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(Q35) 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 Zagreb Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	30, Q19	25th	40	US$2,000.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 1	Michal Biza / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (Q30)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:39

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 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	6	7	$52,520.00	38	53	41.8 %

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
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,875.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$6,875.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2004	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$3,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$337.50	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
97	0	0	0	1	2	19	29	26	20	$95,397.50	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	6	8	$27,010.00

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%
2005-2006	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	5-3	62.5%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	6-10	37.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	1	5-10	33.3%

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 3-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 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 # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	3	Karasev/Zaitsev	30, Q19	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:09
Trail the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 7 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 # 8 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # Q3 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	30, Q19	Gosch/Strauss	Q3	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # Q30 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Biza/Kubala	Q30	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q35	21-14, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q44 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