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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open
August 30 - September 3, 2006

(14) 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 Warsaw Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q1	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	26	9th	320	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/19-22/2006	St. Petersburg Open	15	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	24	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	19	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	23	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	9	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	13	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	13	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	8	17th	80	US$3,000.00
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

Warsaw Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/31/2006	Winner 1	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (19)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:39
Thu, 8/31/2006	Winner 2	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Lost 20-22, 10-21	0:41
Fri, 9/1/2006	Contender 2	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (4)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:39

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	15	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	4	2	0	$113,950.00	34	30	53.1 %
2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	1	1	$43,300.00	13	22	37.1 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	3	10	3	1	$157,250.00	47	52	47.5 %

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
15	0	1	1	0	2	5	4	2	0	$56,975.00	2005	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	2	5	4	2	0	$56,975.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	$21,650.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	1	$21,650.00
68	0	1	1	1	6	15	19	15	10	$133,350.00	Total	Total	51	0	1	1	0	3	12	11	12	11	$101,887.50

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%
2005-2006	32	66.7%	8	16.7%	8	16.7%	40-8	83.3%	9	15.8%	7	12.3%	41	71.9%	9-48	15.8%	32-41	43.8%	17-15	53.1%	0	0	49-56	46.7%
Against the Field	20	48.8%	12	29.3%	9	22.0%	32-9	78.0%	9	14.1%	13	20.3%	42	65.6%	9-55	14.1%	40-80	33.3%	42-44	48.8%	2	0	43-62	41.0%

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
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 23-22 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 2-3
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Barros/Connelly	8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	21-16, 21-16	0:49
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
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	21-13, 25-27, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	22-20, 21-10	0:41
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	1:05
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-4
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	21-19, 21-14	0:39
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	22-20, 21-12	0:38
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-12	0:32
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
Series tied with # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-1
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	21-15, 21-19	0:41
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-15, 24-22	0:46
Series tied with # 7 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	26	21-16, 26-24	0:44
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 # 8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Hakedal/Torlen	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 10 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	21-11, 21-15	0:37
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 # 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
Trail the series against # 12 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Kadijk/Mooren	8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24	18-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:54
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 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 # 18 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 3-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Keizer/Leenstra	14	21-17, 21-15	0:37
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 # 19 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Lessard/Maxwell	19	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 20 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-2
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-18, 21-16	0:34
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Moiseeva/Uryadova	32, Q40	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-14, 22-20	0:36
Trail the series against # 21, Q4 Martin/Zakrzewski, Canada 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Martin/Zakrzewski	29, Q16	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	23-21, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Petrova/Skalnikova	32, Q16	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	Q1	21-19, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 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 # 25, Q1 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	Barrera/Hamzaoui	18	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Faure/Sarpaux	24, Q12	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Baburina/Osheyko	29, Q5	21-17, 21-11	0:40
Lead the series against # Q5 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