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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(18, Q4) 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:

105

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Bandar Anzali 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$158,121.90

Oleksiy Kulinich
Kazakhstan

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 18, 1980 (46 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$32,084.40

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	26	33	35	41	57	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$5,928.85
FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	4	0	7	0	6	3	US$52,600.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,520.00
Overall	39	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	4	6	1	5	1	7	1	6	3	US$63,048.85

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Oleksiy Kulinich - 57th	Alexandr Dyachenko - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	15, Q3	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	40	US$0.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2008	Qualifier 1	Andreas Sutter / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (Q13)	Won 22-24, 21-9, 15-13	0:52
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool B	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (15)	Lost 21-23, 22-20, 11-15	1:04
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool B	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Lost 10-21, 12-21	0:30
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool B	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (31)	Lost 16-21, 21-15, 18-20	1:05

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	1	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	$11,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	3	10	$36,300.00
Challenger	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	$4,520.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,000.00
Total	35	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	5	5	17	$60,120.00

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	3	$9,300.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
50	0	0	0	1	0	14	9	8	18	$107,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	$5,750.00
37	0	0	0	0	2	7	8	4	16	$34,087.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	13	$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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,500.00
101	1	1	1	1	4	22	20	13	38	$156,097.50	Total	38	0	0	1	0	2	5	5	5	20	$30,060.00

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 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$500.00	2	4	33.3 %
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 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,300.00	5	7	41.7 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$6,000.00	10	12	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	14	$18,500.00	27	27	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,200.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$4,800.00	7	11	38.9 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$250.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$250.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,150.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,150.00
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$3,000.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$3,000.00
30	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	3	16	$13,910.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	3	16	$13,910.00

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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	4	22.2%	2	11.1%	12	66.7%	4-14	22.2%	6-22	21.4%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	9-15	37.5%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	25	17	4	8	0	0	7	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	51	54

Head to Head Results
Dyachenko/Kulinich trail the series against the field 7-10 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18, Q4	21-10, 21-12	0:30
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
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Neto	19, Q2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q15	21-19, 21-13
Series tied with # 12 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 # 15 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	15	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18, Q4	23-21, 20-22, 15-11	1:04
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 19, Q3 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17, Q10	Maciel/Schmidt	32, Q14	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:56
Trail the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q15	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q18	22-20, 25-23	0:53
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 31 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 0-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Gabathuler/Wenger	31	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 20-18	1:05
Lead the series against # Q10 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17	Indra/Wachter	15	21-10, 21-8	0:28
Lead the series against # Q13 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18, Q4	Sutter/Weingart	Q13	22-24, 21-9, 15-13	0:52