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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Baden
August 5 - 9, 2025

(6) 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 Baden Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	19, Q3	19th	380	US$2,500.00
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

BPT Challenge Baden Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/6/2025	Pool F	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (27, Q6)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:56
Thu, 8/7/2025	Pool F	Mila Konink / Raisa Schoon, Netherlands (11)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:35
Fri, 8/8/2025	Winner 2	Inna Makhno / Iryna Makhno, Ukraine (26, Q5)	Won 12-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:49
Fri, 8/8/2025	Winner 3	Stefanie Fejes / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (30, Q10)	Won 21-15, 10-21, 15-12	0:41
Sat, 8/9/2025	Semi-Finals	Mila Konink / Raisa Schoon, Netherlands (11)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:37
Sat, 8/9/2025	Bronze Medal	Valentyna Davidova / Anhelina Khmil, Ukraine (12)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	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	13	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	6	0	0	$25,250.00	24	17	58.5 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$36,750.00	16	16	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	43	3	2	0	1	4	2	9	4	16	2	0	$138,500.00	88	69	56.1 %

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
8	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	$18,375.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	$18,375.00
78	3	2	0	1	8	16	26	10	12	$104,050.00	Total	Total	110	3	4	1	3	12	31	34	11	11	$197,487.50

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	9	56.3%	4	25.0%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	18-16	52.9%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	16-13	55.2%

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 15-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 8 Ciezkowska/Lunio, Poland 1-2
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 2	Ciezkowska/Lunio	8	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	21-19, 21-18	0:40
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 # 9 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
Series tied with # 11 Konink/Schoon, Netherlands 1-1
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Semi-Finals	Konink/Schoon	11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	6	21-15, 21-19	0:37
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lahti	6	Konink/Schoon	11	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Davidova/Khmil, Ukraine 0-1
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Bronze Medal	Davidova/Khmil	12	Ahtiainen/Lahti	6	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 19 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 # 21, Q1 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 # 23 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 1-0
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	6	Makhno/Makhno	26, Q5	12-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:49
Series tied with # 27, Q6 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 1-1
8/6/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lahti	6	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	27, Q6	21-18, 18-21, 17-15	0:56
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-10, 12-21, 15-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 Fejes/Fleming, Australia 2-0
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 3	Ahtiainen/Lahti	6	Fejes/Fleming	30, Q10	21-15, 10-21, 15-12	0:41
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 # Q7 Hollas/Remmelg, Estonia 1-0
6/30/23	FIVB	Futures Helsinki	Pool A	Ahtiainen/Lahti	1	Hollas/Remmelg	9	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # Q9 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