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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Dutch Masters
August 9 - 12, 2007

(8) Inna Shmat/Natalia Stepanova, Russia

Inna Shmat
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Novosibirsk

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,552.35

Natalia Stepanova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1987 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

13th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$9,719.45

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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Dutch Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/9/2007	Qualifier 2	Mered de Vries / Susan van den Heuvel, Netherlands	Won 26-24, 21-14	0:44
Thu, 8/9/2007	Qualifier 3	Stefanie Huttermann / Sandra Piasecki, Germany (14)	Lost 14-21, 7-21	0:34
Fri, 8/10/2007	Winner 1	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (9)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:30
Fri, 8/10/2007	Contender 1	Nadia Campisi / Clara Lozano, Spain (16)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:38

Head to Head Results
Shmat/Stepanova trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/15/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Shmat/Stepanova	14	20-22, 24-22, 15-9	0:55
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
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 # 5 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 # 9 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 # 14 Huttermann/Piasecki, Germany 0-1
8/9/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 3	Huttermann/Piasecki	14	Shmat/Stepanova	8	21-14, 21-7	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16 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
Lead the series against Andreasen/Hove, Denmark 1-0
8/30/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 1	Shmat/Stepanova	Q20	Andreasen/Hove	Q13	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against Arjona/Castelli, France 1-0
5/31/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 3	Shmat/Stepanova	14	Arjona/Castelli		23-21, 24-22	0:52
Lead the series against de Vries/van den Heuvel, Netherlands 1-0
8/9/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 2	Shmat/Stepanova	8	de Vries/van den Heuvel		26-24, 21-14	0:44
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against Grossner/Lehmann, Germany 1-0
7/5/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Shmat/Stepanova	14	Grossner/Lehmann		17-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:58
Lead the series against Nagy/Petho, Hungary 1-0
6/14/07	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Shmat/Stepanova	14	Nagy/Petho		21-19, 21-16	0:42