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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Spain Open
June 5 - 9, 2002

(31, Q8) Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Katerina Nikolaidou, Greece

Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1982 (42 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 (47 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 Madrid Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	30, Q14	25th	36	US$2,000.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/6/2002	Qualifier 2	Wanda Guenette / Izabela Rudol, Canada (Q25)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:29
Thu, 6/6/2002	Qualifier 3	Belkis Palacio / Maru Quevedo, Cuba (Q41)	Won 22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
Fri, 6/7/2002	Pool B	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (15)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 9-15	0:38
Fri, 6/7/2002	Pool B	Ana Paula Connelly / Tatiana Minello, Brazil (18)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:29
Sat, 6/8/2002	Pool B	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (2)	Lost 9-21, 14-21	0:26

Head to Head Results
Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou trail the series against the field 5-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	21-9, 21-14	0:26
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 # 10 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 # 13 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 # 14 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 # 15 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:38
Trail the series against # 18 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Connelly/Minello	18	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	21-14, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 21, Q1 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
Series tied with # 32, Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q22 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 # Q25 Guenette/Rudol, Canada 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	Guenette/Rudol	Q25	21-13, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # Q41 Palacio/Quevedo, Cuba 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	Palacio/Quevedo	Q41	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:58