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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Shanghai Grand Slam presented by Jinshan Xinchen
April 30 - May 5, 2012

(26, Q6) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 41st
2009	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 13th
2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 33rd	Maria Prokopeva - 17th
2011	Anna Vozakova - 33rd	Anastasia Barsuk - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	21	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	27, Q4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
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

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/1/2012	Qualifier 1	Melanie Gernert / Anja Gunther, Germany (Q27)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:41
Tue, 5/1/2012	Qualifier 2	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (Q11)	Won 21-14, 26-24	0:43
Wed, 5/2/2012	Pool G	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:32
Wed, 5/2/2012	Pool G	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (10)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
Thu, 5/3/2012	Pool G	Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (23)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 12-15	0:55

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	3	$33,600.00	20	18	52.6 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$10,550.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	3	$44,150.00	26	24	52.0 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	4	$22,600.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	4	$19,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,275.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,275.00
38	0	0	1	0	2	6	11	7	11	$62,475.00	Total	Total	50	0	0	1	0	0	11	10	12	16	$74,175.00

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%
2011-2012	32	61.5%	14	26.9%	6	11.5%	46-6	88.5%	11	23.4%	7	14.9%	29	61.7%	11-36	23.4%	32-29	52.5%	25-13	65.8%	1	0	58-42	58.0%
Against the Field	27	55.1%	13	26.5%	9	18.4%	40-9	81.6%	9	15.3%	10	16.9%	40	67.8%	9-50	15.3%	54-76	41.5%	44-38	53.7%	2	0	51-57	47.2%

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 15-21 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Birlova/Ukolova	10	21-17, 21-7	0:29
Trail the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-1
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:52
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 # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-5
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	21-14, 21-13	0:32
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	21-13, 21-18	0:34
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	21-15, 17-21, 16-14	0:48
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	10	22-20, 21-16	0:37
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Birlova/Ukolova	34	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-1
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	Kolocova/Slukova	10	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
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 # 12 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 0-2
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Gielen/Mouha	8	Birlova/Ukolova	17	24-22, 21-18	0:52
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Gielen/Mouha	11	Birlova/Ukolova	22	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 0-1
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Bawden/Palmer	23	Birlova/Ukolova	10	21-14, 16-21, 15-7	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Birlova/Ukolova	21	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19, Q2 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 2-0
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Birlova/Ukolova	22	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	11-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:52
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Hansel/Montagnolli	20	22-20, 14-21, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 20 Kohler/Sude, Germany 2-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Kohler/Sude	23	21-19, 24-26, 15-11	0:55
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	10	Kohler/Sude	19	22-20, 21-23, 15-13	0:56
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 # 21 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	Birlova/Ukolova	17	13-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:56
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	Birlova/Ukolova	22	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	23	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 24 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 1-0
7/26/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Cook/Hinchley	Q12	14-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 27, Q12 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 2-0
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	17	Meppelink/van Gestel	18, Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	Meppelink/van Gestel	28, Q9	21-18, 21-8	0:31
Trail the series against Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
8/2/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lavalle/Maestrini	25, Q12	Birlova/Ukolova	Q5	21-10, 21-13	0:31
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 # Q11 Wang/Yue, China 1-0
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	Wang/Yue	Q11	21-14, 26-24	0:43
Trail the series against # Q21 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Brzostek/Wojtasik	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q23 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
Series tied with # Q25 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 # Q27 Gernert/Gunther, Germany 1-0
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	Gernert/Gunther	Q27	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q32 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