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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 5 - 11, 2008

(17) Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland

Emilia Nystrom
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1983 (42 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 (42 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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	26, Q1	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	19	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	25	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	25	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	26	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q6	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	30, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	30, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	25	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	27	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	22	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	23	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	23	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	17	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2008	Winner 1	Sara Montagnolli / Kerstin Pichler, Austria (16)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:59
Tue, 10/7/2008	Winner 2	Nicole Branagh / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 21-23, 15-21	0:44
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 2	Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (31)	Lost 21-23, 21-23	0:42

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$28,550.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	59	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	15	17	0	$199,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	5	32	14	0	$225,950.00
Satellite	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,850.00
U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	157	1	1	1	0	5	1	21	5	48	31	0	$460,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Emilia Nystrom												Erika Nystrom
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,275.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,275.00
59	0	0	0	0	2	5	15	17	0	$99,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	59	0	0	0	0	2	5	15	17	0	$99,625.00
87	0	0	0	0	3	18	32	14	0	$116,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	0	0	0	2	18	32	16	0	$114,975.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	$1,400.00
4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,425.00	Satellite	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,425.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00
158	1	1	1	0	7	26	48	31	0	$234,100.00	Total	169	1	2	2	2	7	29	49	33	0	$233,700.00

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
2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	5	9	35.7 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	7	$18,600.00	13	15	46.4 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
2005	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	5	5	$43,250.00	16	29	35.6 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	6	0	1	$53,950.00	24	25	49.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	3	1	75.0 %
2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	2	3	$58,300.00	24	34	41.4 %
2008	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	7	1	$42,300.00	16	32	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	80	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	4	24	15	25	$218,400.00	99	146	40.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,850.00	12	5	70.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	4	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Emilia Nystrom													Erika Nystrom
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	7	$9,300.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	7	$9,300.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	5	$21,625.00	2005	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	5	$21,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	$26,975.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	$26,975.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2	3	$29,150.00	2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2	3	$29,150.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	7	1	$21,150.00	2008	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	7	1	$21,150.00
87	1	1	1	0	3	17	24	15	25	$112,625.00	Total	Total	87	1	1	1	0	3	17	24	15	25	$112,625.00

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	123	60.9%	33	16.3%	46	22.8%	156-46	77.2%	46	16.1%	41	14.4%	198	69.5%	46-239	16.1%	123-198	38.3%	79-87	47.6%	5	3	207-288	41.8%
2007-2008	29	65.9%	4	9.1%	11	25.0%	33-11	75.0%	8	12.3%	8	12.3%	49	75.4%	8-57	12.3%	29-49	37.2%	12-19	38.7%	2	0	43-68	38.7%
Against the Field	13	48.1%	4	14.8%	10	37.0%	17-10	63.0%	4	9.1%	8	18.2%	32	72.7%	4-40	9.1%	26-56	31.7%	16-36	30.8%	2	2	23-48	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	4	8	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	44	19	32	70	0	0	8	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	119
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	29	21	4	11	0	0	29	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	116	157
Satellite	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	12	5
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	1	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
Total	0	0	75	41	46	91	0	0	48	95	1	1	1	0	1	1	227	297

Head to Head Results
Nystrom/Nystrom trail the series against the field 9-15 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	1	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	23-21, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-3
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	Nystrom/Nystrom	30, Q5	21-16, 21-18	0:41
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q2	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	23-21, 22-20	0:45
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-10, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	6	Nystrom/Nystrom	27	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-2
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q1	22-20, 21-13	0:37
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	29, Q13	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Martins/Santanna	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	21-17, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24, Q3	21-19, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-3
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 12 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-2
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Campisi/Lozano	18	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-18, 21-23, 15-13	0:58
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 # 13 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Graessli/Zumkehr	9, Q7	21-10, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Montagnolli/Pichler, Austria 3-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	Montagnolli/Pichler	16	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:59
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	Montagnolli/Pichler	20	21-18, 21-17	0:39
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	Montagnolli/Pichler	30, Q7	21-19, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 3-0
6/17/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	30, Q5	Forrer/Schmocker	Q28	18-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:50
6/10/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	30, Q5	Forrer/Schmocker	Q28	21-15, 21-19	0:41
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	21	Forrer/Schmocker	28, Q23	21-10, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 31 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 0-1
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Remmers/Stiekema	31	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	23-21, 23-21	0:42