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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 10 - 19, 2022

(31) Niina Ahtiainen/Taru Lahti, 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

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampere

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$202,690.25

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	8	4	4	2	US$147,681.80

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Kirsi Hyttinen - 33rd
2019	Riikka Lehtonen - 41st	Anniina Parkkinen - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	Q8	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	18, Q2	9th	460	US$2,500.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/10/2022	Pool G	Emily Capers / Emily Stockman, United States (18)	Won 14-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
Sun, 6/12/2022	Pool G	Talita Antunes / Rebecca Cavalcanti, Brazil (7)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:37
Mon, 6/13/2022	Pool G	Julibeth Payano / Jeneiry Rosario, Dominican Republic (42)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:33
Wed, 6/15/2022	Winner 1	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (16)	Lost 18-21, 22-20, 16-18	1:01

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Anniina Parkkinen - 33rd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Taru Lahti - 17th	Niina Ahtiainen - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Taru Lahti - 17th	Niina Ahtiainen - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	25	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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 Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	10	0	0	$49,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	2	0	1	3	2	7	1	4	2	0	$82,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	16	2	0	$147,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Niina Ahtiainen												Taru Lahti
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,900.00
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	41	0	0	0	0	2	11	17	5	0	$88,500.00
46	1	2	0	1	6	9	11	8	0	$62,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	1	3	1	2	10	16	15	5	0	$91,112.50
6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$7,000.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
79	3	2	0	1	9	16	26	10	0	$108,550.00	Total	111	3	4	1	3	13	31	34	11	0	$201,987.50

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
2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$9,500.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$9,500.00	5	5	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Niina Ahtiainen													Taru Lahti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,800.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											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	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$18,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	$17,550.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	1	1	$19,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$6,500.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	$18,900.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	$4,750.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$4,750.00
37	0	0	0	0	2	3	12	8	12	$38,300.00	Total	Total	69	0	2	1	2	6	18	20	9	11	$131,737.50

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	50	61.0%	20	24.4%	12	14.6%	70-12	85.4%	18	23.7%	16	21.1%	42	55.3%	18-58	23.7%	50-42	54.3%	38-28	57.6%	2	1	90-71	55.9%
2021-2022	9	69.2%	2	15.4%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	5	31.3%	4	25.0%	7	43.8%	5-11	31.3%	9-7	56.3%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	16-13	55.2%
Against the Field	6	46.2%	2	15.4%	5	38.5%	8-5	61.5%	1	3.7%	7	25.9%	19	70.4%	1-26	3.7%	12-36	25.0%	6-24	20.0%	0	1	9-31	22.5%

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 Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	7	8	16	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	1	28	16	1	3	13	13	3	1	0	1	1	2	54	37
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
Total	0	0	21	8	43	35	2	3	16	21	5	1	0	1	3	2	90	71

Head to Head Results
Ahtiainen/Lahti trail the series against the field 2-5 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Antunes/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Antunes/Cavalcanti	7	Ahtiainen/Lahti	31	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 1	Artacho/Clancy	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 16 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-2
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	31	21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:01
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 17 Cannon/Marmelstein, United States 0-1
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Cannon/Marmelstein	13, Q1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q8	22-20, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Capers/Stockman, United States 1-0
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Ahtiainen/Lahti	31	Capers/Stockman	18	14-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 42 Payano/Rosario, Dominican Republic 1-0
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool G	Ahtiainen/Lahti	31	Payano/Rosario	42	21-17, 21-10	0:33