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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(Q4) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Rushan Dayanov - 39th	Did not play
1996	Maxim Pospelov - 9th	Did not play
1997	Maxim Pospelov - 17th	Did not play
1998	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 25th	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	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	37	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	29	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	29	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	20	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	14	25th	30	US$1,650.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/25/2002	Qualifier 2	Hayato Kirihara / Tatsuo Yamamoto, Japan (Q29)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:34
Thu, 7/25/2002	Qualifier 3	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (30, Q13)	Lost 13-21, 11-21	0:31

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	$8,850.00	3	15	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	3	5	$27,350.00	22	31	41.5 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	$4,425.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	$4,425.00
76	0	0	0	0	2	15	26	20	13	$77,875.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	3	6	$14,425.00

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	7	46.7%	2	13.3%	6	40.0%	9-6	60.0%	4	13.3%	9	30.0%	17	56.7%	4-26	13.3%	14-28	33.3%	12-30	28.6%	1	2	14-31	31.1%

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 trail the series against the field 8-22 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 16 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Loiola/Santos	3	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	24-22, 21-17	0:41
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Loiola/Santos	4	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Karasev/Zaitsev	37	22-20, 22-20	0:41
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	6	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 8 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Prosser/Zahner	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	37	16-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	20	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Karasev/Zaitsev	20	21-15, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Berger/Doppler	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-18, 17-21, 18-16	0:57
Trail the series against # 16 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Fonoimoana/Holdren	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	20	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	0:51
Series tied with # 17 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 1-1
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	Lopes/Neto	4	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
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 # 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
Series tied with # 21 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	Schacht/Slack	20, Q2	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:51
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Schacht/Slack	29	Karasev/Zaitsev	20	19-21, 28-26, 15-7	1:01
Trail the series against # 27 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	Karasev/Zaitsev	37	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 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, Q13 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-2
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Goranson	30, Q13	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q4	21-13, 21-11	0:31
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
Trail the series against # 31 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 # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q10 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 # Q14 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 # Q20 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 # Q29 Kirihara/Yamamoto, Japan 1-0
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q4	Kirihara/Yamamoto	Q29	21-16, 21-13	0:34