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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 PAF Open
August 16 - 21, 2010

(14) Anastasia Barsuk/Ekaterina Birlova, Russia

Anastasia Vasina Barsuk
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$112,528.47

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:

123

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$288,813.19

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$4,488.15
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	2	2	US$56,100.00
Overall	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	2	2	US$60,588.15

Previous Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Galina Boyko - 25th	Daria Yarzutkina - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/11-14/2010	European Championship Final	9	17th	160	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	28	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	17, Q5	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	25, Q8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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
CEV	9/16-19/2009	European Championship Final	16	9th	320	€ 1,750.00

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/18/2010	Winner 1	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Niles, United States (19, Q5)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 13-15	0:55
Fri, 6/18/2010	Contender 1	Vilde Solvoll / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (30)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 8/19/2010	Contender 2	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (13)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 13-15	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	1	$34,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	$21,200.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,250.00
Total	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	2	2	$59,350.00

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	1	$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	13	$57,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	1	0	0	1	2	10	12	9	9	$139,450.00
36	0	0	0	0	2	7	11	6	10	$39,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	8	$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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$3,125.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	1	0	1	3	3	4	0	0	$22,625.00
78	0	0	0	0	5	17	21	12	23	$106,500.00	Total	118	2	2	3	3	11	30	35	14	18	$274,675.00

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 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	1	2	33.3 %
2010	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	$39,700.00	17	17	50.0 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	2	2	$53,300.00	24	21	53.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,250.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anastasia Barsuk													Ekaterina Birlova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$1,487.50	2007	CEV
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
											2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,775.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$875.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	$19,850.00	2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	3	$19,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
33	0	0	0	0	3	5	10	3	12	$43,812.50	Total	Total	24	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	3	8	$32,425.00

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	9	60.0%	1	6.7%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	6	33.3%	4	22.2%	8	44.4%	6-12	33.3%	18-16	52.9%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	16-17	48.5%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	8	2	10	11	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	27

Head to Head Results
Barsuk/Birlova trail the series against the field 16-19 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 10 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Barsuk/Birlova	28	23-25, 21-12, 15-11	0:56
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Barsuk/Birlova	17, Q5	21-10, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5, Q1	Barsuk/Birlova	28	21-14, 29-27	0:41
Series tied with # 5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Barsuk/Birlova	25, Q8	Salgado/Salgado	8	21-13, 21-17	0:35
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Salgado/Salgado	7	Barsuk/Birlova	10	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Series tied with # 7 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-1
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Barsuk/Birlova	28	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	15-21, 21-9, 15-11	0:43
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Barsuk/Birlova	26	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-2
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Nystrom/Nystrom	4	Barsuk/Birlova	9	21-19, 21-16	0:38
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Nystrom/Nystrom	24	Barsuk/Birlova	25, Q8	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:46
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Barsuk/Birlova	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	27-25, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 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
Series tied with # 11 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Barsuk/Birlova	17, Q5	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
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 # 13 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 0-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Candelas/Garcia	13	Barsuk/Birlova	14	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barsuk/Birlova	28	Lessard/Martin	26	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 16, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 17 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
6/29/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Birlova	25, Q8	Baquerizo/Fernandez	Q9	19-21, 21-15, 15-9
Series tied with # 18 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-1
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 2	Barsuk/Birlova	23, Q3	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	9-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	Barsuk/Birlova	26	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Series tied with # 19, Q5 Fendrick/Niles, United States 1-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Barsuk/Birlova	28	Fendrick/Niles	21	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:54
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Fendrick/Niles	19, Q5	Barsuk/Birlova	14	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-0
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Barsuk/Birlova	25, Q8	Bawden/Palmer	23	21-15, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
9/17/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Mouha/Van Breedam	1	Barsuk/Birlova	16	21-15, 26-28, 15-5	0:56
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-2
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q9	Barsuk/Birlova	20	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:52
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	9	Barsuk/Birlova	16	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 Kohler/Sude, Germany 0-1
8/11/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Kohler/Sude	16	Barsuk/Birlova	9	23-21, 27-25	0:44
Lead the series against # 30 Solvoll/Torlen, Norway 1-0
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Barsuk/Birlova	14	Solvoll/Torlen	30	21-12, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-0
8/11/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Barsuk/Birlova	9	Urban/Wiatr	21	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:48
Lead the series against # Q13 Hu/Jin, China 1-0
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Birlova	17, Q5	Hu/Jin	Q21	21-18, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q24 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
Lead the series against # Q33 Iatika/Pata, Vanuatu 1-0
11/4/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Birlova	23, Q3	Iatika/Pata	Q30	17-21, 21-6, 15-10	0:42