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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Moscow Four Star
August 8 - 12, 2018

(15) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Taru Lahti - 17th
2016	Did not play	Taru Lahti - 9th
2017	Ida Sinisalo - 41st	Taru Lahti - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/4/2018	Vienna Major	23	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2018	Tokyo Three Star	2	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/9-15/2018	Gstaad Major	25	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	20	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	19	33rd	100	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	18	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	19	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/2-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	16	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Moscow Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/9/2018	Pool B	Emily Capers / Betsi Flint, United States (18, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:31
Fri, 8/10/2018	Pool B	Yulia Abalakina / Ksenia Dabizha, Russia (31)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:35

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	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	3	1	$33,000.00	9	17	34.6 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	3	1	$33,000.00	9	17	34.6 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	$17,550.00	2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	$16,500.00
16	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	5	4	$20,550.00	Total	Total	52	0	1	0	1	5	16	13	9	7	$99,762.50

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	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	9	69.2%	1-12	7.7%	6-18	25.0%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	4-14	22.2%

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 trail the series against the field 2-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool G	Antonelli/Salgado	10	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	23	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 11 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-1
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Bieneck/Schneider	15	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	18	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:47
Series tied with # 14 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Stubbe/Van Iersel	23	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	18	22-20, 23-21	0:40
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 # 18, Q1 Capers/Flint, United States 0-1
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool B	Capers/Flint	18, Q1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	15	21-14, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 22 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 1-0
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool G	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	23	Pridalova/Strbova	26, Q5	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 31 Abalakina/Dabizha, Russia 0-1
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool B	Abalakina/Dabizha	31	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	15	21-19, 21-17	0:35