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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$450,000 France Grand Slam
July 17 - 22, 2001

(18) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Rushan Dayanov - 25th	Dmitry Areshkin - 25th
1997	Did not play	Sergey Sayfulin - 33rd
1998	Andrei Gorbenko - 33rd	Dmitry Karasev - 17th
1999	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 17th	Sergey Ermishin - 17th
2000	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 5th	Sergey Ermishin - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	17	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	20	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	18	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	17	9th	144	US$5,500.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/19/2001	Winner 1	Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (15)	Lost 14-21, 21-15, 18-20	0:58
Thu, 7/19/2001	Contender 1	Willie De Jesus / Joseph Gil, Puerto Rico (31, Q12)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:34
Sat, 7/21/2001	Contender 2	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany (17)	Won 20-22, 21-14, 16-14	0:52
Sat, 7/21/2001	Contender 3	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (26, Q6)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:45
Sat, 7/21/2001	Contender 4	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (11)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 7/21/2001	Contender 5	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (7)	Won 24-22, 21-11	0:46
Sat, 7/21/2001	Contender 6	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (4)	Lost By Forfeit

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	$35,000.00	16	12	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	2	10	4	3	$110,500.00	21	15	58.3 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$17,500.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$17,500.00
39	0	0	1	0	4	8	11	7	8	$57,150.00	Total	Total	56	0	0	1	0	4	11	17	13	10	$73,700.00

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	13	52.0%	6	24.0%	6	24.0%	19-6	76.0%	7	31.8%	2	9.1%	13	59.1%	7-15	31.8%	26-24	52.0%	26-16	61.9%	0	1	26-21	55.3%

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
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
Ermishin/Kouchnerev lead the series against the field 13-12 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	15	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 5	Laciga/Laciga	2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	Metzger/Wong	4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 5 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	20	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 5	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	24-22, 21-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 2-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	20	Blanton/Fonoimoana	6	16-21, 22-20, 25-23	1:06
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Blanton/Fonoimoana	6	21-19, 16-21, 15-8	0:51
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Blanton/Fonoimoana	5	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Heuscher/Kobel	11	24-22, 21-18	0:37
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Heuscher/Kobel	9	23-21, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 14 Henkel/Smith, United States 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Henkel/Smith	17	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	15	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 15 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-2
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Novosel/Slack	15	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	21-14, 15-21, 20-18	0:58
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Novosel/Slack	16, Q2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	17-21, 21-18, 24-22	0:59
Lead the series against # 17 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Ahmann/Hager	17	20-22, 21-14, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 20, Q1 Holdren/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Holdren/Rogers	13	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	20	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 22, Q2 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Cotrino	15, Q4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	21-15, 21-17	0:47
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 # 24 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Berg/Dahl	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	21-16, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 De Jesus/Gil, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	De Jesus/Gil	31, Q12	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q16 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-14, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # Q18 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	20	Goranson/Goranson	29	21-12, 16-21, 15-5	0:38
Trail the series against # Q23 Witt/Witt, United States 0-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Witt/Witt	32, Q48	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # Q30 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Klemperer/Rademacher	31, Q51	21-17, 21-12	0:31