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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam
June 30 - July 5, 2008

(Q24) Ekaterina Birlova/Daria Yarzutkina, 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:

123

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$288,813.19

Daria Yarzutkina
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (Myslowice 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$1,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,000.00
Overall	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	US$3,000.00

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2006	Did not play	Ekaterina Raevskaya - 29th
CEV 2007	Did not play	Alexandra Chigrinova - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	Q7	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	Q8	17th	120	€ 0.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	Q20	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q24	29th	30	€ 0.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/1/2008	Qualifier 1	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (25, Q9)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 10-15	0:54

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	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$3,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ekaterina Birlova												Daria Yarzutkina
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	1	$20,400.00	World Championships
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	9	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	8	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	1	0	1	3	3	4	0	0	$22,625.00	Confederation Championship
118	2	2	3	3	11	30	35	14	18	$274,675.00	Total	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	$1,500.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ekaterina Birlova													Daria Yarzutkina
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$0.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	10	$0.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
2007-2008	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	5

Head to Head Results
Birlova/Yarzutkina trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 10 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
5/9/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q4	Birlova/Yarzutkina	Q20	21-9, 21-16	0:29
Trail the series against # 25, Q9 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
7/1/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	25, Q9	Birlova/Yarzutkina	Q24	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # Q20 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 0-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q9	Birlova/Yarzutkina	Q24	21-14, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # Q25 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
5/29/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	Q10	Birlova/Yarzutkina	Q7	21-14, 21-15	0:34