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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Dela Beach Open
January 2 - 7, 2018

(16) Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland

Niina Ahtiainen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Imatra

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$109,018.50

Riikka Lehtonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kangasrla

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Antalya 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$112,762.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	6	4	3	US$59,000.00

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

The Hague Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 1/4/2018	Pool A	Sandra Ittlinger / Kim Van de Velde, Germany (17)	Lost 22-20, 20-22, 9-15	0:52
Fri, 1/5/2018	Pool A	Sanna Thurin / Tina Thurin, Sweden (32, Q30)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 1/5/2018	Winner 1	Summer Ross / Brooke Sweat, United States (7)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:33
Sat, 1/6/2018	Winner 2	Joy Stubbe / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (8)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:35
Sat, 1/6/2018	Winner 3	Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (1)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:30

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$)
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$16,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	5	0	$38,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	25	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	6	0	$59,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Niina Ahtiainen												Riikka Lehtonen
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	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	2	0	$34,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	5	0	$61,000.00
46	1	2	0	1	6	9	11	8	0	$62,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	1	0	1	4	4	13	7	0	$40,812.50
6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$4,550.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$725.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
79	3	2	0	1	9	16	26	10	0	$108,550.00	Total	68	0	1	0	1	5	17	19	12	0	$112,762.50

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
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Niina Ahtiainen													Riikka Lehtonen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50
											2016	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$34,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,000.00	2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$16,050.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	$7,050.00	Total	Total	44	0	1	0	1	4	16	10	6	6	$86,262.50

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	24	63.2%	6	15.8%	8	21.1%	30-8	78.9%	1	2.8%	9	25.0%	26	72.2%	1-35	2.8%	24-26	48.0%	7-17	29.2%	0	0	31-43	41.9%
2017-2018	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	0	0.0%	6	40.0%	9	60.0%	0-15	0.0%	8-9	47.1%	1-8	11.1%	0	0	9-17	34.6%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	1	9.1%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	12-24	33.3%	4-16	20.0%	0	0	8-20	28.6%

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
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	4	8	18	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	32
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	14	6	13	23	0	0	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	43

Head to Head Results
Ahtiainen/Lehtonen lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Hermannova/Slukova	1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	21-12, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 7 Ross/Sweat, United States 1-0
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	Ross/Sweat	7	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	Stubbe/Van Iersel	8	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 0-1
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool A	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	17	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	20-22, 22-20, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # 32, Q30 Thurin/Thurin, Sweden 1-0
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool A	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	Thurin/Thurin	32, Q30	21-18, 21-19	0:34