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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Maldives Challenge
October 13 - 16, 2022

(4) 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 Sun Island Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	14, Q7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	28	9th	530	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

Maldives Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/14/2022	Pool D	Julia Donlin / Zana Muno, United States (21, Q9)	Won 19-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:56
Fri, 10/14/2022	Pool D	Meimei Lin / Xinyi Xia, China (9, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:35
Sat, 10/15/2022	Winner 1	Deahna Kraft / Allie Wheeler, United States (23, Q18)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:37
Sat, 10/15/2022	Winner 2	Akiko Hasegawa / Yurika Sakaguchi, Japan (11, Q3)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:50
Sun, 10/16/2022	Semi-Finals	Megan Kraft / Emily Stockman, United States (7)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Sun, 10/16/2022	Gold Medal	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (10)	Won 21-16, 23-21	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 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	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$28,500.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$28,500.00	14	11	56.0 %

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
8	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	$15,500.00	2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$15,500.00
41	1	0	0	0	2	6	12	8	12	$49,050.00	Total	Total	73	1	2	1	2	6	21	20	9	11	$142,487.50

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	11	73.3%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	7-4	63.6%	22-4	84.6%	20-4	83.3%	1	0	22-4	84.6%

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 lead the series against the field 8-1 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 1-0
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	Ishii/Mizoe	Q2	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 2 Laboureur/Schulz, Germany 1-0
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	Laboureur/Schulz	2	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Kraft/Stockman, United States 1-0
10/16/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Semi-Finals	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	Kraft/Stockman	7	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 9, Q1 Lin/Xia, China 0-1
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool D	Lin/Xia	9, Q1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	21-19, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
10/16/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Gold Medal	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	10	21-16, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 11, Q3 Hasegawa/Sakaguchi, Japan 1-0
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	11, Q3	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Helland-Hansen/Olimstad, Norway 1-0
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q8	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q9	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 21, Q9 Donlin/Muno, United States 1-0
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	Donlin/Muno	21, Q9	19-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 23, Q18 Kraft/Wheeler, United States 1-0
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	Kraft/Wheeler	23, Q18	21-17, 21-12	0:37