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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2001

(30, Q14) Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Katerina Nikolaidou, Greece

Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Volos

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$202,200.00

Katerina Nikolaidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 8, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Atlantida Beach 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Osaka 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$31,837.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	2	US$9,300.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	2	US$10,800.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Vasso Karadassiou - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	Q5	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2001	Greece Challenger	9	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	Q12	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	30, Q12	25th	36	US$2,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/24/2001	Qualifier 2	Krisztina Nagy / Katalin Schlegl, Hungary (Q19)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:32
Tue, 7/24/2001	Qualifier 7	Beta Lourenco / Catarina Silverio, Portugal (Q35)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:29
Tue, 7/24/2001	Qualifier 8	Ana Aquino / Frida Larios, El Salvador (Q20)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:25
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 9	Rii Seike / Chiho Torii, Japan (Q6)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:41
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 10	Denise Koelliker / Karin Trussel, Switzerland (29, Q7)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:40
Wed, 7/25/2001		Tatiana Barrera / Emilie Burte, France (Q10)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:32
Thu, 7/26/2001	Winner 1	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (3)	Lost 10-21, 10-21	0:28
Thu, 7/26/2001	Contender 1	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (19)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:29

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,300.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	$10,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Efthalia Koutroumanidou												Katerina Nikolaidou
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	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,450.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
24	0	0	0	0	1	7	5	8	0	$58,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$8,250.00
68	0	1	1	1	5	13	25	14	0	$127,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	9	0	$20,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
102	0	1	1	2	7	24	33	22	0	$202,200.00	Total	36	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	13	0	$31,837.50

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
2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$4,000.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$4,000.00	8	9	47.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Efthalia Koutroumanidou													Katerina Nikolaidou
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	$4,700.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$2,750.00

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	9	75.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	3	11.5%	3	11.5%	20	76.9%	3-23	11.5%	9-20	31.0%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	14-24	36.8%
2000-2001	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	9	90.0%	1-9	10.0%	7-9	43.8%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	8-9	47.1%
Against the Field	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	2	10.5%	1	5.3%	16	84.2%	2-17	10.5%	14-32	30.4%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	9-17	34.6%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	9	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	19
Total	0	0	13	9	1	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	24

Head to Head Results
Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou trail the series against the field 8-9 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	3	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-10, 21-10	0:28
Trail the series against # 5 Arce/McPeak, United States 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Arce/McPeak	3	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	21-12, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 15, Q5 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/5/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 7	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q5	21-11, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 19 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-11, 21-19	0:29
Trail the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	21-13, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 23 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	Glesnes/Maaseide	21, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 0-2
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 10	Koelliker/Trussel	29, Q7	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-18, 21-15	0:40
7/5/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Koelliker/Trussel	25, Q4	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q5	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q6 Seike/Torii, Japan 2-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 9	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	Seike/Torii	Q6	21-17, 21-11	0:41
6/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	Seike/Torii	28, Q4	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q10 Barrera/Burte, France 1-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	Barrera/Burte	Q10	21-14, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # Q16 De Decker/Duyck, Belgium 0-1
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	De Decker/Duyck	Q21	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q12	21-15, 31-29	0:42
Series tied with # Q19 Nagy/Schlegl, Hungary 1-1
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Nagy/Schlegl	Q19	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-12, 21-16	0:32
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 1	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q12	Nagy/Schlegl	Q21	24-22, 21-9	0:38
Lead the series against # Q20 Aquino/Larios, El Salvador 1-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 8	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	Aquino/Larios	Q20	21-12, 21-16	0:25
Lead the series against # Q27 Van Breedam/Van Lierop, Belgium 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q5	Van Breedam/Van Lierop	Q21	23-21, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # Q35 Lourenco/Silverio, Portugal 1-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 7	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	Lourenco/Silverio	Q35	21-11, 21-18	0:29