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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Japan Open
August 7 - 11, 2002

(Q11) 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 (48 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 Osaka Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	46	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	10	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	46	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	Q17	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	31, Q8	25th	30	US$1,650.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/8/2002	Qualifier 1	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (26, Q22)	Lost 16-21, 21-23	0:42

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 %
2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$5,300.00	6	14	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	$9,300.00	14	23	37.8 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$2,650.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$2,650.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
17	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	6	$7,350.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	6	$5,400.00

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%
2001-2002	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%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	14	73.7%	2-17	10.5%	10-28	26.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	7-18	28.0%

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 7-17 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 1-2
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	46	Cook/Pottharst	3	14-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:50
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	46	21-8, 21-13	0:25
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 # 4 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 # 7 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	10	21-14, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	23	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	10	21-14, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 13 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 # 15 Huygens Tholen/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Huygens Tholen/Sanderson	22	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	46	21-11, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 0-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	46	21-11, 21-11	0:33
Series tied with # 19 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Glesnes/Maaseide	22	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	46	26-24, 21-11	0:40
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 # 21 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 0-1
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Clarke/Gooley	31, Q4	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q13	21-11, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 23 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
7/3/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q1	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q17	23-21, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # 26, Q22 Arjona/Kadjo, France 0-1
8/8/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q22	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q11	21-16, 23-21	0:42
Series tied with # 31, Q13 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 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Hakedal/Torlen	26, Q26	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	10	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # Q16 Blundell/Todd, New Zealand 1-0
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q17	Blundell/Todd	Q16	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # Q18 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 # Q23 Banck/Stein, Germany 1-0
6/18/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	Q13	Banck/Stein	Q45	19-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:54
Lead the series against # Q24 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