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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Geroskipou Challenger
July 31 - August 2, 2008

(3) 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:

106

Career Wins:

Career FIVB C&S Best:

3rd (Geroskipou 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$252,284.25

Daria Yarzutkina
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 10, 1988 (37 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 Winnings:

US$1,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	3	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	US$3,000.00
Overall	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	US$3,000.00

Previous Geroskipou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00

Geroskipou Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/31/2008	Winner 2	Athina Dilaveri / Areti Teza, Greece (14)	Won 24-22, 15-21, 15-6	0:58
Thu, 7/31/2008	Winner 3	Alona Malysheva / Natalia Shumeiko, Ukraine (6)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 8-15	0:50
Fri, 8/1/2008	Contender 3	Dana Durzova / Zuzana Snopkova, Slovakia (16)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:29
Fri, 8/1/2008	Contender 4	Charlotte Dyhr / Tine Rose Eriksen, Denmark (7)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:29
Fri, 8/1/2008	Contender 5	Elizabeth Maloney / Katherine Zakrzewski, Canada (9)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 8/2/2008	Semi-Finals	Anouk Boileau / Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada (2)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:45
Sat, 8/2/2008	Bronze Medal	Zinaida Liubymova / Yuliya Nozhyna, Ukraine (12)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:51

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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$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	0	$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	0	$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	0	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	0	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$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
106	2	1	3	2	8	27	31	14	0	$252,050.00	Total	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$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	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

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
											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
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,500.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	$1,500.00

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	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2007-2008	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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 lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Boileau/Mondor, Canada 0-1
8/2/08	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Semi-Finals	Boileau/Mondor	2	Birlova/Yarzutkina	3	21-16, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 Malysheva/Shumeiko, Ukraine 0-1
7/31/08	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 3	Malysheva/Shumeiko	6	Birlova/Yarzutkina	3	22-20, 19-21, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 7 Dyhr/Eriksen, Denmark 1-0
8/1/08	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Contender 4	Birlova/Yarzutkina	3	Dyhr/Eriksen	7	21-13, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 9 Maloney/Zakrzewski, Canada 1-0
8/1/08	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Contender 5	Birlova/Yarzutkina	3	Maloney/Zakrzewski	9	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Liubymova/Nozhyna, Ukraine 1-0
8/2/08	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Bronze Medal	Birlova/Yarzutkina	3	Liubymova/Nozhyna	12	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 14 Dilaveri/Teza, Greece 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Winner 2	Birlova/Yarzutkina	3	Dilaveri/Teza	14	24-22, 15-21, 15-6	0:58
Lead the series against # 16 Durzova/Snopkova, Slovakia 1-0
8/1/08	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Contender 3	Birlova/Yarzutkina	3	Durzova/Snopkova	16	21-13, 21-11	0:29