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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 KIA Open presented by Banco do Brazil
September 15 - 20, 2008

(9) 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 Guarujá Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	22	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	16	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	30	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	27	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	18	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	17	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	19	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	19	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	22	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Guarajà Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 1	Lucy Boulton / Zara Dampney, England (24)	Won 20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Wed, 9/17/2008	Winner 2	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (8)	Lost 21-17, 23-25, 11-15	0:54
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 2	Monika Brzostek / Karolina Marciniak, Poland (26)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:24
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 3	Sara Montagnolli / Kerstin Pichler, Austria (18)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:36
Thu, 9/18/2008	Contender 4	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (6)	Lost 22-20, 19-21, 14-16	1:01

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	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	6	4	1	$77,400.00	34	37	47.9 %
2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	6	3	0	$50,900.00	20	31	39.2 %
Total	FIVB	59	0	1	1	1	3	0	11	6	24	10	2	$291,550.00	103	124	45.4 %

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
17	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	4	1	$38,700.00	2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	4	1	$38,700.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	3	0	$25,450.00	2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	3	0	$25,450.00
101	0	1	1	2	7	24	33	22	11	$200,500.00	Total	Total	84	0	1	1	1	4	21	25	19	12	$169,037.50

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%
2007-2008	30	57.7%	12	23.1%	10	19.2%	42-10	80.8%	10	14.7%	15	22.1%	43	63.2%	10-58	14.7%	30-43	41.1%	22-25	46.8%	2	0	54-68	44.3%
Against the Field	10	41.7%	9	37.5%	5	20.8%	19-5	79.2%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	13	76.5%	2-15	11.8%	20-26	43.5%	22-14	61.1%	0	0	21-20	51.2%

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 21-20 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	30	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 2 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-2
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	30	Salgado/Salgado	15	23-21, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:54
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Salgado/Salgado	5	21-19, 11-21, 15-7	0:54
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20, Q4	27-25, 23-21	0:54
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24, Q1	Salgado/Salgado	8, Q5	22-20, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 3 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	Q1	Antonelli/Leao	Q33	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-12
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-16, 21-13	0:36
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	21-19, 21-15	0:39
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Antunes/Ribeiro	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	21-23, 21-14, 18-16	1:02
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	21-14, 21-17	0:44
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:36
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:39
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
Series tied with # 5 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-13, 21-14	0:32
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 6 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 4	Banck/Gunther	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # 7 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 4-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	Martins/Santanna	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Martins/Santanna	22, Q3	21-18, 21-17	0:34
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24, Q1	Martins/Santanna	Q17	21-12, 21-10	0:30
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23, Q1	Martins/Santanna	26	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Gioria/Momoli	8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	17-21, 25-23, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	Lubetz/Sude	30, Q15	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	1:04
Lead the series against # 18 Montagnolli/Pichler, Austria 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Montagnolli/Pichler	18	21-19, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 3-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Gschweidl/Hansel	29	21-16, 21-16	0:41
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
Lead the series against # 24 Boulton/Dampney, England 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Boulton/Dampney	24	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 26 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Brzostek/Marciniak	26	21-10, 21-12	0:24