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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Grand Slam presented by SEAT
June 8 - 13, 2010

(10) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Judith Flores Yalovaya - 41st	Daria Yarzutkina - 41st
2009	Galina Boyko - 17th	Anna Vozakova - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/3-8/2009	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	23, Q3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2009	Sanya Open	26	7th	300	US$7,600.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/9/2010	Pool G	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (23)	Won 27-25, 21-15	0:43
Thu, 6/10/2010	Pool G	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (26)	Won 25-23, 22-20	0:44
Thu, 6/10/2010	Pool G	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (7)	Lost 18-21, 12-21	0:36
Fri, 6/11/2010	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (15)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:39

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$13,600.00	7	4	63.6 %
2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$7,100.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	$20,700.00	11	10	52.4 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	2	$19,950.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	$9,450.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,550.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$3,550.00
21	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	2	10	$23,500.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	7	$14,500.00

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%
2009-2010	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%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	1	5.9%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	10	50.0%	5-15	25.0%	20-20	50.0%	12-22	35.3%	0	0	16-21	43.2%

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
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 trail the series against the field 6-9 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Akers/Turner, United States 0-1
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	2	Barsuk/Birlova	23, Q3	16-21, 21-19, 15-4	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Salgado/Salgado	7	Barsuk/Birlova	10	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
5/27/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	Barsuk/Birlova	21	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 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 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Barsuk/Birlova	10	21-16, 21-11	0:39
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Barsuk/Birlova	23, Q3	21-12, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 23 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Barsuk/Birlova	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	27-25, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 26 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Barsuk/Birlova	10	Banck/Gunther	26	25-23, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 28, Q6 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 0-1
5/17/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Forrer/Schmocker	27, Q7	Barsuk/Birlova	Q10	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against 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
Trail the series against # Q10 Dampney/Mullin, England 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Dampney/Mullin	27, Q11	Barsuk/Birlova	Q6	15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # Q17 Fitzgerald/Niles, United States 0-1
5/27/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Fitzgerald/Niles	5, Q9	Barsuk/Birlova	21	21-11, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # Q21 Fabjan/Fabjan, Slovenia 1-0
11/4/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Qualifier 3	Barsuk/Birlova	23, Q3	Fabjan/Fabjan	Q19	23-21, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q29 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Birlova	Q6	Nestarcova/Pridalova	Q27	21-15, 21-15	0:33