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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam
July 1 - 6, 2008

(32, Q23) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 9th	Did not play
1999	Sergey Sayfulin - 13th	Dmitry Astafiev - 57th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/2/2008	Qualifier 1	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (Q10)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:43
Wed, 7/2/2008	Qualifier 2	Fabien Dugrip / Gregory Gagliano, France (Q7)	Won 22-20, 21-16
Thu, 7/3/2008	Pool A	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost By Forfeit
Thu, 7/3/2008	Pool A	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (16)	Lost 10-21, 21-19, 9-15	0:48
Fri, 7/4/2008	Pool A	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (17)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:40

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	8	8	$58,020.00	43	59	42.2 %

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
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
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
101	0	0	0	1	2	19	29	28	22	$98,147.50	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	8	9	$29,760.00

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%
2007-2008	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	1	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	0-4	0.0%	0	1	2-7	22.2%

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 2-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Karasev/Zaitsev	32, Q23	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 14 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 # 16 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Lione/Varnier	16	Karasev/Zaitsev	32, Q23	21-10, 19-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 17 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Heuscher/Heyer	17	Karasev/Zaitsev	32, Q23	21-13, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 23 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 # Q7 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Karasev/Zaitsev	32, Q23	Dugrip/Gagliano	Q7	22-20, 21-16
Lead the series against # Q10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	32, Q23	Horrem/Maaseide	Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:43