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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Grand Slam Moscow 2009 presented by SEAT
July 14 - 19, 2009

(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:

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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Oleksiy Kulinich - 33rd	Alexandr Dyachenko - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	39	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	17	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	18	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	4	17th	120	US$2,500.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/15/2009	Qualifier 1	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (Q29)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
Wed, 7/15/2009	Qualifier 2	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (29, Q20)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 14-16	1:02

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	7	$31,300.00	22	22	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$8,800.00	2	7	22.2 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	16	$52,600.00	41	44	48.2 %
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
14	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	7	$15,650.00	2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	7	$15,650.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$4,400.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$4,400.00
33	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	5	16	$28,560.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	5	16	$28,560.00

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%
2008-2009	11	52.4%	6	28.6%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	6	19.4%	7	22.6%	18	58.1%	6-25	19.4%	11-18	37.9%	12-11	52.2%	1	0	24-29	45.3%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	13	61.9%	4-17	19.0%	4-26	13.3%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	7-19	26.9%

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 7-19 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Gavira/Herrera	15	Dyachenko/Kulinich	39	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 8, Q1 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Dyachenko/Kulinich	11	35-33, 21-14	0:59
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 # 11 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	18	Dyachenko/Kulinich	31, Q23	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 14 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-2
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Dyachenko/Kulinich	15, Q3	21-12, 19-21, 15-13	1:01
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	Q9	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q24	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	17	Dyachenko/Kulinich	15, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 16 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Dyachenko/Kulinich	25, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:56
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q15	24-22, 21-18	0:49
Series tied with # 18 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	23	Dyachenko/Kulinich	16	21-12, 21-18	0:41
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	11	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 23 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
Series tied with # 27, Q6 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18	21-15, 21-13	0:38
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 # 29, Q20 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	29, Q20	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q4	21-19, 16-21, 16-14	1:02
Trail the series against Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Araujo/Magalhaes	10	Dyachenko/Kulinich	39	21-14, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # Q5 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-2
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Villafane	16	Dyachenko/Kulinich	17	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:57
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 2	Hernandez/Villafane	14	Dyachenko/Kulinich	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # Q9 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q13 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
Trail the series against # Q15 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Dumek/Tichy	31, Q5	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18	21-18, 27-25	0:57
Lead the series against # Q29 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q4	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q29	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53