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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(Q41) Josip Kovacev/Jegor Zukovskij, Croatia

Josip Kovacev
Croatia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Split

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

21st (FIVB C&S Milan 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,900.00

Jegor Zukovskij
Croatia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 15, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Minsk, Belarus

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

21st (FIVB C&S Milan 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	57	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	US$3,800.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	US$3,800.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q33	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/31-9/2/2007	Milan Challenger	Q6	21st	8	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	31	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 1	Janis Smedins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (Q24)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:41

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,800.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Josip Kovacev												Jegor Zukovskij
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,900.00	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,900.00

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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Josip Kovacev													Jegor Zukovskij
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$1,000.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-7	0.0%
2007-2008	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-7	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-10	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-5	0.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Challenger	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8

Head to Head Results
Kovacev/Zukovskij trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Kovacev/Zukovskij	31	21-12, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 1	Lione/Varnier	15	Kovacev/Zukovskij	31	21-9, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # Q24 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Smedins	Q24	Kovacev/Zukovskij	Q41	21-14, 21-18	0:41