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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(34) Ekaterina Birlova/Evgenia Ukolova, 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

Evgenia Ukolova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

133

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$308,596.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	70	2	1	2	2	6	0	20	1	20	9	4	3	US$387,665.50

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 33rd	Maria Prokopeva - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	30, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	23, Q4	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool J

Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (10)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	20	12	2	0.500	1	5	2	2
	1	8	4	1	0.375	1	4	1	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	1	1	1
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	27	18	2	0.593	0	8	1	3
	1	16	10	0	0.625	0	5	0	1
	2	11	8	2	0.545	0	3	1	2

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool J

Heather Bansley / Elizabeth Maloney, Canada (39)

Won 21-12, 21-18

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	13	10	1	0.692	4	4	2	1
	1	4	3	0	0.750	2	2	1	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	2	2	1	0
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	21	12	6	0.286	0	9	2	4
	1	10	7	2	0.500	0	4	2	1
	2	11	5	4	0.091	0	5	0	3

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool J

Tamsin Hinchley / Alice Rohkamper, Australia (15)

Won 21-19, 18-21, 16-14

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	26	16	2	0.538	2	10	0	4
	1	8	3	1	0.250	1	2	0	0
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	5	0	3
	3	6	5	0	0.833	1	3	0	1
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	49	22	13	0.184	0	13	1	3
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	6	0	1
	2	18	5	6	-0.056	0	4	0	1
	3	15	8	4	0.267	0	3	1	1

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)

Lost 15-21, 17-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	Total	15	9	3	0.400	0	3	0	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	0	0	0
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	3	0	1
Evgenia Ukolova	Total	29	11	8	0.103	0	6	2	3
	1	14	5	6	-0.071	0	4	2	0
	2	15	6	2	0.267	0	2	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ekaterina Birlova	74	47	8	0.527	7	22	4	8
Evgenia Ukolova	126	63	29	0.270	0	36	6	13
Total	200	110	37	0.365	7	58	10	21
Opponents	196	96	31	0.332	7	44	4	20

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Nadezda Makroguzova - 33rd	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	34	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	7	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	34	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	33	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	9	7	0	$219,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	1	1	1	0	3	0	8	1	8	1	0	$118,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$10,300.00
Total	70	2	1	2	2	6	0	20	1	20	9	0	$387,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ekaterina Birlova												Evgenia Ukolova
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,400.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$19,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
44	1	0	0	1	2	10	12	9	0	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	0	1	2	11	18	13	0	$170,275.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	0	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	60	1	1	4	0	5	18	13	8	0	$108,537.50
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	$6,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	$7,850.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenger
106	2	1	3	2	8	27	31	14	0	$252,050.00	Total	133	2	1	5	2	10	34	35	23	0	$308,362.50

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
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$13,300.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$13,300.00	8	6	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ekaterina Birlova													Evgenia Ukolova
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											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	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	3	$19,775.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$11,050.00	2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$9,050.00
27	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	5	8	$45,650.00	Total	Total	40	0	0	1	0	0	8	8	10	13	$58,750.00

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	100	61.3%	30	18.4%	33	20.2%	130-33	79.8%	28	21.2%	24	18.2%	80	60.6%	28-104	21.2%	100-80	55.6%	58-57	50.4%	5	0	163-137	54.3%
2010-2011	13	72.2%	5	27.8%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	2	10.0%	5	25.0%	13	65.0%	2-18	10.0%	13-13	50.0%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	20-18	52.6%
Against the Field	18	48.6%	11	29.7%	8	21.6%	29-8	78.4%	6	14.0%	8	18.6%	29	67.4%	6-37	14.0%	36-56	39.1%	34-32	51.5%	1	0	36-44	45.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	9
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	18	5	36	40	0	0	13	17	1	1	0	1	1	0	69	64
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	2	29	16	0	0	19	22	2	1	1	0	1	1	64	47
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	5	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	10
Total	0	0	23	7	83	69	2	0	40	49	3	4	2	2	2	1	163	137

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	34	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Birlova/Ukolova	34	Salgado/Salgado	10	21-16, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Hinchley/Rohkamper, Australia 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Birlova/Ukolova	34	Hinchley/Rohkamper	15	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kolocova/Slukova	19	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 24 Kohler/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Kohler/Sude	25	Birlova/Ukolova	23, Q4	21-19, 21-23, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 35 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Birlova/Ukolova	23, Q4	Jursone/Minusa	Q13	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 37 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	Q11	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 39 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Birlova/Ukolova	34	Bansley/Maloney	39	21-12, 21-18	0:31