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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 (43 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

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	Q15	33rd	20	US$0.00

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