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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(31, Q20) Dmitry Karasev/Pavel Zaitsev, Russia

Dmitry Karasev
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1970 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnogorsk

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Marbella 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$117,143.61

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 (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$34,385.77

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$3,796.98
FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	8	0	3	3	1	2	US$58,020.00
Overall	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	4	8	1	3	3	1	2	US$61,816.98

Previous St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Pavel Zaitsev - 25th	Dmitry Karasev - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	15	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q39	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q35	57th	6	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/19/2006	Country Quota	Alexander Razin / Oleg Uharev, Russia	Won 21-8, 21-13	0:35
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 2	Pavel Kolar / Martin Tichy, Czechia (Q13)	Won 21-9, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 3	Koichi Nishimura / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:46
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 11-21	0:44
Thu, 7/20/2006	Contender 1	Mark Heese / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (18)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 12-15	1:08

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	4	$14,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	6	5	$37,770.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,350.00
Total	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	4	8	10	$59,370.00

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	6	$14,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	$7,125.00
80	0	0	0	0	2	13	25	23	17	$74,735.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	6	6	$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
7	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	$7,900.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$675.00
110	0	0	0	2	4	20	32	28	24	$106,797.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	8	11	$30,435.00

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 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	3	2	60.0 %
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	$13,750.00	8	11	42.1 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	7	8	$54,520.00	41	56	42.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$3,300.00	4	5	44.4 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00	1998	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	1999	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	2000	CEV
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	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
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	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$750.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	2004	CEV
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,150.00	2005	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00
112	0	0	0	2	4	24	32	27	23	$108,822.50	Total	Total	30	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	7	10	$29,660.00

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	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	8-6	57.1%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	5-7	41.7%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	1	0	24	16	11	30	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	63

Head to Head Results
Karasev/Zaitsev trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 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 # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Karasev/Zaitsev	31, Q20	21-18, 21-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 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 # 6 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Klemperer/Schneider	5	Karasev/Zaitsev	15	21-17, 21-17	0:39
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 # 9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	2	Karasev/Zaitsev	15	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Series tied with # 12 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 # 18 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	18	Karasev/Zaitsev	31, Q20	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
Lead the series against Razin/Uharev, Russia 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Country Quota	Karasev/Zaitsev	31, Q20	Razin/Uharev		21-8, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q4 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	31, Q20	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q4	21-16, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # Q11 Byron/Suan, Australia 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Byron/Suan	Q26	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q39	21-18, 18-21, 18-16	1:06
Lead the series against # Q13 Kolar/Tichy, Czechia 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	31, Q20	Kolar/Tichy	Q13	21-9, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q30 Karpau/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	30, Q19	Karpau/Zharykau	Q46	21-11, 21-9	0:27