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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 24 - 29, 2008

(Q17) Alexandr Dyachenko/Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan

Alexandr Dyachenko
Kazakhstan

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1980 (45 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 (45 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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q24	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q22	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	17, Q10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	32, Q34	13th	180	US$4,500.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2008	Qualifier 1	Aldo Miramontes / Juan Virgen, Mexico (Q16)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:44
Wed, 6/25/2008	Qualifier 2	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (24, Q1)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:44

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	3	0	$36,300.00
Challenger	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	$4,520.00
Total	33	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	5	5	0	$57,120.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexandr Dyachenko												Oleksiy Kulinich
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,300.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
50	0	0	0	1	0	14	9	8	0	$107,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00
37	0	0	0	0	2	7	8	4	0	$34,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	$18,150.00
4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$2,260.00	Challenger	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$2,260.00
99	1	1	1	1	4	21	20	13	0	$154,597.50	Total	36	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	5	0	$28,560.00

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
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	5	2	71.4 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$3,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$300.00	0	2	0.0 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	13	$12,500.00	22	21	51.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,200.00	6	6	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexandr Dyachenko													Oleksiy Kulinich
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$660.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$660.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
21	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	13	$8,510.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	13	$8,510.00

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	18	51.4%	11	31.4%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	11	22.4%	10	20.4%	28	57.1%	11-38	22.4%	18-28	39.1%	22-16	57.9%	1	0	41-44	48.2%
2007-2008	14	51.9%	9	33.3%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	5	18.5%	6	22.2%	16	59.3%	5-22	18.5%	14-16	46.7%	14-10	58.3%	1	0	29-26	52.7%
Against the Field	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2	9.5%	2	9.5%	17	81.0%	2-19	9.5%	10-32	23.8%	10-12	45.5%	1	0	11-22	33.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	5	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	18	10	0	0	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	32
Challenger	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	6
Total	0	0	24	15	4	8	0	0	6	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	47	50

Head to Head Results
Dyachenko/Kulinich trail the series against the field 6-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Marques/Solberg	2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17, Q10	21-15, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 14, Q11 Metzger/Williams, United States 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q22	21-15, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 18 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, Q1 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 0-1
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Baracetti/Salema	24, Q1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q17	22-20, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 25, Q7 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q24	Dugrip/Gagliano	Q9	24-22, 17-21, 18-16	1:03
Trail the series against # 26, Q9 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	Q9	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q24	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:53
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 # Q5 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-2
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	30, Q8	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q24	23-21, 21-11	0:48
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Deulofeu/Salvetti	16	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17, Q10	21-18, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # Q6 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
Trail the series against # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q16 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 2-1
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q17	Miramontes/Virgen	Q16	25-23, 21-19	0:44
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q15	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q18	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17, Q10	Miramontes/Virgen	Q7	21-16, 21-9	0:34