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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
April 13 - 16, 2023

(9) 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 Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	8	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	10	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/10-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	4	1st	800	US$10,000.00
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

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/14/2023	Pool D	Meimei Lin / Jinjin Zeng, China (16)	Won 24-22, 21-11	0:41
Fri, 4/14/2023	Pool D	Maria Carro / Angela Lobato, Spain (21, Q6)	Won 21-8, 21-19	0:34
Sat, 4/15/2023	Winner 1	Talita Antunes / Thamela Coradello, Brazil (14)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:41

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	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$36,500.00	16	13	55.2 %
2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,750.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	4	0	0	$44,250.00	22	18	55.0 %

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
9	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	$19,500.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$19,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$3,875.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$3,875.00
46	1	0	0	0	4	7	14	8	12	$56,925.00	Total	Total	78	1	2	1	2	8	22	22	9	11	$150,362.50

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%
2022-2023	23	59.0%	11	28.2%	5	12.8%	34-5	87.2%	14	31.1%	9	20.0%	22	48.9%	14-31	31.1%	23-22	51.1%	25-14	64.1%	0	0	48-36	57.1%
Against the Field	12	57.1%	8	38.1%	1	4.8%	20-1	95.2%	7	28.0%	4	16.0%	14	56.0%	7-18	28.0%	24-24	50.0%	30-10	75.0%	2	0	29-17	63.0%

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 13-5 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
7/7/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	Cavalcanti/De Souza	12	13-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool C	Hermannova/Stochlova	15	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 2-0
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	Lopes/Silva	Q10	21-17, 21-14	0:35
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	Lopes/Silva	7	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 10 Almeida/Lima, Brazil 0-1
11/12/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Winner 1	Almeida/Lima	5	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	21-12, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Harward/Kolinske, United States 1-0
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	8	Harward/Kolinske	13	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 14 Antunes/Coradello, Brazil 1-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Antunes/Coradello	14	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	21-17, 21-18	0:41
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	8	Antunes/Coradello	17	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Lin/Zeng, China 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Lin/Zeng	16	24-22, 21-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 17, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 18 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 0-1
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q6	38-36, 21-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 19 Schneider/Sude, Germany 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	Schneider/Sude	3	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 20 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 2-0
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	8	Ishii/Mizoe	20	21-18, 10-21, 16-14	0:47
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 # 21, Q6 Carro/Lobato, Spain 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Carro/Lobato	21, Q6	21-8, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 24, Q16 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-10, 12-21, 15-11	0:39
Lead the series against # Q1 Piersma/van Driel, Netherlands 1-0
5/5/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	Piersma/van Driel	Q15	21-11, 21-23, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # Q15 Alves/Goerl, Brazil 1-0
11/10/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool B	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	Alves/Goerl	15	21-12, 21-10	0:32