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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 28 - July 2, 2005

(16) Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, 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

Maria Tsiartsiani
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 21, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$342,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	59	0	1	1	1	3	0	11	6	24	10	2	US$291,550.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Katerina Nikolaidou - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 17th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 33rd
2004	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	23	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	19	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	20	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	25	17th	80	US$3,000.00

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/29/2005	Winner 1	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (17)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:39
Wed, 6/29/2005	Winner 2	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 12-15	0:58
Thu, 6/30/2005	Contender 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (15)	Won 13-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:45
Thu, 6/30/2005	Contender 3	Natalie Cook / Summer Lochowicz, Australia (24)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$20,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	5	0	$75,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	1	1	1	3	0	6	4	19	5	0	$195,350.00
Total	59	0	1	1	1	3	0	11	6	24	10	0	$291,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Efthalia Koutroumanidou												Maria Tsiartsiani
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,450.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,187.50
24	0	0	0	0	1	7	5	8	0	$58,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	0	$137,100.00
68	0	1	1	1	5	13	25	14	0	$127,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	0	$184,262.50
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00
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	151	0	2	1	2	15	43	41	26	0	$342,050.00

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
2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	$37,800.00	11	12	47.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	$37,800.00	11	12	47.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Efthalia Koutroumanidou													Maria Tsiartsiani
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$2,650.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	$7,312.50
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	$23,625.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	$14,625.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$18,900.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$18,900.00
48	0	0	0	1	5	9	11	13	9	$73,625.00	Total	Total	31	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	10	10	$42,162.50

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	62	62.0%	20	20.0%	18	18.0%	82-18	82.0%	19	15.2%	22	17.6%	84	67.2%	19-106	15.2%	62-84	42.5%	39-40	49.4%	2	0	103-124	45.4%
2004-2005	21	61.8%	7	20.6%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	6	20.0%	3	10.0%	21	70.0%	6-24	20.0%	21-21	50.0%	13-9	59.1%	0	0	34-30	53.1%
Against the Field	29	54.7%	14	26.4%	10	18.9%	43-10	81.1%	10	14.1%	11	15.5%	50	70.4%	10-61	14.1%	58-98	37.2%	48-42	53.3%	1	0	54-70	43.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	8	19	0	0	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	2	1	0	0	33	40	1	2	1	1	0	1	74	82
Total	0	0	11	2	12	24	0	0	42	52	1	2	1	1	0	1	103	124

Head to Head Results
Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani trail the series against the field 10-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-12, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-2
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-7, 21-11	0:28
Trail the series against # 8 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 15 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	13-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:45
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	21-19, 14-21, 17-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 17 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	Arjona/Kadjo	17	21-13, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	31	24-22, 22-20	0:54
Trail the series against # 24 Cook/Lochowicz, Australia 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	Cook/Lochowicz	24	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	21-17, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	21-23, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 27 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Garcia/Gaxiola	41	21-18, 21-12	0:41
Series tied with # 28, Q8 Hu/Zhang, China 1-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	Hu/Zhang	18	19-21, 24-22, 15-8	1:02
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Hu/Zhang	10	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-16, 23-25, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Gschweidl/Hansel	42	21-17, 21-15	0:36
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	Gschweidl/Hansel	24	22-20, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	21-16, 10-21, 15-13	0:41
Trail the series against # Q2 Li/Wang, China 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Li/Wang	26	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	21-18, 21-18	0:39