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

(Q14) Dmitri Kouvitchka/Sergey Sayfulin, Russia

Dmitri Kouvitchka
Russia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 8, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Voroshilovgrad

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB Enoshima 1990)

Career Winnings:

US$17,125.00

Sergey Sayfulin
Russia

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1968 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kemerovo

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$52,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	2	1	2	1	4	US$22,150.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Sergey Sayfulin - 17th	Dmitri Kouvitchka - 17th
1997	Oleg Chatounov - 57th	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 33rd
1998	Did not play	Rushan Dayanov - 17th
1999	Did not play	Dmitry Karasev - 25th
2000	Did not play	Dmitry Karasev - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q14	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	Q16	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q13	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q16	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q11	57th	4	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/17/2001	Qualifier 1	Alexis Schoeb / Clement Schoeb, Switzerland (Q51)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:37
Tue, 7/17/2001	Qualifier 2	Paul Schroffenegger / Thomas Schroffenegger, Austria (Q19)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:34
Tue, 7/17/2001	Qualifier 3	Marcio Araujo / Luizao Correa, Brazil (Q3)	Lost 24-26, 17-21	0:48
Wed, 7/18/2001	Qualifier 5	Michal Palinek / Stanislav Pochop, Czech Republic (27, Q11)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 13-15	1:01

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	$16,150.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	2	0	$22,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dmitri Kouvitchka												Sergey Sayfulin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	$7,200.00
28	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	3	0	$14,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	7	18	17	0	$43,650.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
33	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	3	0	$17,125.00	Total	78	0	0	0	0	0	8	20	22	0	$52,750.00

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	6	10	37.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dmitri Kouvitchka													Sergey Sayfulin
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	1	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	1990	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,100.00	1992	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	$1,500.00	1995	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	$7,750.00	1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	$7,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$700.00	1997	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$5,100.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00
											1998	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	$4,450.00
											1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	1	$13,000.00
											2000	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	$10,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
28	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	1	15	$13,800.00	Total	Total	52	0	0	0	0	0	6	19	15	12	$40,700.00

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	12	66.7%	1	5.6%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	4	22.2%	3	16.7%	11	61.1%	4-14	22.2%	12-11	52.2%	5-8	38.5%	1	2	18-21	46.2%
2000-2001	11	64.7%	1	5.9%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	10	71.4%	2-12	14.3%	11-10	52.4%	3-7	30.0%	1	0	15-17	46.9%
Against the Field	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	14-10	58.3%	6-10	37.5%	1	1	11-11	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	15	12	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	19
Total	0	0	17	14	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	21

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 6 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q16	Bellaguarda/Moreira	Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 27, Q11 Palinek/Pochop, Czech Republic 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 5	Palinek/Pochop	27, Q11	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q14	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # Q3 Araujo/Correa, Brazil 0-1
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Correa	Q3	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q14	26-24, 21-17	0:48
Trail the series against # Q5 Correa/Diez, Spain 0-1
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open		Correa/Diez	25, Q8	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q16	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # Q10 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 6	Pedrosa/Teixeira	Q9	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q16	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # Q16 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 10	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q16	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q19 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 2-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q14	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q19	21-18, 21-14	0:34
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q16	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q17	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # Q42 Koch/Messmer, Switzerland 1-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q16	Koch/Messmer	Q48	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q51 Schoeb/Schoeb, Switzerland 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q14	Schoeb/Schoeb	Q51	21-16, 21-13	0:37