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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Antalya Open
October 20 - 24, 2015

(5) 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:

123

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$288,813.19

Evgenia Ukolova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 17, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$358,709.31

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 Antalya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/23-27/2015	Xiamen Open	4	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	1	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	16	17th	240	US$7,000.00
CEV	7/28-8/1/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	9	2nd	450	€ 15,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	19	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	20	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	34	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	22, Q2	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	21	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	8	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	9	5th	300	US$3,375.00

Antalya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/21/2015	Pool E	Diana Lunina / Inna Makhno, Ukraine (28, Q19)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:31
Wed, 10/21/2015	Pool E	Milena Matic / Marija Milosevic, Serbia (21)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 10/22/2015	Pool E	Tatyana Mashkova / Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan (12)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 11-15	0:53
Fri, 10/23/2015	Winner 1	Daria Rudykh / Elizaveta Zayonchkovskaya, Russia (25, Q13)	Won 22-20, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 10/23/2015	Winner 2	Emily Capers / Jennifer Kessy, United States (6)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:53

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	5	$219,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	1	1	1	0	3	0	8	1	8	1	2	$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	7	$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	1	$20,400.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$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	9	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	0	1	2	11	18	13	10	$170,275.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	8	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	60	1	1	4	0	5	18	13	8	10	$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	18	$274,675.00	Total	146	2	2	5	3	12	41	37	23	21	$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	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	$56,700.00	18	15	54.5 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$73,750.00	28	20	58.3 %
2015	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	40	2	1	1	1	3	0	11	1	9	7	4	$286,600.00	107	79	57.5 %
Total	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,500.00	13	8	61.9 %

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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
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
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
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
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
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
9	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	$31,850.00	2013	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	$42,975.00
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
											2014	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	1	3	5	3	1	$39,687.50
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$36,875.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$36,875.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2015	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
77	2	2	2	1	6	18	21	12	13	$200,075.00	Total	Total	121	2	2	5	1	11	34	26	20	20	$275,962.50

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	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%
2015-2016	39	66.1%	8	13.6%	12	20.3%	47-12	79.7%	7	16.3%	9	20.9%	27	62.8%	7-36	16.3%	39-27	59.1%	15-21	41.7%	2	0	56-48	53.8%
Against the Field	21	58.3%	7	19.4%	8	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	1	5.6%	3	16.7%	14	77.8%	1-17	5.6%	42-24	63.6%	16-22	42.1%	2	0	31-23	57.4%

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 20-12 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 3-4
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Birlova/Ukolova	16	15-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:44
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	20	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-13, 11-21, 15-12	0:41
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	4	Birlova/Ukolova	34	21-18, 24-22	0:40
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	Holtwick/Semmler	6	21-19, 22-20	0:36
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Birlova/Ukolova	14	29-27, 15-21, 15-9	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 3 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-1
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Gallay/Klug	9	Birlova/Ukolova	4	22-20, 29-27	0:49
Series tied with # 4 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	27, Q11	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	0:51
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Forrer/Verge-Depre	17	Birlova/Ukolova	1	23-21, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Capers/Kessy, United States 0-2
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Capers/Kessy	6	Birlova/Ukolova	5	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Capers/Kessy	21	Birlova/Ukolova	20	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 7 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 3-0
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Birlova/Ukolova	14	Bieneck/Grossner	19	21-14, 21-19	0:34
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
Series tied with # 9 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-1
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	6	Birlova/Ukolova	1	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:00
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	21	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 12 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 2-1
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	12	Birlova/Ukolova	5	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool A	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	17	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
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 # 13 Hermannova/Slukova, Czechia 1-0
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Hermannova/Slukova	13	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 15 Jupiter/Longuet, France 1-0
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	9	Jupiter/Longuet	18	21-16, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 16 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Hansel/Schwaiger	16	24-22, 19-21, 16-14	0:58
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Hansel/Schwaiger	8	Birlova/Ukolova	9	21-14, 21-18	0:34
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool D	Hansel/Schwaiger	29, Q7	Birlova/Ukolova	20	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-0
9/24/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	20	21-17, 21-14	0:34
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	9	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	20	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Agudo/Pazo, Venezuela 1-0
6/9/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	Agudo/Pazo	Q18	21-10, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 21 Matic/Milosevic, Serbia 1-0
10/21/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	5	Matic/Milosevic	21	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 25, Q13 Rudykh/Zayonchkovskaya, Russia 1-0
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	5	Rudykh/Zayonchkovskaya	25, Q13	22-20, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q19 Lunina/Makhno, Ukraine 1-0
10/21/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	5	Lunina/Makhno	28, Q19	21-15, 21-14	0:31