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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 27 - November 1, 2009

(26) Anastasia Barsuk/Ekaterina Birlova, Russia

Anastasia Vasina Barsuk
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$103,515.55

Ekaterina Khomyakova Birlova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bryansk

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$252,284.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	2	2	US$56,100.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (7)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:09
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 2	Linjun Ji / Chen Xue, China (23)	Won 21-9, 21-17	0:42
Fri, 10/30/2009	Winner 3	Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (15, Q8)	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:34
Fri, 10/30/2009	Contender 4	Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (21)	Won 23-21, 15-21, 15-11	0:57
Sat, 10/31/2009	Contender 5	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (11)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$34,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	$21,200.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	$56,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anastasia Barsuk												Ekaterina Birlova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,400.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
30	0	0	0	0	1	8	5	3	0	$57,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	1	0	0	1	2	10	12	9	0	$139,450.00
36	0	0	0	0	2	7	11	6	0	$39,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	0	$82,050.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$3,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	$6,650.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
72	0	0	0	0	5	16	18	10	0	$103,375.00	Total	106	2	1	3	2	8	27	31	14	0	$252,050.00

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,600.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,600.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anastasia Barsuk													Ekaterina Birlova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	2	$16,950.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$6,450.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	8	$16,950.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	$7,950.00

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	13	56.5%	3	13.0%	7	30.4%	16-7	69.6%	9	36.0%	5	20.0%	11	44.0%	9-16	36.0%	13-11	54.2%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	25-23	52.1%
2008-2009	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-3	40.0%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	7-4	63.6%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	6	40.0%	2	13.3%	7	46.7%	6-9	40.0%	8-14	36.4%	16-12	57.1%	0	0	12-13	48.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	8	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11
Total	0	0	8	2	8	7	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	23

Head to Head Results
Barsuk/Birlova lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Birlova	26	Holtwick/Semmler	7	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	1:09
Trail the series against # 11 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Barsuk/Birlova	26	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 15, Q8 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Barsuk/Birlova	26	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 21 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Barsuk/Birlova	26	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	21	23-21, 15-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 23 Ji/Xue, China 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Birlova	26	Ji/Xue	23	21-9, 21-17	0:42