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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Seoul Open
May 30 - June 3, 2007

(27, Q2) 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 Seoul Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	23, Q1	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	14	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

Seoul Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2007	Qualifier 2	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (Q15)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:45
Thu, 5/31/2007	Winner 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (6)	Won By Forfeit
Thu, 5/31/2007	Winner 2	Lu Wang / Man Zuo, China (22, Q3)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 13-15	0:55
Fri, 6/1/2007	Contender 2	Shaylyn Bede / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (28)	Won 32-34, 21-14, 16-14	1:09
Fri, 6/1/2007	Contender 3	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	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$)
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	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	1	1	$49,300.00	15	26	36.6 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$12,000.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	5	13	3	1	$175,250.00	57	62	47.9 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	1	$24,650.00	2006	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	1	$24,650.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,000.00
73	0	1	1	1	6	17	22	15	10	$142,350.00	Total	Total	56	0	1	1	0	3	14	14	12	11	$110,887.50

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%
2006-2007	31	70.5%	7	15.9%	6	13.6%	38-6	86.4%	9	13.6%	11	16.7%	46	69.7%	9-57	13.6%	31-46	40.3%	16-17	48.5%	2	0	49-63	43.8%
Against the Field	24	53.3%	11	24.4%	10	22.2%	35-10	77.8%	8	10.1%	18	22.8%	53	67.1%	8-71	10.1%	48-102	32.0%	38-56	40.4%	2	0	45-79	36.3%

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 22-37 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-5
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	28-26, 21-11	0:46
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-19, 21-15	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-6
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	27, Q2	21-18, 21-16	0:42
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 6 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	27, Q2	Hakedal/Torlen	6	By Forfeit
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Hakedal/Torlen	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-17	0:39
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
Series tied with # 8 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
Trail the series against # 11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-3
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23, Q1	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	1:02
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	17, Q4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:51
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-3
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	18	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
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 # 15 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 # 16 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-3
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23, Q1	21-15, 21-14	0:31
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	20	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-16, 21-16	0:43
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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 21 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 # 22, Q3 Wang/Zuo, China 0-1
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Wang/Zuo	22, Q3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	27, Q2	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 23 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 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 # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-15	0:39
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 # 26, Q4 Ji/Zhang, China 0-1
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Ji/Zhang	20, Q1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 28 Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 1-0
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	27, Q2	Bede/Bednarczuk	28	32-34, 21-14, 16-14	1:09
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23, Q1	Lessard/Maxwell	24, Q5	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Lessard/Maxwell	19	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # Q8 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	18, Q2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q12 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Campisi/Lozano	30, Q8	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q15 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 2-0
5/30/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	27, Q2	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	Q15	21-17, 21-15	0:45
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23, Q1	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	Q17	21-17, 26-24	0:54
Lead the series against # Q17 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23, Q1	Martins/Santanna	26	21-16, 21-15	0:43