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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Antalya Open
May 10 - 14, 2016

(13) 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 Antalya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	8	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	17	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	13	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	18	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	24	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	20	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/20-24/2015	Antalya Open	5	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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
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, 5/11/2016	Pool D	Teresa Mersmann / Isabel Schneider, Germany (20, Q3)	Won 28-26, 21-17	0:45
Wed, 5/11/2016	Pool D	Milena Matic / Marija Milosevic, Serbia (29, Q12)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 5/12/2016	Pool D	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (4)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:33
Fri, 5/13/2016	Winner 1	Monika Brzostek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (3)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:32
Fri, 5/13/2016	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Penny Karagkouni, Greece (21)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:38

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	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	$56,700.00	18	15	54.5 %
2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$73,750.00	28	20	58.3 %
2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$18,600.00	17	19	47.2 %
Total	FIVB	47	2	1	1	1	3	0	14	1	13	7	4	$303,200.00	121	96	55.8 %

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
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
											2014	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	1	3	5	3	1	$39,687.50
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
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$9,300.00	2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$9,300.00
74	2	1	2	1	5	19	20	12	12	$195,500.00	Total	Total	105	2	1	4	1	6	27	26	20	18	$258,012.50

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	22	57.9%	7	18.4%	9	23.7%	29-9	76.3%	2	6.7%	6	20.0%	22	73.3%	2-28	6.7%	44-38	53.7%	18-30	37.5%	3	0	34-34	50.0%

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
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 31-28 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 2-2
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	34	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	21-16, 21-16	0:36
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	21	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	21-16, 21-17	0:35
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 # 2 Borger/Buthe, Germany 2-4
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool J	Borger/Buthe	10	Birlova/Ukolova	34	21-14, 21-19	0:42
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	13	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	21-19, 21-10	0:33
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	4	Birlova/Ukolova	9	21-19, 21-15	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 3 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 3-1
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	13	Brzostek/Wojtasik	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	25, Q3	16-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 4 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-3
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Forrer/Verge-Depre	4	Birlova/Ukolova	13	21-15, 21-17	0:33
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	4	Birlova/Ukolova	17	21-17, 21-17	0:35
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 # 5 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Mader/Zumkehr	13	Birlova/Ukolova	18	21-18, 25-23	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-2
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Gallay/Klug	6	Birlova/Ukolova	13	21-16, 22-20	0:38
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Gallay/Klug	9	Birlova/Ukolova	4	22-20, 29-27	0:49
Series tied with # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 4-4
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Holtwick/Semmler	9	21-13, 21-18	0:32
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 # 10 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 # 12, Q1 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 2-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Laboureur/Sude	16	Birlova/Ukolova	17	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	9	Laboureur/Sude	6	17-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:46
7/24/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool A	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Laboureur/Sude	17	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Hermannova/Slukova	13	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 15 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 2-1
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	20	Lahti/Lehtonen	24	21-13, 21-19	0:43
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 # 16 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 3-2
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Schwaiger	15, Q1	Birlova/Ukolova	8	21-18, 21-17	0:43
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	13	Hansel/Schwaiger	29, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:31
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	20	Hansel/Schwaiger	29, Q9	21-11, 23-25, 15-13	0:49
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Hansel/Schwaiger	16	24-22, 19-21, 16-14	0:58
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool D	Hansel/Schwaiger	29, Q7	Birlova/Ukolova	20	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 18, Q2 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 2-0
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Birlova/Ukolova	14	Bieneck/Grossner	19	21-14, 21-19	0:34
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 # 20, Q3 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 2-0
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	13	Mersmann/Schneider	20, Q3	28-26, 21-17	0:45
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Gold Medal	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Mersmann/Schneider	24	21-10, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 21 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 0-2
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	Birlova/Ukolova	13	21-17, 22-20	0:38
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Birlova/Ukolova	8	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Barsuk/Moiseeva, Russia 1-0
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	17	Barsuk/Moiseeva	30, Q14	21-10, 2-3 Retired	0:19
Lead the series against # 29, Q12 Matic/Milosevic, Serbia 2-0
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	13	Matic/Milosevic	29, Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:34
10/21/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	5	Matic/Milosevic	21	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q5 Lobato/Soria, Spain 1-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	9	Lobato/Soria	25, Q3	21-19, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # Q6 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool A	Birlova/Ukolova	1	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	16	21-16, 21-16	0:42