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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 10,000 BPT Futures Brussels
August 1 - 4, 2024

(3) 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 Brussels Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Futures Brussels Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/2/2024	Pool C	Youna Coens / Jade Van Deun, Belgium (14)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:35
Fri, 8/2/2024	Pool C	Sandra Ittlinger / Kim Van de Velde, Germany (6)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:42
Sat, 8/3/2024	Winner 2	Elsa Descamps / Anouk Dupin, France (10, Q3)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:34
Sun, 8/4/2024	Semi-Finals	Sarah Cools / Lisa Van Den Vonder, Belgium (1)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:44
Sun, 8/4/2024	Gold Medal	Paula Schurholz / Janne Uhl, Germany (9)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:35

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	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	$11,250.00	15	11	57.7 %
Total	FIVB	31	3	1	0	0	4	0	7	2	13	1	0	$87,750.00	63	47	57.3 %

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
9	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	$5,625.00	2024	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	$5,625.00
66	3	1	0	0	6	12	23	9	12	$78,675.00	Total	Total	98	3	3	1	2	10	27	31	10	11	$172,112.50

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	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		12-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-0	100.0%

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 7-0 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Cools/Van Den Vonder, Belgium 1-0
8/4/24	FIVB	Futures Brussels	Semi-Finals	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	Cools/Van Den Vonder	1	22-20, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Dunarova/Mokra, Czech Republic 1-0
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Dunarova/Mokra	Q21	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 6 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
8/2/24	FIVB	Futures Brussels	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	6	21-18, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # 8, Q1 Paul/Schieder, Germany 1-0
7/2/23	FIVB	Futures Helsinki	Semi-Finals	Ahtiainen/Lahti	1	Paul/Schieder	5	21-11, 19-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10, Q3 Descamps/Dupin, France 1-0
8/3/24	FIVB	Futures Brussels	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	Descamps/Dupin	10, Q3	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Coens/Van Deun, Belgium 1-0
8/2/24	FIVB	Futures Brussels	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	Coens/Van Deun	14	21-19, 21-14	0:35