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€ 200,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 30 - August 3, 2013

(6) 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:

125

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$289,077.52

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:

171

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Klagenfurt 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$360,493.54

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	8	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$42,359.95
FIVB	70	2	1	2	2	6	0	20	1	20	9	4	3	US$387,665.50
Overall	78	2	2	2	3	8	0	22	1	22	9	4	3	US$430,025.45

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2009	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 41st
FIVB 2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 25th	Maria Prokopeva - 9th
FIVB 2011	Evgenia Ukolova - 33rd	Ekaterina Birlova - 33rd
FIVB 2012	Evgenia Ukolova - 1st	Ekaterina Birlova - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/23-27/2013	Anapa Open	1	1st	500	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	7	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	4	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	5	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	4	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/23-28/2012	Bangsaen Open	3	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/2/2012	Åland Open	7	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	24	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	18	9th	0	US$0.00

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/30/2013	Pool F	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Monika Paulikiene, Lithuania (27)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:32
Wed, 7/31/2013	Pool F	Greta Cicolari / Silvia Costantini, Italy (22)	Won 21-9, 21-19	0:31
Thu, 8/1/2013	Pool F	Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner, Germany (11)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:31
Fri, 8/2/2013	Winner 2	Monika Brzostek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (17)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:47
Fri, 8/2/2013	Winner 3	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (3)	Lost 21-19, 24-26, 9-15	0:58

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
Confederation Championship	8	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$37,000.00
Total	78	2	2	2	3	8	0	22	1	22	9	0	$424,500.00

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
12	0	1	0	1	3	3	4	0	0	$22,625.00	Confederation Championship	13	0	1	0	1	2	7	2	0	0	$23,875.00
118	2	2	3	3	11	30	35	14	0	$274,675.00	Total	146	2	2	5	3	12	41	37	23	0	$332,237.50

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 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2012	FIVB	12	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	$120,550.00	38	24	61.3 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
2013	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$43,950.00	13	11	54.2 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	2	1	1	1	0	0	5	1	6	6	4	$198,100.00	71	53	57.3 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	8	5	61.5 %

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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	$3,725.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	$4,700.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$875.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$2,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$180.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$540.00
12	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	1	$60,275.00	2012	FIVB	12	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	1	$60,275.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
7	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$25,475.00	2013	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$24,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$187.50
65	2	1	2	1	5	12	18	11	13	$148,505.00	Total	Total	95	4	2	2	3	8	23	18	16	19	$170,402.50

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	16	59.3%	5	18.5%	6	22.2%	21-6	77.8%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	11	84.6%	2-11	15.4%	16-11	59.3%	7-6	53.8%	2	0	25-17	59.5%
2012-2013	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	7-2	77.8%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	2-2	50.0%	1	0	7-3	70.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	15	8	0	0	9	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	25	17
Total	0	0	23	7	98	77	2	0	49	55	4	5	2	3	2	2	188	154

Head to Head Results
Birlova/Ukolova lead the series against the field 23-16 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
8/31/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Holtwick/Semmler	2	21-18, 21-14	0:34
8/18/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Birlova/Ukolova	24	23-25, 26-24, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 2 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 4-0
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Meppelink/van Gestel	4	23-25, 21-17, 15-11	0:52
7/22/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	21-13, 25-27, 15-10	0:54
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 # 3 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-4
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	3	Birlova/Ukolova	6	19-21, 26-24, 15-9	0:58
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool G	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-14, 22-20	0:37
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	Birlova/Ukolova	4	22-20, 21-18	0:38
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	23	Birlova/Ukolova	10	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-2
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-19, 21-16	0:38
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Birlova/Ukolova	5	21-9, 21-16	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
9/1/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	8	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 7 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Keizer/Van Iersel	1	Birlova/Ukolova	5	21-14, 21-15	0:31
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Keizer/Van Iersel	3	18-21, 21-7, 15-11	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 2-3
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Nestarcova/Pridalova	20	Birlova/Ukolova	4	22-20, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	12, Q4	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:43
6/12/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	31, Q14	Birlova/Ukolova	Q3	21-12, 21-18	0:33
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 # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 4-2
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Kolocova/Slukova	7	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:49
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Kolocova/Slukova	6	12-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:43
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Birlova/Ukolova	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Kolocova/Slukova	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 11 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 2-0
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	6	Bieneck/Grossner	11	21-11, 21-19	0:31
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Bieneck/Grossner	25, Q14	21-16, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	19, Q4	22-20, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Kohler/Schumacher, Germany 1-0
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Kohler/Schumacher	15, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-1
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	6	Brzostek/Wojtasik	17	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:47
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	21-16, 22-20	0:41
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 # 18 Sinnema/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	5	Sinnema/Stiekema	28, Q10	21-13, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Popova/Prokopeva, Russia 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Popova/Prokopeva	29, Q11	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Cicolari/Costantini, Italy 1-0
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	6	Cicolari/Costantini	22	21-9, 21-19	0:31
Trail the series against # 23 Boulton/Dampney, England 0-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool D	Boulton/Dampney	29, Q13	Birlova/Ukolova	4	11-21, 24-22, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 27 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 1-0
7/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	6	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	27	21-17, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 29 Grawender/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
7/25/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool A	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Grawender/Lundqvist	16	21-13, 21-19	0:34