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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

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 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 Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/27/2003		Judith Augoustides / Helke Claasen, Germany	Lost 21-15, 14-21, 11-15	0:55

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	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	$12,750.00	13	14	48.1 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	$12,750.00	13	14	48.1 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00	3	3	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
											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
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00
24	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	12	$12,500.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	7	$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	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	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-6	25.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	3-7	30.0%

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
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 4-7 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with 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 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 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 0-1
8/27/03	CEV	European Championships		Augoustides/Claasen		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		15-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against 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 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 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
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 0-2
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 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		21-19, 21-16	0:47