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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Belgium Open
August 8 - 12, 2001

(28, Q18) 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 Ostende Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Maxim Pospelov - 34th	Did not play
1997	Oleg Chatounov - 25th	Mikhail Kouchnerev - 17th
1998	Did not play	Rushan Dayanov - 37th
1999	Did not play	Dmitry Karasev - 17th
2000	Did not play	Dmitry Karasev - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	Q11	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q14	37th	28	US$0.00
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

Belgium Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/8/2001	Qualifier 1	Shu Wang / Chicheng Zhao, China (Q47)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:32
Wed, 8/8/2001	Qualifier 2	Steve Steppe / Tim Verschueren, Belgium (Q50)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 18-16	1:04
Wed, 8/8/2001	Qualifier 3	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (21, Q2)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:32
Thu, 8/9/2001	Qualifier 4	Steve Delaney / James Gravelle, Canada (25, Q23)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:39
Thu, 8/9/2001	Qualifier 6	Jean-Philippe Daguerre / Gregory Znatchkowsky, France (30, Q20)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 8/10/2001	Winner 1	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (5)	Lost 22-20, 15-21, 10-15	0:58
Fri, 8/10/2001	Contender 1	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (12)	Lost 11-21, 15-21	0:38

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$2,000.00	11	15	42.3 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$2,000.00	11	15	42.3 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00
30	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	2	16	$14,800.00	Total	Total	54	0	0	0	0	0	6	19	16	13	$41,700.00

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	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	12-12	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	1	1	9-11	45.0%

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
Kouvitchka/Sayfulin trail the series against the field 6-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	5	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	28, Q18	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 1	Child/Heese	12	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	28, Q18	21-11, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-0
8/8/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 3	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	28, Q18	Bosma/Cotrino	21, Q2	21-17, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 24, Q3 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 # 25, Q23 Delaney/Gravelle, Canada 0-1
8/9/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 4	Delaney/Gravelle	25, Q23	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	28, Q18	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q20 Daguerre/Znatchkowsky, France 1-0
8/9/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 6	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	28, Q18	Daguerre/Znatchkowsky	30, Q20	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q7 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
Trail the series against # Q9 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 # Q10 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 # Q12 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 8	Goranson/Goranson	Q12	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q11	21-17, 21-23, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # Q32 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
Lead the series against # Q47 Wang/Zhao, China 1-0
8/8/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 1	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	28, Q18	Wang/Zhao	Q47	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # Q50 Steppe/Verschueren, Belgium 1-0
8/8/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 2	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	28, Q18	Steppe/Verschueren	Q50	17-21, 21-15, 18-16	1:04