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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 2 - 6, 2007

(Q23) Inna Shmat/Natalia Stepanova, Russia

Inna Shmat
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Novosibirsk

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,000.00

Natalia Stepanova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U21 World Championships Myslowice 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	US$4,000.00

Previous Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	Q16	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	Q20	33rd	30	US$0.00

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/2/2007	Qualifier 1	Nadia Erni / Muriel Graessli, Switzerland (Q10)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 9-15	0:58

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Inna Shmat												Natalia Stepanova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00	Total	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$3,750.00

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
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Inna Shmat													Natalia Stepanova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	$0.00

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	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	1	9.1%	0	0.0%	10	90.9%	1-10	9.1%	5-10	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	8-13	38.1%
2006-2007	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	1	9.1%	0	0.0%	10	90.9%	1-10	9.1%	5-10	33.3%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	8-13	38.1%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	2-14	12.5%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-9	18.2%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	13
Total	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	13

Head to Head Results
Shmat/Stepanova trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q7 Suzuki/Urata, Japan 0-1
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Suzuki/Urata	25, Q1	Shmat/Stepanova	Q17	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # Q10 Erni/Graessli, Switzerland 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Erni/Graessli	Q10	Shmat/Stepanova	Q23	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:58
Trail the series against # Q22 Boulton/Johns, England 0-1
11/1/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Qualifier 1	Boulton/Johns	31, Q17	Shmat/Stepanova	Q16	21-14, 21-11	0:33