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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 6 - 11, 2009

(Q14) 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 Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/7/2009	Qualifier 1	Monika Brzostek / Karolina Marciniak, Poland (Q19)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:29
Tue, 7/7/2009	Qualifier 2	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (22, Q3)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:37

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$12,600.00	5	12	29.4 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	$13,900.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	7	$28,500.00	15	27	35.7 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,300.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,300.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	$6,950.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	$6,950.00
24	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	5	9	$16,750.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	7	$15,250.00

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%
2008-2009	12	50.0%	6	25.0%	6	25.0%	18-6	75.0%	7	20.6%	5	14.7%	22	64.7%	7-27	20.6%	12-22	35.3%	13-11	54.2%	0	0	25-33	43.1%
Against the Field	8	36.4%	4	18.2%	10	45.5%	12-10	54.5%	5	12.5%	6	15.0%	29	72.5%	5-35	12.5%	16-58	21.6%	18-32	36.0%	0	0	17-45	27.4%

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 9-14 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 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 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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 18 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 # 20 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 # 22, Q3 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	22, Q3	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q14	21-18, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 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 # 27, Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q13 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-0
5/27/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30, Q9	Blundell/Harrison	29, Q8	23-21, 23-25, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q19 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 1-0
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q14	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q19	21-15, 21-19	0:29
Trail the series against # Q25 Cunha/Lavalle, Brazil 0-1
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Cunha/Lavalle	21, Q6	Prokopeva/Ukolova	28	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q29 Bawden/Rohkamper, Australia 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25	Bawden/Rohkamper	24, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:35