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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Greek Open
July 9 - 13, 2003

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 CEV Best:

9th (Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

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:

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	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 Rethymnon Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Greek Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/9/2003		Tatiana Barrera / Andrea Luge, France	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:32
Wed, 7/9/2003		Marion Castelli / Morgane Faure, France	Won 21-9, 21-12	0:30
Thu, 7/10/2003	Pool D	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:47
Thu, 7/10/2003	Pool D	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
Thu, 7/10/2003	Pool D	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany	Lost 21-16, 10-21, 7-15	0:44

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
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	$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	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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,725.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$17,750.00
39	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	13	0	$33,562.50	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
2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
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
											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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
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
19	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	10	$7,125.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	5	$2,825.00

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	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	5-4	55.6%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
2002-2003	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-6	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%

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
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
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Ahmann/Vollmer		17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against Barrera/Luge, France 1-0
7/9/03	CEV	Greek Open		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Barrera/Luge		21-12, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against Castelli/Faure, France 1-0
7/9/03	CEV	Greek Open		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		Castelli/Faure		21-9, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against 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 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		16-21, 21-10, 15-7	0:44
Trail the series against Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		21-19, 21-16	0:47