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€ 200,000 2018 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - The Netherlands
July 16 - 21, 2018

(26) 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 9th
2008	Daria Yarzutkina - 21st	Maria Prokopeva - 5th
FIVB 2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 2011	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th
2012	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
FIVB 2013	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
FIVB 2014	Did not play	Maria Prokopeva - 33rd
FIVB 2015	Evgenia Ukolova - 9th	Ekaterina Birlova - 9th
FIVB 2017	Olga Motrich - 17th	Anastasia Barsuk - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2018	Anapa One Star	3	3rd	160	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/21-24/2018	Singapore Two Star	7	9th	200	US$800.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	Q13	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	12	9th	300	US$2,000.00

CEV European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/17/2018	Pool G	Karla Borger / Margareta Kozuch, Germany (7)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Tue, 7/17/2018	Pool G	Ingrid Lunde / Oda Ulveseth, Norway (23)	Won 21-9, 19-21, 15-13	0:47
Wed, 7/18/2018	Pool G	Sandra Ittlinger / Kim Van de Velde, Germany (10)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:35
Thu, 7/19/2018	Winner 1	Michala Frank / Kristyna Kolocova, Czech Republic (6)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:33
Thu, 7/19/2018	Winner 2	Laura Bloem / Jolien Sinnema, Netherlands (19)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
Fri, 7/20/2018	Winner 3	Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (2)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	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
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	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	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	5	0	0	$47,600.00	28	28	50.0 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2018	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$3,800.00	8	5	61.5 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	55	2	1	2	1	4	0	18	1	14	7	5	$336,000.00	140	110	56.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$33,500.00	22	12	64.7 %

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
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
											2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$187.50
											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
											2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$487.50
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
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
12	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	0	0	$23,800.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	0	0	$23,800.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	$14,400.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$8,200.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,900.00	2018	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
106	2	3	3	2	11	27	30	12	16	$249,105.00	Total	Total	154	4	3	7	4	18	42	34	21	21	$316,202.50

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%
2017-2018	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	0	8-4	66.7%

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 15-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 4-1
6/4/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	13	Laboureur/Sude	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Laboureur/Sude	16	Birlova/Ukolova	17	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	9	Laboureur/Sude	7	33-31, 21-16	0:44
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 # 2 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-1
7/20/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Winner 3	Hermannova/Slukova	2	Birlova/Ukolova	26	21-13, 21-17	0:37
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Hermannova/Slukova	23	21-19, 12-21, 15-10	0:43
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Birlova/Ukolova	4	Hermannova/Slukova	13	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 6 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/19/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	26	Frank/Kolocova	6	21-11, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 7 Borger/Kozuch, Germany 1-0
7/17/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26	Borger/Kozuch	7	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
7/7/18	FIVB	Anapa One Star	Semi-Finals	Kholomina/Makroguzova	1	Birlova/Ukolova	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 10 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 0-1
7/18/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool G	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 3-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 2	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	6	Birlova/Ukolova	12	21-16, 21-19	0:32
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Birlova/Ukolova	18	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	31	23-21, 21-15	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 14 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 0-1
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool E	Baieva/Davidova	5	Birlova/Ukolova	12	22-20, 17-21, 15-9	0:49
Series tied with # 17 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-2
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	23-21, 24-22	0:47
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Birlova/Ukolova	8	21-14, 21-12	0:31
8/10/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	14	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	24-22, 16-21, 15-7	0:51
9/1/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Semi-Finals	Baquerizo/Fernandez	8	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Bloem/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
7/19/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26	Bloem/Sinnema	19	21-18, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
Trail the series against # 22 Dabizha/Mastikova, Russia 0-1
6/23/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Winner 1	Dabizha/Mastikova	4	Birlova/Ukolova	7	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 23 Lunde/Ulveseth, Norway 1-0
7/17/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	26	Lunde/Ulveseth	23	21-9, 19-21, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 25 Nakladalova/Williams, Czech Republic 0-1
5/16/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Qualifier 1	Nakladalova/Williams	Q20	Birlova/Ukolova	Q13	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:44