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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Vodafone Grand Slam
June 25 - 29, 2003

(25, Q3) 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
2001	Pavel Zaitsev - 9th	Dmitry Karasev - 9th
2002	Pavel Zaitsev - 25th	Dmitry Karasev - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	18	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	28, Q4	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	36	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	Q4	33rd	18	US$0.00
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

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 2	Kevin Ces / Yannick Salvetti, France (Q35)	Won 21-17, 21-7	0:35
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 3	Thomas Hikel / Marvin Polte, Germany (Q51)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:44
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool H	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (9)	Lost 11-21, 24-22, 12-15	0:52
Fri, 6/27/2003	Pool H	Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (24, Q2)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 6/27/2003	Pool H	Harley Marques / Franco Neto, Brazil (8)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 11-15	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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	$18,500.00	19	16	54.3 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	2	$18,270.00	8	23	25.8 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	3	5	$41,770.00	30	41	42.3 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	$9,135.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	$9,135.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
80	0	0	0	0	2	16	29	20	13	$85,085.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	6	$21,635.00

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%
2002-2003	6	35.3%	4	23.5%	7	41.2%	10-7	58.8%	4	12.9%	9	29.0%	18	58.1%	4-27	12.9%	6-18	25.0%	8-16	33.3%	2	0	16-34	32.0%
Against the Field	7	43.8%	3	18.8%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	3	10.7%	10	35.7%	15	53.6%	3-25	10.7%	14-24	36.8%	12-32	27.3%	1	2	14-30	31.8%

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 9-23 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 14 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 5 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	Berger/Doppler	12	21-16, 21-16	0:38
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 # 6 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 # 7 Child/Heese, Canada 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:17
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Karasev/Zaitsev	36	17-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q3	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q3	21-11, 22-24, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 12 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-2
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	6	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	18-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:53
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Alvarez/Rossell	12	Karasev/Zaitsev	36	21-18, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	15	Karasev/Zaitsev	18	21-17, 21-15	0:35
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	21-14, 18-21, 18-16	1:04
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 17 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 # 22 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 # 24, Q2 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q3	Kogel/Mulder	24, Q2	21-14, 21-17	0:37
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q13	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	22-20, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # Q1 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 # Q5 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 # Q8 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	21-14, 13-21, 15-11	0:57
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 # Q16 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
Trail the series against # Q18 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
Lead the series against # Q26 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karasev/Zaitsev	36	Brizida/Pedrosa	37	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q35 Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q3	Ces/Salvetti	Q35	21-17, 21-7	0:35
Lead the series against # Q51 Hikel/Polte, Germany 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q3	Hikel/Polte	Q51	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:44