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US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(21) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th
2016	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th
2018	Riikka Lehtonen - 17th	Anniina Parkkinen - 17th
2019	Riikka Lehtonen - 41st	Anniina Parkkinen - 17th
2024	Taru Lahti - 19th	Niina Ahtiainen - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	21, Q9	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	21, Q6	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	24, Q13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	18	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	7	13th	400	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	2	7th	520	US$3,000.00
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

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool E	Shuting Cao / Jie Dong, China (12)	Lost 20-22, 21-11, 11-15	0:52
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool E	Stefanie Fejes / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (5)	Won 21-17, 21-23, 15-6	0:51
Fri, 5/16/2025	Winner 1	Taliqua Clancy / Jana Milutinovic, Australia (16)	Won 21-10, 21-16	0:32
Fri, 5/16/2025	Winner 2	Malgorzata Ciezkowska / Urszula Lunio, Poland (14)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:40
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 3	Marie-Sara Stochlova / Marketa Svozilova, Czech Republic (6)	Won 21-23, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
Sat, 5/17/2025	Semi-Finals	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (28, Q5)	Won 21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
Sun, 5/18/2025	Gold Medal	Kylie Deberg / Toni Rodriguez, United States (13)	Lost 21-13, 13-21, 9-15	0:44

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	13	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	6	0	0	$25,250.00	24	17	58.5 %
2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$24,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	40	3	2	0	0	4	2	8	4	15	2	0	$125,750.00	81	63	56.3 %

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
13	1	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	0	$12,625.00	2024	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	0	$12,625.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$12,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$12,000.00
75	3	2	0	0	8	15	25	10	12	$97,675.00	Total	Total	107	3	4	1	2	12	30	33	11	11	$191,112.50

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%
2024-2025	27	62.8%	9	20.9%	7	16.3%	36-7	83.7%	4	12.9%	7	22.6%	20	64.5%	4-27	12.9%	27-20	57.4%	13-14	48.1%	2	1	42-35	54.5%
Against the Field	6	42.9%	5	35.7%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	8	57.1%	2-12	14.3%	12-16	42.9%	14-14	50.0%	0	0	13-15	46.4%

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 10-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Wang/Xia, China 0-1
11/16/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Wang/Xia	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	21-14, 16-21, 15-8	0:44
Lead the series against # 3 Denaburg/Donlin, United States 1-0
3/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	24, Q13	Denaburg/Donlin	Q4	14-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 5 Fejes/Fleming, Australia 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21	Fejes/Fleming	5	21-17, 21-23, 15-6	0:51
Lead the series against # 6 Stochlova/Svozilova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 3	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21	Stochlova/Svozilova	6	21-23, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Newberry/Whitmarsh, United States 0-1
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool B	Newberry/Whitmarsh	31, Q24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18	21-15, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 9 Murakami/Shiba, Japan 1-0
11/15/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	Murakami/Shiba	10	21-16, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 12 Cao/Dong, China 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Cao/Dong	12	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21	22-20, 11-21, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Deberg/Rodriguez, United States 0-1
5/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Gold Medal	Deberg/Rodriguez	13	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21	13-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:44
Series tied with # 14 Ciezkowska/Lunio, Poland 1-1
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21	Ciezkowska/Lunio	14	21-18, 21-18	0:40
11/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Ciezkowska/Lunio	21, Q13	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:47
Series tied with # 16 Clancy/Milutinovic, Australia 1-1
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21	Clancy/Milutinovic	16	21-10, 21-16	0:32
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool B	Clancy/Milutinovic	15	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18	27-25, 13-21, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18, Q1 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
Series tied with # 26 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 # 27, Q4 Kovalskaja/Kvedaraite, Lithuania 0-1
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Kovalskaja/Kvedaraite	18, Q8	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Kunst/Paul, Germany 1-0
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # Q19 Lin/Xie, China 1-0
11/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lahti	3	Lin/Xie	22	21-17, 21-7	0:32