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US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 5, 2001

(22) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Maxim Pospelov - 17th	Did not play
1998	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 17th	Did not play
1999	Sergey Sayfulin - 13th	Did not play
2000	Sergey Sayfulin - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	21, Q7	17th	72	US$3,000.00
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

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool K	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (43)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:41
Thu, 8/2/2001	Pool K	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (11)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:42
Fri, 8/3/2001	Winner 1	Agustin Correa / Fabio Diez, Spain (41)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:34
Sat, 8/4/2001	Winner 2	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (6)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 16-18	1:04

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Maxim Pospelov - 17th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Sergey Sayfulin - 25th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Pavel Zaitsev - 9th	Dmitry Karasev - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	22	9th	200	US$6,000.00

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	$14,500.00	17	14	54.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	$14,500.00	17	14	54.8 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	$7,250.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	$7,250.00
68	0	0	0	0	2	13	26	17	10	$71,450.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	$8,000.00

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	57.1%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	1	4.2%	8	33.3%	15	62.5%	1-23	4.2%	16-24	40.0%	6-24	20.0%	1	2	12-26	31.6%

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 trail the series against the field 8-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	21-14, 18-21, 18-16	1:04
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 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
Series tied with # 11 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 1-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	21-18, 23-21	0:42
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	4	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Heidger/McCaw, United States 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 6	Heidger/McCaw	Q4	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q7	21-17, 19-21, 18-16	1:06
Trail the series against # 21 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 # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 26 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 # 35 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 # 36 Bachorski/Bulkowski, Poland 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 5	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q7	Bachorski/Bulkowski	Q15	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 37 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 # 41 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	Correa/Diez	41	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 43 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	Goranson/Goranson	43	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 44 Palinek/Pochop, Czech Republic 0-1
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam		Palinek/Pochop	27, Q11	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q7	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	1:15
Trail the series against # 47 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 0-1
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Pedrosa/Teixeira	Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q7	21-18, 18-21, 18-16	0:55