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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 20 - 26, 2009

(41, Q10) 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
2008	Evgenia Ukolova - 13th	Maria Prokopeva - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	30	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q14	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	47	37th	40	US$3,400.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	9	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	9	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
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
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	9	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
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
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	6	5th	720	€ 2,400.00
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

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/20/2009	Qualifier 1	Benigna Fernandez / Catalina Pol Borras, Spain (Q23)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:30
Tue, 7/21/2009	Winner 1	Katarzyna Urban / Joanna Wiatr, Poland (24, Q18)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:39
Thu, 7/23/2009	Winner 2	Morgane Faure / Mathilde Giordano, France (9)	Won 15-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 3	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (8)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:35

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$12,600.00	5	12	29.4 %
2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	$9,400.00	11	9	55.0 %
2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	$24,000.00	11	15	42.3 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	7	$38,600.00	18	31	36.7 %
Total	CEV	14	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	3	3	0	1	$20,250.00	21	24	46.7 %

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	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
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	3	1	2	0	0	$4,700.00	2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	$4,700.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	$12,000.00	2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	$12,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,700.00
44	0	0	0	0	7	13	6	6	12	$33,075.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	4	10	4	6	9	$30,425.00

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	9	37.5%	5	20.8%	10	41.7%	14-10	58.3%	6	15.4%	6	15.4%	27	69.2%	6-33	15.4%	18-54	25.0%	22-32	40.7%	0	0	20-43	31.7%

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 18-29 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 15 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:53
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 # 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 # 7, Q1 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 0-2
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	41, Q10	21-14, 21-17	0:35
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 # 9 Faure/Giordano, France 1-0
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	41, Q10	Faure/Giordano	9	15-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-3
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-14, 21-11	0:28
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	20-22, 21-19, 15-5	0:48
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 # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Prokopeva/Ukolova	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-2
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-13, 21-18	0:38
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 15 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	6	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	14	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30	21-16, 21-17	0:41
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	23	Prokopeva/Ukolova	47	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 19 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-2
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q4	21-16, 21-19	0:40
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 3	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
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 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 0-2
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	22, Q3	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q14	21-18, 22-20	0:37
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q9	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q8	23-25, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Series tied with # 24, Q18 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-1
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	41, Q10	Urban/Wiatr	24, Q18	21-15, 21-14	0:39
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Urban/Wiatr	9	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q4	21-16, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 26 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	Mooren/Wesselink	8	21-15, 21-19	0:31
Trail the series against # 30 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30	24-22, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 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 # 32 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 # 33 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 # 34, Q8 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q8	Dampney/Mullin	Q25	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 36 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 3-0
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Prokopeva/Ukolova	6	Baburina/Osheyko	7	13-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:51
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 # 39, Q6 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
Lead the series against # 40, Q9 Boulton/Johns, England 2-1
5/20/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Boulton/Johns	29, Q9	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q8	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:44
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	Boulton/Johns	16, Q17	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:40
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q25	Boulton/Johns	Q8	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 42 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 # 45 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 0-1
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Giaoui/Hamzaoui		Prokopeva/Ukolova		21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against 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 # Q23 Fernandez/Pol Borras, Spain 1-0
7/20/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	41, Q10	Fernandez/Pol Borras	Q23	21-10, 21-12	0:30