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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 China Jinshan Open presented by SPC
May 26 - 30, 2004

(29, Q8) Katerina Nikolaidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece

Katerina Nikolaidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 8, 1976 (48 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 Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	31	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	39	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	22	25th	30	US$2,000.00
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
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/26/2004	Qualifier 1	Zhengqing Ren / Chen Xue, China (Q25)	Won 21-12, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
Thu, 5/27/2004	Qualifier 2	Gabriele Jobst / Patricia Stragliotto, Canada (Q9)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 5/28/2004	Winner 1	Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan, United States (4)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:32
Fri, 5/28/2004	Contender 1	Shaylyn Bede / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (20)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:35
Fri, 5/28/2004	Contender 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (19)	Won 22-24, 21-15, 16-14	0:54
Sat, 5/29/2004	Contender 3	Summer Lochowicz / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (12)	Won 23-25, 22-20, 20-18	1:03
Sat, 5/29/2004	Contender 4	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 9-21

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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	$14,625.00	15	19	44.1 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$7,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	7	$22,125.00	20	23	46.5 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	$7,312.50	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	$7,312.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,750.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$3,750.00
26	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	9	14	$16,462.50	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	9	$12,387.50

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%
2003-2004	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%
Against the Field	8	47.1%	6	35.3%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	4	13.8%	3	10.3%	22	75.9%	4-25	13.8%	16-40	28.6%	20-12	62.5%	0	2	18-28	39.1%

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 trail the series against the field 10-17 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Bede/Behar	1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	29, Q8	21-16, 21-9
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	29, Q8	21-19, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 7 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-2
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Lahme/Musch	10	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	39	By Forfeit
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 # 8 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 # 9 Wang/You, China 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Wang/You	15	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31	21-19, 26-24	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 12 Lochowicz/Pottharst, Australia 1-0
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	29, Q8	Lochowicz/Pottharst	12	23-25, 22-20, 20-18	1:03
Trail the series against # 13, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool F	Ahmann/Vollmer	11	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-14, 21-15	0:30
Series tied with # 19 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	29, Q8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	22-24, 21-15, 16-14	0:54
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q6	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q11	21-18, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # 20 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	29, Q8	Bede/Ribeiro	20	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Series tied with # 21 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-1
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	39	18-21, 21-18, 15-0 Retired	0:49
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 # 22 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 # 25 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
Trail the series against # 26 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 # 27 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 # 28, Q6 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 # 32, Q14 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
9/4/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q10	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q7	21-16, 21-18
Series tied with # Q9 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 1-1
5/27/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	29, Q8	Jobst/Stragliotto	Q9	21-14, 21-17	0:39
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 # Q25 Ren/Xue, China 1-0
5/26/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	29, Q8	Ren/Xue	Q25	21-12, 19-21, 15-10	0:50