rushan Dayanov - 46th	Did not play
1996	Maxim Pospelov - 13th	Did not play
1997	Maxim Pospelov - 17th	Did not play
1998	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 17th	Did not play
1999	Sergey Sayfulin - 17th	Did not play
2000	Sergey Sayfulin - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	29	9th	144	US$5,500.00
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

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 2	Bjorn Ingeborgrud / Alexander Loberg, Norway (Q58)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 3	Kaarel Kais / Kristjan Kais, Estonia (Q26)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 4	Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (24, Q10)	Lost 29-31, 16-21	0:43
Thu, 7/12/2001	Qualifier 6	Djordje Ljubicic / Michael Slean, Canada (Q15)	Won 26-24, 21-15	0:49
Thu, 7/12/2001	Qualifier 7	Dax Holdren / Todd Rogers, United States (15, Q4)	Lost 15-21, 28-30	0:50
Thu, 7/12/2001		Marcel Gscheidle / Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland (Q19)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:53
Fri, 7/13/2001	Winner 1	Oliver Oetke / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (12)	Lost 11-21, 24-22, 8-15	0:56
Fri, 7/13/2001	Contender 1	Fosco Cicola / Fabio Galli, Italy (28)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:03
Fri, 7/13/2001	Contender 2	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Paulao Moreira, Brazil (6)	Lost 16-21, 24-22, 12-15	1:01

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$8,500.00	11	10	52.4 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$8,500.00	11	10	52.4 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$4,250.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$4,250.00
66	0	0	0	0	2	12	26	17	9	$68,450.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$5,000.00

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	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	14.8%	10	37.0%	13	48.1%	4-23	14.8%	16-22	42.1%	14-28	33.3%	1	1	16-26	38.1%

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
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
Karasev/Zaitsev lead the series against the field 8-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Moreira	6	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	21-16, 22-24, 15-12	1:01
Trail the series against # 12 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	12	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	21-11, 22-24, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 Holdren/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 7	Holdren/Rogers	15, Q4	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	21-15, 30-28	0:50
Lead the series against # 16, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 20, Q6 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
Lead the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q10 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	31-29, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 28 Cicola/Galli, Italy 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	Cicola/Galli	28	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:03
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 # Q15 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 6	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	26-24, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # Q17 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
Lead the series against # Q19 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 1-0
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open		Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q19	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # Q26 Kais/Kais, Estonia 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	Kais/Kais	Q26	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q58 Ingeborgrud/Loberg, Norway 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	Ingeborgrud/Loberg	Q58	21-19, 21-18	0:39