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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 15 - 20, 2003

(23) Vasso Karadassiou/Efi Sfyri, Greece

Vasiliki "Vasso" Karantasiou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1973 (51 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 (53 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

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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Efi Sfyri - 33rd	Vasso Karadassiou - 33rd
1998	Efi Sfyri - 17th	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th
1999	Efi Sfyri - 13th	Vasso Karadassiou - 13th
2000	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 25th	Did not play
2001	Efi Sfyri - 17th	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th
2002	Efi Sfyri - 17th	Vasso Karadassiou - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	16	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	11	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	8	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	8	5th	180	US$6,000.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2003	Pool G	Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (7)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:33
Wed, 7/16/2003	Pool G	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (26, Q1)	Lost 13-21, 21-18, 14-16	0:53
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool G	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (10)	Lost 21-23, 21-23	0:41

Head to Head Results
Karadassiou/Sfyri trail the series against the field 27-32 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-5
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	21-8, 21-19	0:29
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 # 3 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-2
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool A	McPeak/Youngs	1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	21-17, 21-18	0:40
7/28/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	McPeak/Youngs	2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	18-21, 21-10, 16-14	1:08
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 6 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Minello	6	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	7	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	21-12, 21-18	0:33
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 # 8 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
Series tied with # 10 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	10	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	23-21, 23-21	0:41
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	22-20, 15-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 Dodd/McSorley, United States 0-1
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Dodd/McSorley	17	Karadassiou/Sfyri	16	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 20, Q7 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
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-2
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Vollmer	25	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-18, 21-13	0:42
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	27, Q16	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
Series tied with # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-3
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	22	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-19, 21-14	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 2-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	21-13, 18-21, 16-14	0:53
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 # 27, Q4 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 # 29, Q14 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 # 30, Q15 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
Trail the series against # Q2 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
Trail the series against # Q3 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-2
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Gerlic/Lochowicz	27	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-14, 21-19	0:43
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Gerlic/Lochowicz	24	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-18, 21-16	0:46
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 # Q6 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 # Q10 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 # Q13 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 # Q19 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 # Q21 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