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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Japan Open
August 6 - 10, 2003

(30, Q11) Katerina Nikolaidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece

Katerina Nikolaidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 8, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Atlantida Beach 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Osaka 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$31,837.50

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	37	41	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	7	5	1	2	US$43,875.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	31, Q23	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q19	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	9	25th	30	US$2,000.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/6/2003	Qualifier 1	Sanne Keizer / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (Q22)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 8/7/2003	Qualifier 2	Ayako Inoue / Hishako Oda, Japan (Q27)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:49
Fri, 8/8/2003	Pool C	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (14)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:46
Fri, 8/8/2003	Pool C	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (3)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:39
Sat, 8/9/2003	Pool C	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy (19)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:51
Sat, 8/9/2003	Winner 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (24, Q3)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 17-15	0:52
Sat, 8/9/2003	Winner 2	Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:35

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$14,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	$27,500.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	7	0	$43,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Katerina Nikolaidou												Maria Tsiartsiani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,187.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$8,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	0	$137,100.00
24	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	9	0	$20,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	0	$184,262.50
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00
36	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	13	0	$31,837.50	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
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	$10,750.00	12	12	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	$10,750.00	12	12	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Katerina Nikolaidou													Maria Tsiartsiani
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											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
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
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	$5,375.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	$5,375.00
20	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	11	$10,775.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	$6,700.00

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	20	62.5%	8	25.0%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	5	14.3%	4	11.4%	26	74.3%	5-30	14.3%	20-26	43.5%	13-8	61.9%	0	3	33-37	47.1%
2002-2003	10	62.5%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	6.7%	0	0.0%	14	93.3%	1-14	6.7%	10-14	41.7%	5-2	71.4%	0	3	15-19	44.1%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	9.1%	2	9.1%	18	81.8%	2-20	9.1%	20-30	40.0%	12-10	54.5%	0	3	16-23	41.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	5	3	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	22
Total	0	0	21	8	3	12	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	37

Head to Head Results
Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	3	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Ji/Wang, China 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	Ji/Wang	Q10	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	18	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 12 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q19	21-12, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	21-15, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	Q7	19-21, 25-23, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against # 19 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Bruschini/Solazzi	19	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 21 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	9	22-20, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Hakedal/Torlen	24, Q3	21-18, 19-21, 17-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 27, Q9 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 0-1
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Jobst/Stragliotto	Q16	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q17	20-22, 23-21, 15-7	0:59
Lead the series against # Q22 Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
8/6/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Keizer/Mooren	Q22	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q27 Inoue/Oda, Japan 1-0
8/7/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	Inoue/Oda	Q27	21-13, 21-15	0:49