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US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 2 - 6, 2025

(19, Q3) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 17th
2016	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th
2017	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 17th
2018	Riikka Lehtonen - 25th	Did not play
2019	Did not play	Anniina Parkkinen - 25th
2021	Riikka Lehtonen - 17th	Did not play
2022	Taru Lahti - 9th	Niina Ahtiainen - 9th
2023	Taru Lahti - 21st	Niina Ahtiainen - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	7	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	21	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/2/2025	Qualifier 1	Brecht Piersma / Noa Sonneville, Netherlands (Q14)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:34
Thu, 7/3/2025	Pool F	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (6)	Lost 25-23, 14-21, 7-15	0:51
Fri, 7/4/2025	Pool F	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (18, Q2)	Lost 33-35, 21-17, 9-15	1:01

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	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$29,750.00	12	14	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	42	3	2	0	0	4	2	9	4	16	2	0	$131,500.00	84	67	55.6 %

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
7	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$14,875.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$14,875.00
77	3	2	0	0	8	16	26	10	12	$100,550.00	Total	Total	109	3	4	1	2	12	31	34	11	11	$193,987.50

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	8	40.0%	6	30.0%	6	30.0%	14-6	70.0%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	14	60.9%	4-19	17.4%	16-26	38.1%	20-22	47.6%	0	1	18-25	41.9%

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 14-22 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-2
3/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool A	Brasher/Nuss	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	24, Q13	21-14, 21-17	0:35
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 # 2 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 0-1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Coradello/Lopes	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21, Q9	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-5
4/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21, Q6	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
8/22/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q10	21-17, 21-13	0:31
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 # 6 Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-2
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	19, Q3	23-25, 21-14, 15-7	0:51
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre	9	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21, Q6	21-11, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-3
4/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool D	Graudina/Samoilova	4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21, Q9	16-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 9 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 2-0
8/22/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool A	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q10	Klinger/Klinger	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:49
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 # 10 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-17, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 14 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-1
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool G	Alvarez/Moreno	10	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	21-16, 21-15	0:34
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Alvarez/Moreno	4	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 17, Q1 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
Series tied with # 18, Q2 Denaburg/Donlin, United States 1-1
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool F	Denaburg/Donlin	18, Q2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	19, Q3	35-33, 17-21, 15-9	1:01
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 # 21, Q5 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 # 24, Q11 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 # Q8 Hildreth/Van Gunst, United States 1-1
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21, Q10	Hildreth/Van Gunst	16	21-17, 10-21, 15-12	0:47
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Hildreth/Van Gunst	19, Q7	Ahtiainen/Lahti	2	28-30, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Lead the series against # Q10 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
Series tied with # Q13 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-1
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21, Q9	Cavalcanti/Silva	16	21-19, 21-19	0:39
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool A	Cavalcanti/Silva	12	Ahtiainen/Lahti	24, Q13	21-9, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # Q14 Piersma/Sonneville, Netherlands 2-0
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	19, Q3	Piersma/Sonneville	Q14	21-16, 21-14	0:34
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool G	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	Piersma/Sonneville	26	21-17, 21-9	0:30
Trail the series against # Q15 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