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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 World Series 13
July 14 - 20, 2008

(25, Q6) Maria Prokopeva/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia

Maria Bratkova Prokopeva
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$167,463.03

Evgenia Ukolova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$358,709.31

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	37	41	Money
CEV	17	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$38,513.30
FIVB	48	0	0	3	0	3	0	7	4	9	0	10	0	6	1	5	US$182,725.00
Overall	65	0	0	3	0	6	1	13	7	11	1	10	1	6	1	5	US$221,238.30

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Natalia Stepanova - 57th	Did not play
2007	Evgenia Ukolova - 33rd	Maria Prokopeva - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/10-12/2008	European Championship	14	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q28	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	9	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	11	7th	300	€ 2,200.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	Q4	17th	120	€ 0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q28	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q8	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	32	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/23-25/2007	European Championship	12	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	9	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	Q25	33rd	30	US$0.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/15/2008	Qualifier 2	Muriel Graessli / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (31, Q11)	Lost 21-18, 13-21, 13-15	0:52
Wed, 7/16/2008	Winner 1	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (8)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39
Wed, 7/16/2008	Contender 1	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (24, Q5)	Won 21-23, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Thu, 7/17/2008	Contender 2	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (10)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:41
Thu, 7/17/2008	Contender 3	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (18)	Lost 16-21, 10-21	0:33

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	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	7	5	5	$96,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	3	0	2	0	4	4	2	5	6	$82,725.00
Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$10,750.00
Total	53	0	0	3	0	3	0	10	6	9	10	12	$193,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maria Prokopeva												Evgenia Ukolova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$5,100.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$19,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
37	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	11	8	$83,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	0	1	2	11	18	13	10	$170,275.00
36	0	0	4	0	2	11	3	8	8	$54,612.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	60	1	1	4	0	5	18	13	8	10	$108,537.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	$7,850.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	$6,875.00	Confederation Championship	13	0	1	0	1	2	7	2	0	0	$23,875.00
89	0	0	4	0	7	25	15	19	19	$149,887.50	Total	146	2	2	5	3	12	41	37	23	21	$332,237.50

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
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	$7,450.00	8	9	47.1 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$9,000.00	4	8	33.3 %
2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	$7,000.00	9	8	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	$11,000.00	6	12	33.3 %
Total	CEV	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	3	0	1	$14,450.00	17	17	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maria Prokopeva													Evgenia Ukolova
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00	2005	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	$3,725.00	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	$3,725.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$4,500.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$4,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$3,500.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$3,500.00
30	0	0	0	0	6	7	6	2	9	$16,375.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	2	6	$13,725.00

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	55	59.1%	17	18.3%	21	22.6%	72-21	77.4%	14	16.7%	14	16.7%	56	66.7%	14-70	16.7%	55-56	49.5%	31-35	47.0%	2	0	88-91	49.2%
2007-2008	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	11	78.6%	2-12	14.3%	4-11	26.7%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	7-16	30.4%
Against the Field	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	5-6	45.5%	2	11.1%	2	11.1%	14	77.8%	2-16	11.1%	6-28	17.6%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	7-22	24.1%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	12	5	18	27	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	43
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	7	15	5	0	0	15	18	0	3	3	0	0	0	53	45
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8
Total	0	0	20	12	40	37	0	0	20	33	0	3	3	0	0	0	98	99

Head to Head Results
Prokopeva/Ukolova trail the series against the field 5-19 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 13 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Salgado/Salgado	8, Q5	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q28	21-18, 24-22	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-2
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Claasen/Roder	27	Prokopeva/Ukolova	14	21-18, 22-24, 15-10	0:53
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	4	Prokopeva/Ukolova	13	21-18, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 0-1
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Giaoui/Hamzaoui		Prokopeva/Ukolova		21-19, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q6	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Martins/Santanna	28, Q5	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q28	23-21, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 0-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	23	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
7/10/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Prokopeva/Ukolova	14	21-19, 21-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 17 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-4
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Kadijk/Mooren	Q5	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q28	23-21, 23-21	0:38
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-18, 22-20	0:38
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Prokopeva/Ukolova	12	13-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:47
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 2	Kadijk/Mooren	1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-23, 21-15, 15-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q6	21-16, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against # 20 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Prokopeva/Ukolova	32	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-2
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	22-24, 21-18, 20-18	1:06
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Jursone/Minusa	4	Prokopeva/Ukolova	11	23-21, 15-21, 15-11	1:04
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	21	Prokopeva/Ukolova	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 0-2
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Alcon/Matveeva	6	Prokopeva/Ukolova	11	21-19, 21-11	0:35
5/9/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Matveeva	14, Q5	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q4	21-12, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 23, Q4 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-0
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	Baburina/Osheyko	8	17-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:51
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	11	Baburina/Osheyko	9	21-19, 23-21	0:48
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q6	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24, Q5	21-23, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 31, Q11 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
7/15/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q6	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:52