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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Germany Open
June 12 - 16, 2002

(14) 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 (47 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
2001	Pavel Zaitsev - 9th	Dmitry Karasev - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	6	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	22	9th	200	US$6,000.00
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

Germany Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/14/2002	Pool C	Maurizio Pimponi / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (30, Q10)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:34
Fri, 6/14/2002	Pool C	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (3)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:36
Sat, 6/15/2002	Pool C	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (19)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:48

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	$18,500.00	19	16	54.3 %
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,650.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	$20,150.00	19	19	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
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	$9,250.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	$9,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$825.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$825.00
71	0	0	0	0	2	14	26	18	11	$74,275.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	$10,825.00

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%
2001-2002	16	59.3%	4	14.8%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	5	14.3%	11	31.4%	19	54.3%	5-30	14.3%	16-19	45.7%	9-18	33.3%	2	2	27-39	40.9%
Against the Field	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	5	16.1%	9	29.0%	17	54.8%	5-26	16.1%	16-28	36.4%	16-28	36.4%	1	2	17-30	36.2%

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 8-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Karasev/Zaitsev	14	21-15, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	6	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-2
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool C	Bosma/Cotrino	19	Karasev/Zaitsev	14	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	0:48
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 # 30, Q10 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool C	Pimponi/Raffaelli	30, Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	14	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 31, Q6 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
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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
Series tied with # Q12 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Goranson/Goranson	27, Q10	Karasev/Zaitsev	6	By Forfeit
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	Goranson/Goranson	43	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q13 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 # Q15 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
Lead the series against # Q18 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 # Q19 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