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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Fort Lauderdale Major
February 27 - March 4, 2018

(19) Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland

Niina Ahtiainen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 11, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Imatra

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$120,950.06

Riikka Lehtonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 1979 (47 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$123,592.69

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$10,489.75
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	6	4	3	US$59,000.00
Overall	30	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	11	6	4	3	US$69,489.75

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Ida Sinisalo - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	1/11-14/2018	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	6	9th	200	€ 750.00
FIVB	1/2-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	16	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Fort Lauderdale Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 2/28/2018	Pool C	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (14)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:39
Thu, 3/1/2018	Pool C	Emily Capers / Brittany Hochevar, United States (30, Q11)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 3/1/2018	Winner 1	Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (15)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:37

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	1	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$16,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	5	5	$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
Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$9,250.00
Total	30	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	11	6	7	$68,250.00

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	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	2	2	$34,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	5	5	$61,000.00
46	1	2	0	1	6	9	11	8	8	$62,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	1	0	1	4	4	13	7	7	$40,812.50
6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	$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
9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	0	$7,875.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	$5,625.00
88	3	2	0	1	10	20	29	11	12	$116,425.00	Total	77	0	1	0	1	6	19	21	16	13	$118,387.50

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1	2	33.3 %

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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											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
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
											2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,375.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50
											2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00
											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
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$500.00	2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$875.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,050.00	2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	$10,925.00	Total	Total	56	0	1	0	1	6	19	12	10	7	$92,387.50

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	4.3%	6	26.1%	16	69.6%	1-22	4.3%	12-32	27.3%	4-20	16.7%	0	0	8-26	23.5%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	9
Total	0	0	14	6	21	27	0	0	6	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	52

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Hermannova/Slukova, Czechia 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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool C	Artacho/Clancy	14	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	19	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	19	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 26 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-0
1/12/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	6	Stubbe/Van Iersel	11, Q2	21-17, 12-21, 15-13	0:43
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	Stubbe/Van Iersel	8	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Capers/Hochevar, United States 1-0
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	19	Capers/Hochevar	30, Q11	21-16, 21-17	0:37