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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mersin Three Star
May 2 - 6, 2018

(12) 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 Mersin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Mersin Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/3/2018	Pool E	Yulia Abalakina / Olga Motrich, Russia (21, Q5)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:49
Thu, 5/3/2018	Pool E	Ievgeniia Baieva / Valentyna Davidova, Ukraine (5)	Lost 20-22, 21-17, 9-15	0:49
Fri, 5/4/2018	Winner 1	Dhita Juliana / Putu Utami, Indonesia (23)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:30
Sat, 5/5/2018	Winner 2	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (6)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:32

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	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	5	0	0	$47,600.00	28	28	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	52	2	1	1	1	4	0	17	1	14	7	4	$334,200.00	134	107	55.6 %

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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
87	2	1	2	1	6	24	25	12	14	$225,400.00	Total	Total	115	2	1	4	1	8	31	29	21	18	$281,712.50

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%
2017-2018	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	3-7	30.0%	8-4	66.7%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	12-10	54.5%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	18-4	81.8%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	14-6	70.0%

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 8-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-0
10/25/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	3	Artacho/Clancy	30	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 21, Q5 Abalakina/Motrich, Russia 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	12	Abalakina/Motrich	21, Q5	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:49
Lead the series against # 23 Juliana/Utami, Indonesia 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	12	Juliana/Utami	23	21-16, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # Q20 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