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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$292,800 Anapa Open
July 23 - 27, 2013

(1) 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 Anapa Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Anapa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/24/2013	Pool A	Svitlana Baburina / Diana Lunina, Ukraine (32)	Won 17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:44
Wed, 7/24/2013	Pool A	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (17)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 7/25/2013	Pool A	Nina Grawender / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (16)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 7/26/2013	Winner 2	Michala Frank / Karolina Rehackova, Czech Republic (22)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 7/26/2013	Winner 3	Varapatsorn Radarong / Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand (7)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:34
Sat, 7/27/2013	Semi-Finals	Heather McGuire / Kaitlin Nielsen, United States (27)	Won 21-23, 21-19, 15-6	1:03
Sat, 7/27/2013	Gold Medal	Teresa Mersmann / Isabel Schneider, Germany (24)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:31

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	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$43,950.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	27	2	1	1	1	0	0	5	1	6	6	4	$198,100.00	71	53	57.3 %

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
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
54	2	1	2	1	2	10	13	11	12	$142,950.00	Total	Total	66	2	1	2	1	0	14	13	16	17	$153,675.00

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	11	64.7%	1	5.9%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	6	42.9%	1	7.1%	7	50.0%	6-8	42.9%	22-12	64.7%	14-12	53.8%	1	0	19-12	61.3%

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 lead the series against the field 10-1 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 4 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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 1-0
7/26/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Radarong/Udomchavee	7	21-13, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-0
7/24/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool A	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Laboureur/Sude	17	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Frank/Rehackova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/26/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Frank/Rehackova	22	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 24 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Gold Medal	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Mersmann/Schneider	24	21-10, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 27 McGuire/Nielsen, United States 1-0
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Semi-Finals	Birlova/Ukolova	1	McGuire/Nielsen	27	21-23, 21-19, 15-6	1:03
Lead the series against # 32 Baburina/Lunina, Ukraine 1-0
7/24/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool A	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Baburina/Lunina	32	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:44