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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Bahrain Open 2008
October 27 - November 1, 2008

(4) 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 Manama Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	13	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	16	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	11	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	25, Q5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	18, Q4	25th	80	US$3,500.00
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

Manama Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/29/2008	Winner 1	Michal Biza / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic (29, Q12)	Lost 13-21, 12-21	0:38
Wed, 10/29/2008	Contender 1	Francesco Giontella / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (13)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-9	1:01
Thu, 10/30/2008	Contender 2	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (14)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 13-15	0:59

Head to Head Results
Dyachenko/Kulinich trail the series against the field 6-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Ces/Ces	20	Dyachenko/Kulinich	11	22-20, 26-24	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Gavira/Mesa, Spain 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	Gavira/Mesa	8	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 3	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21, Q3	21-14, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	20	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	21-17, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 2-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	16	Babich/Mykhaylov	17	16-21, 21-10, 19-17	1:01
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 # 13 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	4	Giontella/Nicolai	13	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	1:01
Trail the series against # 14 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 2	Hernandez/Villafane	14	Dyachenko/Kulinich	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 Biza/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 0-1
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Biza/Rotrekl	29, Q12	Dyachenko/Kulinich	4	21-13, 21-12	0:38