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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005

(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:

130

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$239,371.41

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:

175

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	8	9th	40	€ 1,950.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/7/2005	Winner 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (3)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 11-15	1:00
Sun, 8/7/2005	Contender 1	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (11)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Sun, 8/7/2005	Contender 2	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (1)	Won 22-20, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
Sun, 8/7/2005	Contender 3	Ilona Sotkovska / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (15)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:48
Mon, 8/8/2005	Contender 4	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (10)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:40

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
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	0	$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	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
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$9,125.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$17,750.00
110	0	1	1	2	8	28	36	22	0	$211,325.00	Total	160	0	3	1	2	17	47	42	26	0	$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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	$84,700.00	24	20	54.5 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	4	4	50.0 %

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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1999	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00
68	2	1	0	1	8	18	15	14	9	$108,875.00	Total	Total	42	0	1	0	0	4	11	5	10	11	$70,462.50

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	18	66.7%	5	18.5%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	5	20.8%	5	20.8%	14	58.3%	5-19	20.8%	18-14	56.3%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	28-23	54.9%
2004-2005	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	4-3	57.1%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	12-20	37.5%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	10-14	41.7%

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 9-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 3-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Pohl/Rau	1	22-20, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
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
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 5 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
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
Trail the series against # 10 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Baburina/Osheyko	10	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 15 Sotkovska/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Sotkovska/Tobiasova	15	21-18, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against 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