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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 25 - July 4, 2009

(47) Maria Prokopeva/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia

Maria Bratkova Prokopeva
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1986 (38 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 (35 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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	30, Q9	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	25	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	28	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	25, Q4	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	16	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool B

Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (2)

Lost 25-23, 18-21, 10-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Prokopeva	Total	42	20	4	0.381	0	8	0	2
	1	19	12	2	0.526	0	3	0	2
	2	14	4	1	0.214	0	3	0	0
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	2	0	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	19	12	2	0.526	0	3	0	10
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	1	0	4
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	1	0	5
	3	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	0	1

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool B

Chen Xue / Ying Zhang, China (23)

Lost 15-21, 13-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Prokopeva	Total	34	15	9	0.176	0	5	1	0
	1	16	6	6	0.000	0	3	0	0
	2	18	9	3	0.333	0	2	1	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	8	4	3	0.125	0	3	1	7
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	1	0	4
	2	3	0	2	-0.667	0	2	1	3

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool B

Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (26)

Lost 14-21, 21-12, 13-15

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Prokopeva	Total	32	21	4	0.531	0	10	0	1
	1	12	7	3	0.333	0	2	0	0
	2	9	9	0	1.000	0	5	0	0
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	0	1
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	23	13	3	0.435	0	10	0	5
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	2	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	6	0	1
	3	4	3	1	0.500	0	2	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Maria Prokopeva	108	56	17	0.361	0	23	1	3
Evgenia Ukolova	50	29	8	0.420	0	16	1	22
Total	158	85	25	0.380	0	39	2	25
Opponents	156	87	24	0.404	7	41	11	15

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Svetlana Popova - 37th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Ekaterina Syrtseva - 37th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	47	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Prokopeva/Ukolova trail the series against the field 6-13 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	47	23-25, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	5	Prokopeva/Ukolova	28	21-11, 21-14	0:28
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	32	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	3	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30, Q9	21-14, 21-19	0:36
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 # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30, Q9	21-14, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30, Q9	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:47
Trail the series against # 21 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q4	21-16, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 23 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	23	Prokopeva/Ukolova	47	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 26 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 0-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Remmers/Stiekema	26	Prokopeva/Ukolova	47	21-14, 12-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 33 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30, Q9	Martins/Santanna	20, Q2	21-16, 22-24, 15-12	0:55
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25	Martins/Santanna	10	21-17, 26-24	0:35
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 # 34 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
Series tied with # 44 Boulton/Johns, England 1-1
5/20/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Boulton/Johns	29, Q9	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q8	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:44
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q25	Boulton/Johns	Q8	21-18, 21-19	0:37