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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(9) Roman Arkaev/Dmitri Barsuk, Russia

Roman Arkaev
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 25, 1973 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Simferopol

Resides:

Sydney

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$84,665.00

Dmitri Barsuk
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 20, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Resides:

Armavir

Height:

193 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

139

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$367,822.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	10	6	5	4	US$137,800.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	14	9	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	14	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	24	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	12	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	22	13	162	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	16	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	Q5	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	12, Q4	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	18, Q6	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	17, Q9	17	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	25, Q9	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q12	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q7	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q6	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	29	17	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	27, Q10	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q16	41	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q13	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q19	33	32	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 1	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (24)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:48
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 2	Francisco Alvarez / Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba (8)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:45
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 2	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (26, Q4)	Won 22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:58
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 3	Emiel Boersma / Richard Kogel, Netherlands (16)	Lost 16-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:48

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 9-9

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Rego/Santos	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	16	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-14, 21-18	0:42
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 5 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 2-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Neto/Ramos	3	26-24, 26-24	1:01
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	Neto/Ramos	2	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:54
Series tied with # 6 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	22	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	22-20, 21-13	0:45
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q13	28-26, 22-20	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	22-20, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21	21-16, 21-14	0:34
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Kogel	16	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 24 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-2
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	Gartmayer/Nowotny	24	22-20, 21-18	0:48
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	21	Arkaev/Barsuk	12, Q4	21-16, 21-17	0:30
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	16	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Lochhead/Pitman	Q25	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # Q3 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Gosch/Strauss	46	31-29, 24-22	1:01