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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Tour Finals
September 3 - 8, 2019

(24, Q3) 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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Anastasia Barsuk - 33rd	Maria Prokopeva - 17th
2011	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th
2012	Evgenia Ukolova - 33rd	Ekaterina Birlova - 33rd
2013	Evgenia Ukolova - 17th	Ekaterina Birlova - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	8	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	Q4	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	16	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	22, Q3	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	33	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	22	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	19	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	7	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/10-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	19	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/30-10/4/2018	Qinzhou Three Star	7	4th	420	US$4,000.00

World Tour Finals Rome Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/4/2019	Qualifier 2	Aline Chamereau / Alexandra Jupiter, France (Q14)	Won 13-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:44
Thu, 9/5/2019	Pool H	Kelly Cheng / Sarah Marmelstein, United States (9)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:32
Fri, 9/6/2019	Pool H	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (8)	Lost 16-21, 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
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	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	$10,800.00	12	10	54.5 %
2019	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	2	1	$41,500.00	18	20	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	69	2	1	2	2	6	0	20	1	19	9	7	$384,500.00	162	135	54.5 %

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
7	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	$5,400.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	$5,400.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	2	1	$20,750.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	2	1	$20,750.00
104	2	1	3	2	8	27	30	14	17	$250,550.00	Total	Total	132	2	1	5	2	10	34	34	23	21	$306,862.50

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%
2018-2019	18	52.9%	5	14.7%	11	32.4%	23-11	67.6%	7	26.9%	4	15.4%	15	57.7%	7-19	26.9%	18-15	54.5%	12-15	44.4%	0	0	30-30	50.0%
Against the Field	12	46.2%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	3	12.0%	0	0.0%	22	88.0%	3-22	12.0%	24-42	36.4%	18-16	52.9%	1	0	22-29	43.1%

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 trail the series against the field 21-27 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Birlova/Ukolova	33	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-1
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	3	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q3	15-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-1
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q14	21-14, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-1
10/4/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Semi-Finals	Cavalcanti/Silva	16	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-17, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 1	Alves/Seixas	4	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q14	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-5
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool H	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	8	Birlova/Ukolova	24, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:37
7/28/18	FIVB	Agadir Two Star	Winner 2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	Birlova/Ukolova	1	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:49
7/27/18	FIVB	Agadir Two Star	Pool A	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	Birlova/Ukolova	1	21-19, 21-15	0:36
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	14	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q2	21-16, 21-11	0:31
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	4	Birlova/Ukolova	13	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 0-3
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool H	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Birlova/Ukolova	24, Q3	21-15, 21-14	0:32
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	Birlova/Ukolova	33	21-8, 21-16	0:28
10/4/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Bronze Medal	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-13, 21-16	0:29
Series tied with # 12 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-1
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Graudina/Samoilova	9	21-15, 21-15	0:31
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	26	Birlova/Ukolova	33	22-20, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 16 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 0-1
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool F	Kolinske/Stockman	11	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-0
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool C	Birlova/Ukolova	19	Stubbe/Van Iersel	14	21-18, 21-16	0:35
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool C	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q14	Stubbe/Van Iersel	19	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 18 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 1-0
10/2/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool G	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Pridalova/Strbova	10	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Series tied with # 19 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 # 22 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
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 # 23 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 4-2
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q3	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	27	21-12, 19-21, 15-6	0:43
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	28, Q8	Birlova/Ukolova	22	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
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
Series tied with # 25 Ittlinger/Laboureur, Germany 1-1
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool A	Ittlinger/Laboureur	17	Birlova/Ukolova	16	21-18, 21-17	0:36
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool F	Birlova/Ukolova	22	Ittlinger/Laboureur	11	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-2
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	17, Q1	Birlova/Ukolova	8	21-13, 21-19	0:34
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antunes/Lima	5	Birlova/Ukolova	4	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Series tied with Capers/Flint, United States 1-1
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool C	Capers/Flint	14	Birlova/Ukolova	19	17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:44
10/3/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Capers/Flint	4	21-12, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # Q5 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	16	Kociolek/Wojtasik	23	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # Q8 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-3
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	25, Q4	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	0:40
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool C	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	30, Q11	Birlova/Ukolova	19	15-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:45
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
Series tied with # Q13 Carro/Soria, Spain 1-1
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool G	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Birlova/Ukolova	7	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
10/3/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Carro/Soria	28, Q8	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # Q14 Chamereau/Jupiter, France 2-0
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	24, Q3	Chamereau/Jupiter	Q14	13-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:44
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q3	Chamereau/Jupiter	Q14	21-19, 14-21, 18-16	0:51
Lead the series against # Q15 Futami/Hasegawa, Japan 1-0
7/31/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q14	Futami/Hasegawa	Q3	17-21, 21-16, 22-20	0:55
Lead the series against # Q20 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 1-0
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	19	Lobato/Navarro	22	21-19, 21-10	0:34