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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 5, 2017

(36) Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia

Ekaterina Khomyakova Birlova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bryansk

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$252,284.25

Nadezda Makroguzova
Russia

/ Russian Olympic Committee

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

57 kg (125 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$133,093.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	US$27,300.00

Previous Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	18	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	22, Q2	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/1/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q5	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	23	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/16-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	25	17th	160	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/7-12/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	26, Q3	9th	360	US$8,000.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Pool L	Michala Frank / Kristyna Kolocova, Czech Republic (13)	Lost 29-27, 25-27, 10-15	1:01
Sat, 7/29/2017	Pool L	Katharina Schutzenhofer / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (12)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:42
Mon, 7/31/2017	Pool L	Varapatsorn Radarong / Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand (37)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Tue, 8/1/2017	Lucky Loser	Lidianny Echeverria / Leila Martinez, Cuba (26)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:38

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Nadezda Makroguzova - 33rd	Ekaterina Birlova - 33rd
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Svetlana Kholomina - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	36	33rd	160	US$4,800.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$27,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ekaterina Birlova												Nadezda Makroguzova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,400.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00
44	1	0	0	1	2	10	12	9	0	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	$30,375.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	0	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	1	1	1	0	5	11	8	4	0	$70,550.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	$6,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,800.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenger
											U21 World Championships	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
106	2	1	3	2	8	27	31	14	0	$252,050.00	Total	64	2	4	1	2	7	18	10	8	0	$132,625.00

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
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	$27,300.00	12	14	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	$27,300.00	12	14	46.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ekaterina Birlova													Nadezda Makroguzova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2008	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	$9,450.00	2009	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	3	$23,650.00	2010	FIVB
14	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	4	$22,600.00	2011	FIVB
12	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	1	$60,275.00	2012	FIVB
9	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	$31,850.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$4,025.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,400.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$36,875.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	0	0	$23,800.00	2016	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	$4,000.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	$14,400.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	$14,700.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
86	2	1	2	1	6	23	25	12	14	$224,400.00	Total	Total	34	0	3	0	1	1	5	5	7	12	$26,125.00

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	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	7	50.0%	4-10	28.6%	7-7	50.0%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	12-14	46.2%
2016-2017	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	7	50.0%	4-10	28.6%	7-7	50.0%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	12-14	46.2%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	6-10	37.5%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	8-11	42.1%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	2	1	8	7	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14

Head to Head Results
Birlova/Makroguzova trail the series against the field 8-11 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool F	Laboureur/Sude	6	Birlova/Makroguzova	22, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 9 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	Antonelli/Salgado	15, Q1	Birlova/Makroguzova	23	21-17, 14-21, 15-9	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-2
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	10	Birlova/Makroguzova	23	19-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:50
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool H	Brunner/Huberli	8	Birlova/Makroguzova	25	21-17, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 12 Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
7/29/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool L	Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger	12	Birlova/Makroguzova	36	23-21, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool L	Frank/Kolocova	13	Birlova/Makroguzova	36	27-29, 27-25, 15-10	1:01
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 2	Frank/Kolocova	13	Birlova/Makroguzova	18	21-16, 17-21, 15-4	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Fendrick/Ross, United States 1-0
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool F	Birlova/Makroguzova	22, Q2	Fendrick/Ross	11	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	Birlova/Makroguzova	18	16-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:53
Lead the series against # 16 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-0
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 1	Birlova/Makroguzova	18	Cheng/Hughes	12	21-19, 13-21, 17-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
2/10/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 1	Birlova/Makroguzova	26, Q3	Mader/Verge-Depre	6	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 21 Borger/Kozuch, Germany 1-0
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool G	Birlova/Makroguzova	26, Q3	Borger/Kozuch	23	12-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:43
Trail the series against # 26 Echeverria/Martinez, Cuba 0-1
8/1/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Lucky Loser	Echeverria/Martinez	26	Birlova/Makroguzova	36	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 28 Glenzke/Grossner, Germany 1-1
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Glenzke/Grossner	20	Birlova/Makroguzova	22, Q2	21-14, 14-21, 15-8	0:41
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool H	Birlova/Makroguzova	25	Glenzke/Grossner	24, Q3	17-21, 21-14, 15-7	0:41
Lead the series against # 32 Lima/Maia, Brazil 1-0
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool G	Birlova/Makroguzova	26, Q3	Lima/Maia	7	17-21, 21-17, 20-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 37 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 1-0
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool L	Birlova/Makroguzova	36	Radarong/Udomchavee	37	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 42 Nummerdor-Flier/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
6/27/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Nummerdor-Flier/Van Iersel	30, Q12	Birlova/Makroguzova	Q5	21-19, 28-26	0:42
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool G	Birlova/Makroguzova	23	Nummerdor-Flier/Van Iersel	26, Q6	22-24, 21-19, 15-12	0:51