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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Masters
August 5 - 8, 2006

(10) 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 Lucerne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Maria Tsiartsiani - 5th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 5th

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
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	10	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
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
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	8	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
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
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

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/6/2006	Winner 1	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (7)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:44
Sun, 8/6/2006	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:43
Sun, 8/6/2006	Contender 2	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (13)	Lost 30-32, 16-21	1:07

Head to Head Results
Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani lead the series against the field 24-20 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-4
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	22-20, 21-19	0:43
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	21-16, 21-19	0:37
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 # 3 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
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
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 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
Lead the series against # 7 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 5-0
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	Keizer/Leenstra	7	21-15, 21-15	0:44
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool C	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Keizer/Leenstra	14	21-17, 21-15	0:37
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	Keizer/Leenstra	7	25-23, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-3
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-18, 21-16	0:34
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 # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	21-18, 10-21, 15-10	0:46
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 # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	32-30, 21-16	1:07
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 Erni/Graessli, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	Erni/Graessli	10	21-12, 21-15	0:31
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
Trail the series against 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 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