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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Chennai
November 21 - 24, 2024

(2) 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 Chennai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/12-17/2024	Challenge Haikou	3	7th	520	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2024	Elite16 Hamburg	16, Q10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2024	Futures Brussels	3	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	21, Q10	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Q16	21st	340	US$0.00
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

Challenge Chennai Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/22/2024	Pool B	Lia Berger / Franziska Friedl, Austria (23, Q11)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:32
Fri, 11/22/2024	Pool B	Maryna Hladun / Tetiana Lazarenko, Ukraine (11)	Won 21-18, 25-23	0:39
Sat, 11/23/2024	Winner 2	Kylie Deberg / Hailey Harward, United States (16)	Lost 22-24, 13-21	0:36

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	12	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	6	0	0	$23,250.00	23	15	60.5 %
Total	FIVB	34	3	1	0	0	4	2	8	2	13	1	0	$99,750.00	71	51	58.2 %

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
12	1	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	0	$11,625.00	2024	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	3	2	6	0	0	$11,625.00
69	3	1	0	0	8	13	23	9	12	$84,675.00	Total	Total	101	3	3	1	2	12	28	31	10	11	$178,112.50

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	5	55.6%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	10-12	45.5%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	8-8	50.0%

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 6-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 4 Chamereau/Vieira, France 2-2
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Lucky Loser	Chamereau/Vieira	18, Q4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21, Q10	21-14, 21-15	0:37
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q7	Chamereau/Vieira	Q10	21-19, 12-21, 16-14	0:54
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Lucky Loser	Chamereau/Vieira	18	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	21-16, 21-12	0:36
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	Chamereau/Vieira	12, Q2	21-14, 17-21, 15-5	0:44
Trail the series against # 9, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 11 Hladun/Lazarenko, Ukraine 1-0
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool B	Ahtiainen/Lahti	2	Hladun/Lazarenko	11	21-18, 25-23	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 16 Deberg/Harward, United States 0-1
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 2	Deberg/Harward	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	2	24-22, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 23, Q11 Berger/Friedl, Austria 1-0
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool B	Ahtiainen/Lahti	2	Berger/Friedl	23, Q11	21-15, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q6 Schurholz/Uhl, Germany 1-0
8/4/24	FIVB	Futures Brussels	Gold Medal	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	Schurholz/Uhl	9	21-19, 21-19	0:35