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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Shanghai Grand Slam
May 1 - 5, 2013

(17) Ekaterina Birlova/Maria Prokopeva, 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

Maria Bratkova Prokopeva
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$143,012.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	US$7,000.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Evgenia Ukolova - 41st
2009	Did not play	Evgenia Ukolova - 13th
2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 33rd	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th
2011	Anna Vozakova - 33rd	Did not play
2012	Evgenia Ukolova - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	17	25th	150	US$1,500.00

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/2/2013	Pool A	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (16, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:36
Thu, 5/2/2013	Pool A	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (1)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 10-15	0:49
Fri, 5/3/2013	Pool A	Lucy Boulton / Zara Dampney, England (32)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:35
Fri, 5/3/2013	Winner 1	Nicole Branagh / Lauren Fendrick, United States (22)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:33
Sat, 5/4/2013	Winner 2	Maria Antonelli / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (7)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:32

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$7,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ekaterina Birlova												Maria Prokopeva
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals
44	1	0	0	1	2	10	12	9	0	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	11	0	$83,300.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	0	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	4	0	2	11	3	8	0	$54,612.50
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	$6,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenger
											U21 World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
106	2	1	3	2	8	27	31	14	0	$252,050.00	Total	81	0	0	4	0	7	20	12	19	0	$143,012.50

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
2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$7,000.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$7,000.00	2	6	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ekaterina Birlova													Maria Prokopeva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,500.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$6,300.00
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	12	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	5	$21,625.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	3	$23,650.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	$18,650.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,500.00
49	1	1	2	1	2	8	12	10	12	$120,975.00	Total	Total	44	0	0	1	0	3	11	6	10	13	$57,575.00

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	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-5	28.6%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%
2012-2013	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-5	28.6%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

Head to Head Results
Birlova/Prokopeva trail the series against the field 2-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Birlova/Prokopeva	17	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:49
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Birlova/Prokopeva	17	21-18, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 0-1
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7	Birlova/Prokopeva	17	21-14, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 16, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q1	Birlova/Prokopeva	17	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Branagh/Fendrick, United States 1-0
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Birlova/Prokopeva	17	Branagh/Fendrick	22	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Series tied with # 32 Boulton/Dampney, England 1-1
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Birlova/Prokopeva	17	Boulton/Dampney	32	21-17, 21-16	0:35
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Boulton/Dampney	32, Q16	Birlova/Prokopeva	17	21-18, 26-24	0:40