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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Tour Finals
September 3 - 8, 2019

(Q19) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	Q7	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	Q15	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	27, Q7	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	27, Q5	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q6	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	15	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2018	Chetumal Three Star	4	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	20	17th	320	US$3,000.00

World Tour Finals Rome Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/4/2019	Qualifier 1	Aline Chamereau / Alexandra Jupiter, France (Q14)	Lost 14-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:49

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 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	$13,000.00	11	15	42.3 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	4	6	$46,000.00	20	32	38.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$6,500.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$6,500.00
26	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	6	9	$27,050.00	Total	Total	62	0	1	0	1	5	17	16	10	12	$106,262.50

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%
2018-2019	19	73.1%	1	3.8%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	0	0.0%	9	34.6%	17	65.4%	0-26	0.0%	19-17	52.8%	1-15	6.3%	0	0	20-32	38.5%
Against the Field	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	1	3.6%	7	25.0%	20	71.4%	1-27	3.6%	6-40	13.0%	6-22	21.4%	0	0	6-31	16.2%

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 3-22 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 17 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-3
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool F	Antonelli/Salgado	6	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	27, Q5	22-20, 21-13	0:36
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool D	Antonelli/Salgado	4	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	20	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
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 # 7, Q1 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Alves/Seixas	6	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	27, Q7	22-20, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-2
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 1	Mader/Verge-Depre	9	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	15	21-14, 21-12	0:31
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Mader/Verge-Depre	8	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	25	22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:46
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 # 16 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 0-1
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Kolinske/Stockman	14, Q2	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	Q15	21-13, 21-19	0:33
Series tied with # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	24, Q3	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	25	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 1-0
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	27, Q7	Kozuch/Ludwig	22, Q4	21-15, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 21 Wang/Xia, China 0-1
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Wang/Xia	13	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	27, Q7	21-17, 26-28, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 22 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-2
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool D	Hermannova/Slukova	4	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	20	21-13, 21-12	0:32
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Hermannova/Slukova	1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	21-12, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q9 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 0-1
7/29/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 3	Ishii/Murakami	1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	2	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 29, Q11 Bocharova/Voronina, Russia 0-1
10/26/18	FIVB	Chetumal Three Star	Winner 2	Bocharova/Voronina	10	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	4	23-21, 18-21, 23-21	0:53
Trail the series against Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-1
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool F	Antunes/Lima	11, Q1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	27, Q5	21-15, 21-9	0:28
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against # Q13 Carro/Soria, Spain 0-1
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 1	Carro/Soria	Q19	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	Q14	21-10, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # Q14 Chamereau/Jupiter, France 0-1
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 1	Chamereau/Jupiter	Q14	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	Q19	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # Q18 Strauss/Strauss, Austria 0-1
8/14/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Qualifier 2	Strauss/Strauss	30, Q10	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	Q7	19-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # Q20 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 0-1
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 1	Lobato/Navarro	23	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	20	22-20, 21-17	0:39