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US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 6, 2005

(12) 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:

127

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Valencia 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$239,077.71

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:

174

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$393,098.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	12	0	0	1	0	1	2	7	1	0	0	0	US$43,270.68
FIVB	59	0	1	1	1	3	0	11	6	24	10	2	US$291,550.00
Overall	71	0	1	2	1	4	2	18	7	24	10	2	US$334,820.68

Previous Klagenfurt Results

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	12	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	13	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	9	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	16	13th	168	US$6,300.00
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
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	8	9th	40	€ 1,950.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 1	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (21)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:33
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 2	Leila Barros / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (5)	Won 14-21, 23-21, 21-19	1:01
Fri, 8/5/2005	Winner 3	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (4)	Lost 17-21, 23-25	0:46
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 4	Jennifer Kessy / Holly McPeak, United States (32, Q22)	Lost 13-21, 12-21	0:31

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	1	$75,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	1	1	1	3	0	6	4	19	5	1	$195,350.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Total	62	0	1	1	1	3	1	13	6	24	10	2	$301,550.00

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	1	$14,450.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$20,187.50
24	0	0	0	0	1	7	5	8	3	$58,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	13	$137,100.00
68	0	1	1	1	5	13	25	14	8	$127,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	7	$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
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$9,125.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	$17,750.00
110	0	1	1	2	8	28	36	22	12	$211,325.00	Total	160	0	3	1	2	17	47	42	26	22	$359,800.00

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	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	$84,700.00	24	20	54.5 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	$84,700.00	24	20	54.5 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Efthalia Koutroumanidou													Maria Tsiartsiani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$750.00	1999	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2000	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00
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
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00
10	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$42,350.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$42,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00
64	1	1	0	1	6	17	15	14	9	$107,175.00	Total	Total	40	0	1	0	0	3	10	5	10	11	$68,962.50

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	31	56.4%	13	23.6%	11	20.0%	44-11	80.0%	11	15.3%	9	12.5%	52	72.2%	11-61	15.3%	62-102	37.8%	48-40	54.5%	1	0	56-71	44.1%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Total	0	0	11	2	12	24	0	0	47	55	1	2	1	1	0	1	111	130

Head to Head Results
Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani lead the series against the field 24-18 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 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 0-2
7/16/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Gold Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	21-12, 21-13	0:34
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	21-13, 21-15	0:36
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
Series tied with # 4 Tian/Wang, China 1-1
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	21-17, 25-23	0:46
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Tian/Wang	3	21-15, 21-19	0:43
Series tied with # 5 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	Barros/Connelly	5	14-21, 23-21, 21-19	1:01
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Barros/Connelly	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	21-13, 16-21, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-15, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Scott/Youngs, United States 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Scott/Youngs	6	21-19, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	Pohl/Rau	5	21-18, 21-18	0:39
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Pohl/Rau	5	13-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:56
Series tied with # 14 Lahme/Musch, Germany 1-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Lahme/Musch	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	21-12, 21-18	0:38
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Lahme/Musch	8	21-17, 21-10	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-3
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Kuhn/Schwer	6	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:57
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
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	19-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 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 # 19 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
Lead the series against # 21 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	Keizer/Leenstra	21	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 24, Q18 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Moiseeva/Uryadova	32, Q40	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-14, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	18-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:55
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 # 27 Arjona/Kadjo, France 2-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	Arjona/Kadjo	17	21-13, 21-17	0:39
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Arjona/Kadjo	9	21-18, 20-22, 15-8	1:01
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 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
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-14, 21-11	0:37
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	21-23, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 32, Q22 Kessy/McPeak, United States 0-1
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 4	Kessy/McPeak	32, Q22	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	21-13, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	21-17, 23-25, 16-14	1:01
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 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
Series tied with # Q6 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 # Q8 Teru Saiki/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	24, Q6	21-16, 21-14	0:32