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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lianyungang Open
August 13 - 17, 2003

(22) 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$35,655.60

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:

174

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$393,098.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	29	33	37	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$5,652.37
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	7	0	5	1	2	US$43,875.00
Overall	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	7	1	5	1	2	US$49,527.37

Previous Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	30, Q11	5th	180	US$6,000.00
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
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		17th	20	€ 1,000.00
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

Lianyungang Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool F	Rebekka Kadijk / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (6)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:29
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool F	Guylaine Dumont / Annie Martin, Canada (27, Q6)	Won 21-18, 27-25	0:49
Sat, 8/16/2003	Pool F	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (11)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:30

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	1	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	$14,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	4	$27,500.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,000.00
Total	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	7	9	$46,875.00

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	1	$937.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$20,187.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$8,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	13	$137,100.00
24	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	9	10	$20,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	7	$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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,725.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	$17,750.00
39	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	13	16	$33,562.50	Total	160	0	3	1	2	17	47	42	26	22	$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
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	$12,750.00	13	14	48.1 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	$12,750.00	13	14	48.1 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	$6,375.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	$6,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
23	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	11	$12,500.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	6	$8,200.00

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	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	4.8%	2	9.5%	18	85.7%	1-20	4.8%	14-30	31.8%	8-10	44.4%	0	3	11-23	32.4%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Total	0	0	21	9	4	14	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	41

Head to Head Results
Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 3 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	18	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		16-21, 21-10, 15-7	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-16, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Clarke/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Clarke/Pottharst	15	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	21-16, 22-20	0:40
Series tied with # 11 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-1
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	11	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-14, 21-15	0:30
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Ahmann/Vollmer		17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	24	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	9	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 16, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 17 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q18	21-16, 27-25	0:37
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Dumont/Martin, Canada 1-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool F	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	22	Dumont/Martin	27, Q6	21-18, 27-25	0:49
Lead the series against # 29, Q19 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