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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Turkish Masters
May 17 - 21, 2006

(8) Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece

Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1982 (42 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 (44 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 Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 19th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 29th
2005	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	11	7th	100	€ 4,000.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	14	5th	60	€ 3,000.00
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

Turkish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/19/2006	Winner 1	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (9)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:40
Fri, 5/19/2006	Contender 1	Bugra Eryildiz / Sinem Yalcin, Türkiye (16)	Won 21-6, 21-7	0:25
Fri, 5/19/2006	Contender 2	Olga Matveeva / Teresa Zunzunegui, Spain (14)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 12-15	0:55

Head to Head Results
Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani lead the series against the field 23-13 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-2
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	21-15, 21-19	0:41
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	11	21-15, 15-21, 19-17	0:58
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-15, 24-22	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 3 Pohl/Rau, Germany 4-0
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Pohl/Rau	9	21-19, 21-13	0:38
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
Series tied with # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Hakedal/Torlen	14	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 7 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 1-0
8/25/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	11	Hajeckova/Novotna	6	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-2
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Baburina/Osheyko	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Baburina/Osheyko	29, Q5	21-17, 21-11	0:40
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Baburina/Osheyko	10	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-2
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
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	21-10, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-2
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 4	Moiseeva/Uryadova	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	11	23-21, 21-16	0:42
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 # 12 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 0-1
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Eckl/Kaup	29, Q26	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Matveeva/Zunzunegui, Spain 0-1
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 2	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 Eryildiz/Yalcin, Türkiye 1-0
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Eryildiz/Yalcin	16	21-6, 21-7	0:25
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against Nakladalova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	11	Nakladalova/Tobiasova	17	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against 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 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