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US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Espinho
May 22 - 26, 2024

(Q16) 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 (32 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Riikka Lehtonen - 17th	Anniina Parkkinen - 9th
2022	Did not play	Anniina Parkkinen - 9th
2023	Taru Lahti - 9th	Niina Ahtiainen - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	13	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	5	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	9	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	7	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	9	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	25	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	16, Q12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q14	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	20, Q12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/2/2023	Futures Helsinki	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	15, Q5	9th	460	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite16 Espinho Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/22/2024	Qualifier 1	Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (Q1)	Lost 18-21, 23-21, 10-15	0:56

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	15	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	5	1	0	$40,000.00	32	23	58.2 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	$8,750.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB	29	2	1	0	0	4	0	7	2	12	1	0	$85,250.00	55	45	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
15	1	1	0	0	2	5	5	1	0	$20,000.00	2023	FIVB	15	1	1	0	0	2	5	5	1	0	$20,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$4,375.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$4,375.00
64	2	1	0	0	6	12	22	9	12	$77,425.00	Total	Total	96	2	3	1	2	10	27	30	10	11	$170,862.50

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%
2023-2024	31	63.3%	13	26.5%	5	10.2%	44-5	89.8%	10	22.2%	8	17.8%	27	60.0%	10-35	22.2%	31-27	53.4%	23-13	63.9%	2	0	56-40	58.3%
Against the Field	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	2	5.9%	8	23.5%	24	70.6%	2-32	5.9%	6-44	12.0%	12-26	31.6%	1	1	10-36	21.7%

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 7-28 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 16 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-3
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-14, 21-14	0:30
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	21-13, 21-13	0:30
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Lisboa/Silva	5	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	21-14, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
11/11/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	21-16, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-1
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-2
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	Graudina/Samoilova	Q5	23-21, 23-25, 15-11	0:57
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:39
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	22-20, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	8	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	21-9, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-3
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q13	21-18, 21-10	0:34
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 # 11 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
Series tied with # 13, Q4 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 2-2
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Lopes/Silva	8	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	21-17, 22-20	0:40
4/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Silva	14, Q2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Alvarez/Moreno	4	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 15, Q9 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Mader/Verge-Depre	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	21-13, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 16, Q10 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
Trail the series against # Q1 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-3
5/22/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Qualifier 1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	Q1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q16	21-18, 21-23, 15-10	0:56
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 2	Bobner/Verge-Depre	12	Ahtiainen/Lahti	5	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	10	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	21-15, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # Q2 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 0-2
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Borger/Ittlinger	1, Q2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q7	21-19, 25-23	0:46
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 2	Borger/Ittlinger	12	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # Q5 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 0-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Lippmann/Ludwig	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	13	27-25, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # Q7 McBain/Pavan, Canada 1-0
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	McBain/Pavan	4	21-11, 20-22, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # Q8 Bansley/Bukovec, Canada 0-1
7/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Qualifier 2	Bansley/Bukovec	24, Q30	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q14	21-15, 15-21, 15-9	0:49
Series tied with # Q11 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 1-1
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	5	Fernandez/Soria	8	By Forfeit
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 # Q12 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-0
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	Klinger/Klinger	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # Q13 Hildreth/Van Gunst, United States 0-1
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Hildreth/Van Gunst	19, Q7	Ahtiainen/Lahti	2	28-30, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Trail the series against # Q14 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool A	Placette/Richard	24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # Q15 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 0-2
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	12	Ahtiainen/Lahti	13	21-19, 21-17	0:41
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool B	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	2	19-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:52