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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open
June 5 - 10, 2007

(29, Q25) Inna Shmat/Natalia Stepanova, Russia

Inna Shmat
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Novosibirsk

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,552.35

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$9,256.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	US$8,402.18
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	US$4,000.00
Overall	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	5	4	US$12,402.18

Previous Warsaw Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Natalia Stepanova - 33rd	Inna Shmat - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	14	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	Q25	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00
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

Warsaw Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 1	Ewa Kalinowska / Dorota Wrzochol, Poland (Q40)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:39
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 2	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (Q8)	Won 25-23, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Wed, 6/6/2007	Qualifier 3	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (Q24)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:39
Thu, 6/7/2007	Winner 1	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (4)	Lost 21-18, 13-21, 7-15	0:48
Thu, 6/7/2007	Contender 1	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (13)	Lost 16-21, 26-28	0:44

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	9	$4,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	$5,000.00

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	1	$1,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	$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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	$2,500.00	Total	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	14	$4,250.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,300.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,300.00	4	3	57.1 %

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	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	$1,650.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	8	$2,300.00

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	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	4-16	20.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-10	28.6%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	15

Head to Head Results
Shmat/Stepanova trail the series against the field 4-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	4	Shmat/Stepanova	29, Q25	18-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Glesnes/Maaseide		Shmat/Stepanova		22-20, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	13	Shmat/Stepanova	29, Q25	21-16, 28-26	0:44
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q8	Shmat/Stepanova	Q25	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q8 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Shmat/Stepanova	29, Q25	Holtwick/Semmler	Q8	25-23, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # Q10 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 # Q13 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 # Q14 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Baburina/Osheyko	3	Shmat/Stepanova	14	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # Q20 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 0-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 1	Gschweidl/Hansel	11	Shmat/Stepanova	14	21-19, 22-20	0:46
Trail the series against # Q21 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
Lead the series against # Q24 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 3	Shmat/Stepanova	29, Q25	Candelas/Garcia	Q24	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q28 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
5/31/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 2	Shmat/Stepanova	14	Andreasen/Vestergaard		21-11, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q40 Kalinowska/Wrzochol, Poland 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 1	Shmat/Stepanova	29, Q25	Kalinowska/Wrzochol	Q40	21-18, 21-17	0:39