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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 11 - 15, 2003

(8) Vasso Karadassiou/Efi Sfyri, Greece

Vasiliki "Vasso" Karantasiou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Stavanger 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$359,980.00

Efi Sfyri
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 8, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Piraeus

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Xylokastro 2000)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Rhodes 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$123,805.00

Awards

Best Setter 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	12	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	64	0	0	1	1	8	0	11	1	6	21	11	2	1	1	US$241,810.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,800.00
Overall	66	0	1	2	1	8	0	11	1	6	21	11	2	1	1	US$247,610.00

Previous Rhodes Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Efi Sfyri - 3rd	Vasso Karadassiou - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	6	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	10	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	16	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	10	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	11	3rd	240	US$11,940.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/13/2003

Pool H

Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (24)

Won 21-13, 21-15

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasso Karadassiou	Total	17	13	N/A	N/A	0	8	3	N/A
	1	17	13	N/A	N/A	0	8	3	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Efi Sfyri	Total	20	11	N/A	N/A	2	4	0	N/A
	1	20	11	N/A	N/A	2	4	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/13/2003

Pool H

Katerina Nikolaidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (9)

Won 22-20, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasso Karadassiou	Total	23	14	N/A	N/A	0	13	4	N/A
	1	23	14	N/A	N/A	0	13	4	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Efi Sfyri	Total	18	8	N/A	N/A	4	6	1	N/A
	1	18	8	N/A	N/A	4	6	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/14/2003

Pool H

Laura Almaral / Mayra Huerta, Mexico (25, Q11)

Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-7

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasso Karadassiou	Total	21	15	N/A	N/A	0	22	4	N/A
	1	21	15	N/A	N/A	0	22	4	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Efi Sfyri	Total	39	20	N/A	N/A	4	8	2	N/A
	1	39	20	N/A	N/A	4	8	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/14/2003

Winner 1

Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (10)

Won 21-13, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasso Karadassiou	Total	23	15	N/A	N/A	0	10	1	N/A
	1	23	15	N/A	N/A	0	10	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Efi Sfyri	Total	15	10	N/A	N/A	0	4	2	N/A
	1	15	10	N/A	N/A	0	4	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/14/2003

Winner 2

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)

Lost 10-21, 21-18, 9-15

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasso Karadassiou	Total	25	12	N/A	N/A	0	17	1	N/A
	1	25	12	N/A	N/A	0	17	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Efi Sfyri	Total	36	16	N/A	N/A	1	7	3	N/A
	1	36	16	N/A	N/A	1	7	3	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasso Karadassiou	109	69	N/A	N/A	0	70	13	N/A
Efi Sfyri	128	65	N/A	N/A	11	29	8	N/A
Total	237	134	N/A	N/A	11	99	21	N/A
Opponents	234	119	N/A	N/A	8	83	12	N/A

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	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	5	0	$44,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	1	1	7	0	8	5	16	6	0	$177,810.00
Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	66	0	1	2	1	8	0	12	6	21	11	0	$247,610.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasso Karadassiou												Efi Sfyri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$20,750.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$8,500.00
26	1	1	0	1	7	6	5	5	0	$129,475.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	$22,000.00
81	0	1	1	5	19	21	19	12	0	$205,355.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	1	1	7	13	16	6	0	$88,905.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
119	1	3	2	6	26	33	27	17	0	$359,980.00	Total	66	0	1	2	1	8	18	21	11	0	$123,805.00

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
1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$21,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	$18,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	3	1	0	$51,500.00	21	23	47.7 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	$41,610.00	23	13	63.9 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	37	0	0	1	0	5	0	8	3	14	3	3	$138,110.00	54	42	56.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasso Karadassiou													Efi Sfyri
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	$7,100.00	1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	$7,100.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$10,500.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$10,500.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	$12,000.00	2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	$9,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	1	0	$25,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	1	0	$25,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
8	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$20,805.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$20,805.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
50	0	1	2	0	5	13	16	9	4	$82,055.00	Total	Total	46	0	1	2	0	5	13	16	5	4	$79,055.00

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	56	66.7%	14	16.7%	14	16.7%	70-14	83.3%	11	14.7%	17	22.7%	47	62.7%	11-64	14.7%	56-47	54.4%	25-31	44.6%	0	1	87-84	50.9%
2002-2003	29	70.7%	8	19.5%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	7	18.9%	8	21.6%	22	59.5%	7-30	18.9%	29-22	56.9%	15-12	55.6%	0	1	44-35	55.7%
Against the Field	36	67.9%	9	17.0%	8	15.1%	45-8	84.9%	10	17.2%	13	22.4%	35	60.3%	10-48	17.2%	72-64	52.9%	38-40	48.7%	0	1	56-55	50.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
World Championships	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	10	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	22	14	0	0	24	22	0	2	1	1	0	0	58	53
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	6	1	38	24	0	0	26	34	0	2	1	1	0	0	87	84

Head to Head Results
Karadassiou/Sfyri lead the series against the field 27-19 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-4
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-10, 18-21, 15-9	0:46
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	21-11, 21-13	0:29
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	18-21, 21-12, 19-17	0:48
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-4
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	Bede/Behar	3	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:04
11/2/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	9	21-8, 21-9	0:24
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-16, 21-14	0:42
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	12	21-14, 21-13	0:35
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Bede/Behar	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	15-10	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
7/28/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Bronze Medal	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	Kadijk/Leenstra	18	21-17, 25-23	0:57
Lead the series against # 6 Tian/Wang, China 2-1
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	14	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-18, 21-18	0:43
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Tian/Wang	12	21-15, 21-15	0:39
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	Tian/Wang	7	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 9 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	9	22-20, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	21-13, 21-15	0:36
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool F	Karadassiou/Sfyri	6	Gattelli/Perrotta	11	14-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	21-13, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
Series tied with # 11 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	21-16, 21-12	0:39
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	43	21-19, 18-21, 23-21	1:05
Series tied with # 12 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	11	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:57
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Pohl/Rau	11	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	21-18, 25-27, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 14 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 2-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	27	21-14, 22-20	0:39
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30
Lead the series against # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Glesnes/Maaseide	24	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Gerlic/Lochowicz	37	18-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 18 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-3
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	21	22-20, 21-19	0:49
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	24	21-17, 23-21	0:45
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	15-2	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Karadassiou/Sfyri	12	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	13-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 21 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	27, Q16	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-3
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Karadassiou/Sfyri	4	21-13, 15-21, 22-20	0:57
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	29-27, 21-17	0:46
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	23-21, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 3-1
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool A	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	21-12, 21-12	0:36
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	13-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Garcia/Gaxiola	36	21-16, 21-16	0:39
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Karadassiou/Sfyri	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	18-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 24 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	24	21-13, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 25, Q11 Almaral/Huerta, Mexico 1-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Almaral/Huerta	25, Q11	21-18, 16-21, 15-7	0:56
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Granstrom/Ljungquist, Sweden 1-0
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool F	Karadassiou/Sfyri	6	Granstrom/Ljungquist	27, Q6	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q2 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Alcon/Pol	36	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q3 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q17 Lahme/Musch, Germany 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Lahme/Musch	26	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q20 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	1:02