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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 4 - 9, 2011

(Q4) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 33rd
2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 17th	Maria Prokopeva - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q5	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	34	17th	200	US$7,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/5/2011	Qualifier 1	Elodie Li Yuk Lo / Natacha Rigobert, Mauritius (Q29)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:27
Tue, 7/5/2011	Qualifier 2	Kathrine Maaseide / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (32, Q20)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:29

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$13,300.00	9	8	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$13,300.00	9	8	52.9 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	$11,050.00	2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	$9,050.00
29	0	0	1	0	2	3	8	5	10	$45,650.00	Total	Total	42	0	0	1	0	0	8	8	10	15	$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	24	50.0%	13	27.1%	11	22.9%	37-11	77.1%	8	13.1%	10	16.4%	43	70.5%	8-53	13.1%	48-82	36.9%	42-42	50.0%	2	0	47-62	43.1%

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
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
Birlova/Ukolova trail the series against the field 7-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 12 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 # 17 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 # 20 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
Trail the series against # 32, Q20 Maaseide/Torlen, Norway 0-1
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Maaseide/Torlen	32, Q20	Birlova/Ukolova	Q4	21-17, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Lavalle/Maestrini	26	Birlova/Ukolova	23, Q4	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q9 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 # Q14 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
Lead the series against # Q16 Marciniak/Urban, Poland 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	23, Q4	Marciniak/Urban	10	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Series tied with # Q27 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-1
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	Q28	Birlova/Ukolova	Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:30
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	Nestarcova/Pridalova	Q27	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # Q28 Pichler/Rimser, Austria 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	23, Q4	Pichler/Rimser	Q29	21-14, 29-31, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q29 Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert, Mauritius 1-0
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Birlova/Ukolova	Q4	Li Yuk Lo/Rigobert	Q29	21-11, 21-14	0:27