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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Austrian Masters
May 17 - 20, 2007

(8) 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 St. Pölten Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	8/25-28/2006	European Championship Final	21	9th	320	€ 3,000.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	10	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
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
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

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/18/2007	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (9)	Lost 24-26, 17-21	0:53
Fri, 5/18/2007	Contender 1	Patricia Labee / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (16)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:36
Fri, 5/18/2007	Contender 2	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (11)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:42
Sat, 5/19/2007	Contender 3	Lenka Hajeckova / Petra Novotna, Czech Republic (7)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:39

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	15	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	2	4	2	0	$113,950.00	34	30	53.1 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$8,950.00	7	6	53.8 %
2006	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	1	1	$49,300.00	15	26	36.6 %
2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$8,850.00	5	8	38.5 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	3	13	3	1	$166,250.00	50	58	46.3 %
Total	CEV	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	$20,275.00	14	16	46.7 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$4,425.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$4,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
93	2	1	1	1	10	26	26	16	10	$157,312.50	Total	Total	67	0	1	1	0	6	19	16	12	12	$118,900.00

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%
2006-2007	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7	77.8%	0-9	0.0%	6-7	46.2%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	7-10	41.2%
Against the Field	11	73.3%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	2	11.1%	4	22.2%	12	66.7%	2-16	11.1%	22-24	47.8%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	16-17	48.5%

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 trail the series against the field 20-25 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 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 0-3
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 # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-2
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	21	21-16, 21-19	0:40
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 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
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 2-1
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 3	Hajeckova/Novotna	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	21-15, 21-18	0:39
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	21	Hajeckova/Novotna	5	21-19, 21-15	0:34
8/25/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	11	Hajeckova/Novotna	6	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 9 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-3
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	26-24, 21-17	0:53
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-15	0:39
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 # 10 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 # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	21-18, 21-17	0:42
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 # 12 Claasen/Roder, Germany 2-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Claasen/Roder	14	21-19, 21-9	0:45
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Claasen/Roder	25, Q4	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 15 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-1
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Petrova/Skalnikova	32, Q16	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	Q1	21-19, 21-13	0:34
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 # 16 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 1-0
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Labee/de Vries	16	21-18, 21-11	0:36
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
Trail the series against Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
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
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