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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 World of TUI Open de Mallorca
September 3 - 7, 2003

(25, 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 (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 Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Pavel Zaitsev - 13th	Dmitry Karasev - 13th
2002	Pavel Zaitsev - 17th	Dmitry Karasev - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	21	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	22	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	25, Q3	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	18	17th	60	US$2,520.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2003	Qualifier 2	Ian Clark / Chip McCaw, United States (Q36)	Won 21-23, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Thu, 9/4/2003	Qualifier 3	Kevin Ces / Yannick Salvetti, France (Q13)	Won 21-15, 23-25, 15-8	0:55
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool H	Manuel Carrasco / Raul Mesa, Spain (9)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:37
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool H	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (24, Q2)	Lost 12-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:53
Sat, 9/6/2003	Pool H	Harley Marques / Franco Neto, Brazil (8)	Lost 16-21, 22-20, 8-15	0:56

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	$13,750.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	5	6	$50,520.00	35	50	41.2 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$6,875.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$6,875.00
84	0	0	0	0	2	17	29	22	14	$89,460.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	5	7	$26,010.00

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	46.7%	3	20.0%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	4	13.8%	9	31.0%	16	55.2%	4-25	13.8%	14-26	35.0%	14-28	33.3%	1	2	15-29	34.1%

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 13-29 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 18 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	5	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	23-21, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Insfran	5	Karasev/Zaitsev	21	21-15, 21-11	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-3
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q4	21-16, 20-22, 15-8	0:56
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Marques/Neto	6	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	21-13, 21-16	0:33
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 Carrasco/Mesa, Spain 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Carrasco/Mesa	9	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 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
Series tied with # 12 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 # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-2
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Karasev/Zaitsev	22	Alvarez/Rossell	11	By Forfeit	0:10
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 # 15 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 # 16 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 # 17 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 # 18 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 # 20 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 # 23 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Prosser/Williams	28, Q8	Karasev/Zaitsev	21	21-14, 24-26, 15-6	0:56
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Klemperer/Rademacher	24, Q2	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q4	21-12, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 28, Q3 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 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 # Q13 Ces/Salvetti, France 2-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q4	Ces/Salvetti	Q13	21-15, 23-25, 15-8	0:55
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q3	Ces/Salvetti	Q35	21-17, 21-7	0:35
Trail the series against # Q15 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 # 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 # Q20 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q5	Asahi/Nishimura	Q28	21-19, 14-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # Q23 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 # 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 # Q36 Clark/McCaw, United States 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	25, Q4	Clark/McCaw	Q36	21-23, 21-17, 15-10	0:56