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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea German Masters
May 31 - June 3, 2006

(15) Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria

Lina Yanchulova
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sofia-Bulgaria

Resides:

San Diego, CA

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$181,094.31

Petia Yanchulova
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 3, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sofia

Resides:

San Diego, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$181,819.31

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	45	57	Money
CEV	13	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	US$31,751.11
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$816.17
FIVB	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	1	10	23	0	0	19	8	1	1	0	1	US$303,835.00
FIVB C&S	6	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$15,400.00
Overall	110	3	0	2	2	2	5	27	1	10	23	2	1	20	8	1	1	1	1	US$351,802.29

Previous Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	12	25	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		45	18	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	17	13	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	12/28-30/2005	Phuket Challenger	1	3	80	US$4,600.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	14	9	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	16	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	14	13	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	10	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	1	1	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2005	Switzerland Satellite	2	4	22	US$1,300.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	25, Q1	13	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	Q2	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	France Satellite	1	1	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	20	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	14	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	15	17	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	14	33	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	12	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	5	13	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	5	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	6	9	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/20-25/2004	Brazil Open	9	9	144	US$5,500.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		3	70	€ 4,500.00
FIVB	9/1-5/2004	Italy Open	14	7	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	20	9	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	27, Q5	9	216	US$8,250.00
FIVB C&S	7/24-25/2004	Italy Challenger	2	7	30	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	25	17	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	27, Q6	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	24	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	30	17	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	22	25	36	US$2,000.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		9	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	23	25	36	US$2,000.00

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 1	Ruth Flemig / Friederike Romberg, Germany	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:35
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 2	Katerina Tychnova / Marketa Tychnova, Czech Republic (10)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:29
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 1	Michaela Eckl / Mireya Kaup, Germany (2)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:56
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 2	Sarka Nakladalova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (7)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:40
Thu, 6/1/2006	Contender 2	Nadia Campisi / Clara Lozano, Spain (5)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 3	Lenka Hajeckova / Petra Novotna, Czech Republic (3)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:39

Head to Head Results
Yanchulova/Yanchulova lead the series against the field 14-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-5
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	17	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-16, 21-11	0:32
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	Pohl/Rau	8	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:08
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Pohl/Rau		22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-19, 21-14	0:35
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-17, 21-11	0:36
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	Pohl/Rau	7	22-20, 25-27, 17-15	1:20
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	26-24, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 2 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 1-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Eckl/Kaup	2	21-18, 21-17	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Hajeckova/Novotna	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 2-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Campisi/Lozano	5	21-15, 21-14	0:32
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Campisi/Lozano	31, Q11	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:44
Series tied with # 6 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	Keizer/Leenstra	8	21-16, 24-22	0:39
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Leenstra	12	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 Nakladalova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Nakladalova/Tobiasova	7	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Castelli/Gemise Fareau, France 1-0
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Castelli/Gemise Fareau	8	11-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 2-0
5/31/06	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Tychnova/Tychnova	10	21-12, 21-18	0:29
9/4/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	Tychnova/Tychnova	Q30	21-17, 21-13
Lead the series against Barrio Cendoya/Hopf, Spain 2-0
8/18/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	1	Barrio Cendoya/Hopf	9	21-19, 21-11	0:34
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Barrio Cendoya/Hopf		23-21, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against Flemig/Romberg, Germany 1-0
5/31/06	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Flemig/Romberg		21-18, 21-18	0:35