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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 18 - 23, 2013

(4) 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
2011	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th
2012	Evgenia Ukolova - 33rd	Ekaterina Birlova - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	28, Q3	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	28, Q2	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool D	Svetlana Popova / Maria Prokopeva, Russia (29, Q11)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:36
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool D	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (20)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 13-15	0:56
Thu, 6/20/2013	Pool D	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (13)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:38
Fri, 6/21/2013	Winner 1	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (5)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:37

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	12	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	$120,550.00	38	24	61.3 %
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$11,950.00	4	8	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	25	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	6	6	4	$166,100.00	62	50	55.4 %

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
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$9,475.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$8,500.00
52	1	1	2	1	2	9	13	11	12	$126,950.00	Total	Total	64	1	1	2	1	0	13	13	16	17	$137,675.00

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%
2012-2013	29	56.9%	12	23.5%	10	19.6%	41-10	80.4%	12	29.3%	6	14.6%	23	56.1%	12-29	29.3%	29-23	55.8%	24-16	60.0%	3	0	56-39	58.9%
Against the Field	23	46.9%	9	18.4%	17	34.7%	32-17	65.3%	9	19.1%	5	10.6%	33	70.2%	9-38	19.1%	46-64	41.8%	36-44	45.0%	1	0	42-54	43.8%

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 21-26 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-5
8/18/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cicolari/Menegatti	2	Birlova/Ukolova	24	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool F	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Birlova/Ukolova	18	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q2	21-18, 22-20	0:38
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool G	Cicolari/Menegatti	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	22-20, 22-20	0:40
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
Series tied with # 2 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 # 3 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 3-0
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 # 5 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	5	Birlova/Ukolova	4	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-2
10/28/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	2	Birlova/Ukolova	3	21-17, 21-19	0:44
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 # 9, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	6	Birlova/Ukolova	21	21-16, 21-19	0:36
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 4	Salgado/Salgado	8	Birlova/Ukolova	27, Q4	21-15, 21-17	0:32
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 # 10 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 # 12 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 # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 16 Borger/Buthe, Germany 2-1
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Borger/Buthe	13	By Forfeit
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Borger/Buthe	20	21-11, 21-19	0:33
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	23	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 17 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
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 # 19 Fendrick/Hochevar, United States 0-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool D	Fendrick/Hochevar	20	Birlova/Ukolova	4	24-22, 19-21, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 22 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/17/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	28, Q3	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	Q14	21-16, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q3 Fopma/Sweat, United States 0-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Fopma/Sweat	21	Birlova/Ukolova	5	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 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 # 29, Q11 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 # Q6 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
Series tied with # Q7 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-1
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