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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Spain Open
June 13 - 17, 2001

(17) Sergey Ermishin/Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia

Sergey Ermishin
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 4, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saratov

Height:

208 cm (6'10")

Weight:

102 kg (224 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Tenerife 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$76,900.00

Mikhail Kouchnerev
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 27, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Tenerife 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$106,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	57	Money
FIVB	35	0	0	1	1	4	2	8	2	10	4	1	1	1	US$150,000.00

Previous Tenerife Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Dmitry Areshkin - 41st
1998	Andrei Gorbenko - 41st	Dmitry Karasev - 25th
1999	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 17th	Sergey Ermishin - 17th
2000	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 3rd	Sergey Ermishin - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	14	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	17	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	6	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	7	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	8	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	9	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	15	13th	180	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	13	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	20	9th	136	US$4,000.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/15/2001	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (16)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:32
Fri, 6/15/2001	Contender 1	Lazaro Milian Carvajal / Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba (32, Q54)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 6/15/2001	Contender 2	Jody Holden / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (15)	Won 14-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Sat, 6/16/2001	Contender 3	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (10)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Sat, 6/16/2001	Contender 4	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (5)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 11-15	0:53

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	1	1	3	1	6	1	9	4	0	$115,500.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Total	35	0	0	1	1	4	2	8	2	10	4	0	$150,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sergey Ermishin												Mikhail Kouchnerev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	$14,700.00
36	0	0	1	1	4	7	9	7	0	$59,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	71	0	0	1	1	4	11	15	17	0	$81,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
44	0	0	1	1	6	10	11	7	0	$76,900.00	Total	91	0	0	1	1	7	15	18	22	0	$106,800.00

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
1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	3	$25,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	4	2	0	$50,000.00	1	1	50.0 %
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	2	9	3	3	$81,000.00	8	5	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sergey Ermishin													Mikhail Kouchnerev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1996	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$4,250.00
											1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$1,400.00	1998	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	$8,700.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	3	$12,750.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	4	$12,750.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	2	0	$25,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	2	0	$25,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
34	0	0	1	0	2	7	10	6	8	$42,400.00	Total	Total	51	0	0	1	0	2	10	16	12	10	$58,950.00

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	16	53.3%	8	26.7%	6	20.0%	24-6	80.0%	8	34.8%	2	8.7%	13	56.5%	8-15	34.8%	16-13	55.2%	16-8	66.7%	0	1	37-25	59.7%
2000-2001	16	53.3%	8	26.7%	6	20.0%	24-6	80.0%	8	34.8%	2	8.7%	13	56.5%	8-15	34.8%	16-13	55.2%	16-8	66.7%	0	1	33-23	58.9%
Against the Field	15	55.6%	7	25.9%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	8	33.3%	2	8.3%	14	58.3%	8-16	33.3%	30-24	55.6%	30-14	68.2%	0	1	30-21	58.8%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
World Championships	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	17
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	9	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	37	25

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Fonoimoana	5	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Child/Heese	6	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	14	15-6	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	Bosma/Cotrino	10	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 15 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	Holden/Leinemann	15	14-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 16 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 32, Q54 Milian Carvajal/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	Milian Carvajal/Ramirez Bernal	32, Q54	21-17, 21-19	0:37