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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 25 - 30, 2008

(16) 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:

Career Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$143,012.50

Evgenia Ukolova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

133

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$308,596.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	48	0	0	3	0	3	0	7	4	9	10	6	1	5	US$182,725.00

Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	25, Q6	13th	180	US$3,900.00
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
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q28	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	32	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/27/2008	Winner 1	Muriel Graessli / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (17)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 10-15	0:43
Wed, 8/27/2008	Contender 1	Jana Goliasova / Eva Weissova, Czech Republic (32, Q23)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:34

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	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	7	5	0	$96,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	3	0	2	0	4	4	2	5	0	$82,725.00
Total	48	0	0	3	0	3	0	7	4	9	10	0	$182,725.00

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	0	$5,100.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$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	0	$83,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	0	1	2	11	18	13	0	$170,275.00
36	0	0	4	0	2	11	3	8	0	$54,612.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	60	1	1	4	0	5	18	13	8	0	$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
81	0	0	4	0	7	20	12	19	0	$143,012.50	Total	133	2	1	5	2	10	34	35	23	0	$308,362.50

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 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$10,800.00	4	10	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$12,800.00	6	14	30.0 %

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	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
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
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	0	1	1	1	2	$5,400.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,400.00
17	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	3	6	$8,900.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$7,400.00

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	5	41.7%	2	16.7%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	11	84.6%	2-11	15.4%	10-22	31.3%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	9-16	36.0%

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
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
Total	0	0	20	12	33	35	0	0	20	29	0	3	3	0	0	0	88	91

Head to Head Results
Prokopeva/Ukolova trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 10 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	22-24, 21-18, 20-18	1:06
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-2
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	17	Prokopeva/Ukolova	16	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:43
7/15/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q6	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 32, Q23 Goliasova/Weissova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Goliasova/Weissova	32, Q23	Prokopeva/Ukolova	16	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q7 Rodriguez/Zur, Israel 1-0
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q28	Rodriguez/Zur	Q37	21-16, 21-11	0:34