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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 EuroBeachVolley 2020
September 15 - 20, 2020

(28) 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:

106

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$121,265.79

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 Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$127,392.43

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 Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Ida Sinisalo - 25th	Nette Tuominen - 25th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

EuroBeachVolley 2020 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/15/2020	Pool E	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:31
Wed, 9/16/2020	Pool E	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (12)	Won 21-12, 24-22	0:37
Fri, 9/18/2020	Winner 1	Maria Carro / Paula Soria, Spain (17)	Won 20-22, 21-12, 15-11	0:44
Fri, 9/18/2020	Winner 2	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (8)	Won 13-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:47
Sat, 9/19/2020	Winner 3	Cinja Tillmann / Kim Van de Velde, Germany (10)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:38

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$116,425.00	Total	77	0	1	0	1	6	19	21	16	0	$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	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	3	1	$33,000.00	9	17	34.6 %
2018	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	4	3	57.1 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	$13,000.00	11	15	42.3 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	4	6	$46,000.00	20	32	38.5 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00	9	7	56.3 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,762.50
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age
											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
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age
											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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$75.00	2016	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$825.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age
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	$140.00	2017	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2018	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
49	0	1	1	0	4	12	14	7	10	$31,890.00	Total	Total	79	2	1	0	1	9	21	18	14	13	$115,725.00

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	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	4	33.3%	0	0.0%	8	66.7%	4-8	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0	10-9	52.6%
2019-2020	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	2-4	33.3%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	7	70.0%	3-7	30.0%	4-14	22.2%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%

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
Ahtiainen/Lehtonen trail the series against the field 6-18 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 5 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-2
9/15/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool E	Graudina/Samoilova	5	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	28	21-14, 21-14	0:31
1/13/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	12, Q3	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	6	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-3
7/19/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Winner 2	Hermannova/Slukova	2	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	11	21-10, 21-11	0:28
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
Series tied with # 8 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-1
9/18/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	28	Baquerizo/Fernandez	8	13-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:47
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	24, Q3	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	25	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Ittlinger/Laboureur, Germany 0-1
8/7/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Ittlinger/Laboureur	12	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	21	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 10 Tillmann/Van de Velde, Germany 1-1
9/19/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Winner 3	Tillmann/Van de Velde	10	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	28	22-20, 21-18	0:38
8/8/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	21	Tillmann/Van de Velde	5	13-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 12 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
9/16/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	28	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	12	21-12, 24-22	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 17 Carro/Soria, Spain 2-1
9/18/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	28	Carro/Soria	17	20-22, 21-12, 15-11	0:44
8/6/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	21	Carro/Soria	28	21-14, 21-18	0:35
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 # 18 Frank/Kubickova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/9/19	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Frank/Kubickova	27	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	21	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 19 Bocharova/Voronina, Russia 0-2
10/26/18	FIVB	Chetumal Three Star	Winner 2	Bocharova/Voronina	10	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	4	23-21, 18-21, 23-21	0:53
1/12/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Pool C	Bocharova/Voronina	14, Q8	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	6	21-15, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 23 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
Trail the series against # 30 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