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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Brazil Open
October 18 - 22, 2005

(8) 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 Salvador Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	4	3rd	320	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	6	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	12	9th	224	US$8,600.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/19/2005	Winner 1	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (25, Q4)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:41
Wed, 10/19/2005	Winner 2	Leila Barros / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (9)	Lost 21-13, 23-25, 17-19	1:10
Thu, 10/20/2005	Contender 2	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (26, Q7)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:44

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	13	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	3	2	0	$105,700.00	30	26	53.6 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	3	2	0	$105,700.00	30	26	53.6 %

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
13	0	1	1	0	2	4	3	2	0	$52,850.00	2005	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	2	4	3	2	0	$52,850.00
55	0	1	1	1	6	11	12	14	9	$107,575.00	Total	Total	38	0	1	1	0	3	8	4	11	10	$76,112.50

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	25	55.6%	11	24.4%	9	20.0%	36-9	80.0%	8	11.1%	11	15.3%	53	73.6%	8-64	11.1%	50-104	32.5%	38-40	48.7%	1	0	45-72	38.5%

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 lead the series against the field 18-16 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 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 0-2
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
Lead the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-1
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	4	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:53
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 # 4 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
9/17/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	4	21-14, 21-15	0:51
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 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
Series tied with # 9 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 2-2
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	13-21, 25-23, 19-17	1:10
9/18/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Bronze Medal	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	4	Barros/Connelly	6	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:04
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 # 11 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-0
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	4	Keizer/Leenstra	12	21-11, 21-14	0:36
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	12	Keizer/Leenstra	21	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Kessy/Reynolds, United States 1-0
9/17/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	4	Kessy/Reynolds	27	21-12, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 25, Q4 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Claasen/Roder	25, Q4	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 26, Q7 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-1
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	21-17, 22-20	0:44
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 28 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22, Q3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	6	22-20, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 1-0
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	4	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	20, Q3	21-14, 13-21, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q6 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Gschweidl/Hansel	27, Q2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	6	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:57
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