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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
August 28 - September 1, 2007

(16) Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland

Emilia Nystrom
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jyvaskyla

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

158

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$234,100.00

Erika Nystrom
Finland

/ Cyprus

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jyväskylä

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

169

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Budapest 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$234,098.23

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	150	0	0	0	0	3	1	19	5	48	31	30	2	9	2	US$453,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,850.00
Overall	157	1	1	1	0	5	1	21	5	48	31	30	2	9	2	US$460,600.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Erika Nystrom - 9th	Emilia Nystrom - 9th
2006	Erika Nystrom - 9th	Emilia Nystrom - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	9	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	20	13th	150	US$3,800.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	25, Q4	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	29	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	12	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q2	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	16	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	28	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	23	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	21	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	22	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	14	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	10	17th	120	US$3,000.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/29/2007	Winner 1	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (17)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:35
Wed, 8/29/2007	Winner 2	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:32
Thu, 8/30/2007	Contender 2	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (15)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:32

Head to Head Results
Nystrom/Nystrom trail the series against the field 19-29 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	21-13, 21-15	0:32
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	21-10, 21-14	0:31
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q3	21-17, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Series tied with # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-1
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25, Q4	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:52
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	23	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-3
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-13, 21-16	0:34
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	14	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	21-15, 32-30	0:50
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Hakedal/Torlen	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-10, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 12 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-2
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	16-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	22	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	16-21, 21-18, 19-17	0:57
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	18	Nystrom/Nystrom	31	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Series tied with # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 3-3
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Nystrom/Nystrom	25, Q4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	9	21-14, 21-10	0:36
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool E	Montagnolli/Swoboda	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	29	21-15, 21-12	0:36
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-13, 12-21, 15-8	0:49
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:58
10/14/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Winner 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	3	19-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:45
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 14 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-3
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-15	0:39
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	21-11, 21-15	0:37
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-14, 21-11	0:37
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	21-23, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 15 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Faure/Sarpaux	15	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	21-17, 21-15	0:32
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	10	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	19-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:51
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q3	Faure/Sarpaux	Q14	21-11, 17-21, 15-10	0:49
Series tied with # 17 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 2-2
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-14, 21-11	0:35
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-18, 24-22	0:45
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Nystrom/Nystrom	22	12-21, 21-10, 15-10	0:47
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	26, Q6	Nystrom/Nystrom	9	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-2
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	Nystrom/Nystrom	25, Q4	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
8/19/06	FIVB C&S	Turku Satellite	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	1	21-19, 26-24	0:45
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 20 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	Nystrom/Nystrom	28	16-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:55
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	By Forfeit
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	31, Q15	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q2	14-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:43
Lead the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	21	12-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-1
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	9	Koizumi/Tanaka	24, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:41
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	Koizumi/Tanaka	19	21-18, 23-21	0:50
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	21, Q5	Nystrom/Nystrom	22	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q9 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	27	21-11, 15-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool E	Ilustre/Pascua	44	Nystrom/Nystrom	29	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # Q5 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-1
10/14/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Contender 4	Campisi/Lozano	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	3	21-16, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q15 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 3-1
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	20, Q6	Baburina/Osheyko	Q22	21-10, 21-17	0:35
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	Baburina/Osheyko	29, Q5	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Gold Medal	Nystrom/Nystrom	1	Baburina/Osheyko	9	21-19, 21-11	0:44
8/22/03	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Pool A	Baburina/Osheyko	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	1	21-16, 21-13	0:28