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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
August 28 - September 1, 2007

(10) 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Elizaveta Ryabova - 41st	Olesya Sharavskaya - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/23-25/2007	European Championship	13	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	8	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q14	33rd	26	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	14	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters	14	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	Q22	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	29, Q25	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/29/2007	Winner 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (23)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:48
Wed, 8/29/2007	Contender 1	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (26, Q4)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	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$)
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$4,000.00	6	10	37.5 %
2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$6,200.00	11	12	47.8 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	$4,000.00	8	13	38.1 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$6,200.00	11	12	47.8 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,100.00	2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,100.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	11	$5,100.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	2	12	$5,750.00

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	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	0	0.0%	10	90.9%	1-10	9.1%	0-20	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	2-10	16.7%

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
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 2-15 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 13 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 17 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
8/7/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	Shmat/Stepanova	Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-2
8/14/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	21, Q2	Shmat/Stepanova	Q15	21-19, 21-16	0:37
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 1	Jursone/Minusa	11	Shmat/Stepanova	14	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 22, Q3 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Martins/Santanna	25, Q3	Shmat/Stepanova	Q19	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	Shmat/Stepanova	10	21-18, 21-15	0:48
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q9 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 0-1
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	Q11	Shmat/Stepanova	Q22	21-11, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Gioria/Momoli	26, Q4	Shmat/Stepanova	10	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 29, Q11 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 # 30, Q8 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 # 31, Q12 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Shmat/Stepanova	Q19	Asao/Nishibori	Q14	17-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 32 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	Shmat/Stepanova	8	21-17, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # Q5 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-1
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 1	Campisi/Lozano	16	Shmat/Stepanova	8	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # Q15 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-2
6/15/07	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Baburina/Osheyko	6	Shmat/Stepanova	14	21-9, 21-14	0:30
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Baburina/Osheyko	3	Shmat/Stepanova	14	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q19 Gaxiola/Reyes, Mexico 1-0
8/14/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 1	Shmat/Stepanova	Q15	Gaxiola/Reyes	Q18	21-13, 16-21, 15-12	0:46