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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Olympic Bay Sanya Open
April 26 - May 1, 2011

(26, Q4) Ekaterina Birlova/Anna Vozakova, 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

Anna Vozakova
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 27, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

St. Petersburg

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB U21 World Championships Blackpool 2009)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Bang Saen 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$50,125.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	US$16,900.00

Previous Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Anastasia Barsuk - 7th	Did not play
2010	Irina Chaika - 25th	Svetlana Popova - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	29, Q7	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/27/2011	Qualifier 2	Tora Hansson / Camilla Nilsson, Sweden (Q29)	Won 22-20, 21-14	0:38
Wed, 4/27/2011	Qualifier 3	Heather Bansley / Elizabeth Maloney, Canada (Q13)	Won 21-17, 12-21, 15-10	0:45
Thu, 4/28/2011	Winner 1	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (7)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Thu, 4/28/2011	Winner 2	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (10)	Won 21-16, 21-9	0:34
Fri, 4/29/2011	Winner 3	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (2)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:44
Fri, 4/29/2011	Contender 4	Tamsin Hinchley / Alice Rohkamper, Australia (29, Q19)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:49

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$11,600.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$16,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ekaterina Birlova												Anna Vozakova
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals
44	1	0	0	1	2	10	12	9	0	$139,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	$27,750.00
45	1	1	1	0	4	12	14	4	0	$82,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	$18,875.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	$6,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenger
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
106	2	1	3	2	8	27	31	14	0	$252,050.00	Total	32	0	0	1	0	1	9	6	3	0	$50,125.00

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$5,300.00	1	4	20.0 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,800.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$14,100.00	8	8	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ekaterina Birlova													Anna Vozakova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,650.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	3	$23,650.00	2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00
23	0	0	1	0	2	3	6	4	7	$39,000.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	$7,050.00

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	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	10.0%	4	40.0%	5	50.0%	1-9	10.0%	7-5	58.3%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
2010-2011	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1-6	14.3%	6-2	75.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	9-7	56.3%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1-7	12.5%	6-6	50.0%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	6-8	42.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Total	0	0	6	1	0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	2	Birlova/Vozakova	26, Q4	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Antonelli/Antunes	1	Birlova/Vozakova	32	21-17, 21-6	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Birlova/Vozakova	29, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 7 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Birlova/Vozakova	26, Q4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Birlova/Vozakova	26, Q4	Hansel/Montagnolli	10	21-16, 21-9	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Birlova/Vozakova	29, Q7	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 23 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Birlova/Vozakova	29, Q7	Meppelink/Wesselink	20	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 29, Q19 Hinchley/Rohkamper, Australia 0-1
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Hinchley/Rohkamper	29, Q19	Birlova/Vozakova	26, Q4	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q13 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Birlova/Vozakova	26, Q4	Bansley/Maloney	Q13	21-17, 12-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # Q29 Hansson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-0
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Vozakova	26, Q4	Hansson/Nilsson	Q29	22-20, 21-14	0:38