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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Milner Open
August 24 - 29, 2010

(18) 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/26/2010	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (15)	Lost 13-21, 21-16, 10-15
Thu, 8/26/2010	Contender 1	Roos Van der Hoeven / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (31, Q12)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Fri, 8/27/2010	Contender 2	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (17)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:32

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	2	$42,500.00	18	19	48.6 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	2	2	$56,100.00	25	23	52.1 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	2	$21,250.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	3	$21,250.00
27	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	3	10	$41,200.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	3	7	$32,200.00

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	8	53.3%	1	6.7%	6	40.0%	9-6	60.0%	5	31.3%	3	18.8%	8	50.0%	5-11	31.3%	16-16	50.0%	12-18	40.0%	0	0	14-17	45.2%

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 14-17 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 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 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
Trail the series against # 7 Branagh/May-Treanor, United States 0-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Branagh/May-Treanor	4	Barsuk/Birlova	20	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Keizer/Van Iersel	14	Barsuk/Birlova	25, Q8	16-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:50
Series tied with # 11 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 # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Barsuk/Birlova	20	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	13	16-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:47
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	16	Barsuk/Birlova	17, Q5	18-21, 26-24, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-3
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Barsuk/Birlova	18	21-13, 16-21, 15-10
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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	Barsuk/Birlova	18	21-14, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Barsuk/Birlova	18	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	31, Q12	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with 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
Trail the series against # Q4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q9	Barsuk/Birlova	20	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 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 # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q10 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 # Q11 Goricanec/Graessli, Switzerland 1-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Barsuk/Birlova	17, Q5	Goricanec/Graessli	32	14-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:50
Lead the series against # Q22 Nishibori/Urata, Japan 1-0
6/29/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barsuk/Birlova	25, Q8	Nishibori/Urata	Q25	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q26 Benhamou/Giaoui, France 1-0
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barsuk/Birlova	17, Q5	Benhamou/Giaoui	Q28	21-12, 21-10	0:29
Lead the series against # Q35 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