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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
August 29 - September 2, 2007

(32, Q34) Alexandr Dyachenko/Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan

Alexandr Dyachenko
Kazakhstan

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sumi, Ukraine

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bandar Anzali 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$154,597.50

Oleksiy Kulinich
Kazakhstan

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 18, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sumy

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Kiev 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Dubai 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$28,560.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	7	6	3	US$52,600.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	US$4,520.00
Overall	33	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	5	5	7	6	3	US$57,120.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/29/2007	Qualifier 1	Alexander Samoshkin / Dmitry Vasilevsky, Russia (Q31)	Won 24-22, 20-22, 15-13	0:53
Wed, 8/29/2007	Qualifier 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (Q2)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
Wed, 8/29/2007	Qualifier 3	Jody Gooding / Steve Grotowski, England (Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:35
Thu, 8/30/2007	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:49
Thu, 8/30/2007	Contender 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (16)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Fri, 8/31/2007	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (15)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 8/31/2007	Contender 3	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (24)	Lost 21-19, 21-23, 14-16	1:07

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	31, Q23	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	Horrem/Maaseide	15	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 24 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-1
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Berg/Brinkborg	24	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	19-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:07
Series tied with # Q2 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q2	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q20	21-15, 25-23	0:43
Trail the series against # Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q15	24-22, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q15 Gooding/Grotowski, England 1-0
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	Gooding/Grotowski	Q15	21-18, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # Q31 Samoshkin/Vasilevsky, Russia 1-0
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	Samoshkin/Vasilevsky	Q31	24-22, 20-22, 15-13	0:53