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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 6, 2005

(6) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece

Vasiliki Arvaniti
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

176 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

184

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$510,556.00

Vasiliki "Vasso" Karantasiou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Stavanger 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$359,980.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Awards

Best Setter 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	49	1	2	0	5	9	9	12	3	5	1	2	US$466,350.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Efi Sfyri - 9th
2002	Did not play	Efi Sfyri - 17th
2003	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 33rd	Efi Sfyri - 5th
2004	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th	Efi Sfyri - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	6	5th	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	4	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	5	1st	560	US$41,500.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	8	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	8	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	11	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	11	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	20	7th	200	US$8,000.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 1	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (27)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:30
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 2	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (11)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:32
Fri, 8/5/2005	Winner 3	Susanne Lahme / Danja Musch, Germany (14)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 16-14	0:54
Fri, 8/5/2005	Winner 4	Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs, United States (7)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:40
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 6	Shaylyn Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (3)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:43

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$24,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	1	0	1	4	2	5	0	2	0	0	$214,950.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	1	0	4	5	7	5	3	3	2	0	$226,900.00
Total	49	1	2	0	5	9	9	12	3	6	2	0	$466,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Vasso Karadassiou
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$20,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
70	1	2	0	1	8	20	14	9	0	$247,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	1	1	0	1	7	6	5	5	0	$129,475.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	81	0	1	1	5	19	21	19	12	0	$205,355.00
4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
184	3	3	0	7	37	50	38	21	0	$510,087.50	Total	119	1	3	2	6	26	33	27	17	0	$359,980.00

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
2005	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	$131,000.00	30	16	65.2 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	$131,000.00	30	16	65.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													Vasso Karadassiou
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	$7,100.00
											1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$10,500.00
											2000	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	$12,000.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
											2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	1	0	$25,750.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$20,805.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	4	0	$27,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	$23,625.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	$20,250.00
9	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$65,500.00	2005	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$65,500.00
37	1	1	0	1	7	10	9	5	3	$112,875.00	Total	Total	79	1	2	2	1	12	21	21	15	4	$192,305.00

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	96	71.1%	22	16.3%	17	12.6%	118-17	87.4%	28	26.2%	17	15.9%	62	57.9%	28-79	26.2%	96-62	60.8%	50-34	59.5%	0	1	146-97	60.1%
2004-2005	27	73.0%	8	21.6%	2	5.4%	35-2	94.6%	8	27.6%	6	20.7%	15	51.7%	8-21	27.6%	27-15	64.3%	16-8	66.7%	0	0	43-23	65.2%
Against the Field	63	70.8%	15	16.9%	11	12.4%	78-11	87.6%	16	26.2%	9	14.8%	36	59.0%	16-45	26.2%	126-70	64.3%	62-40	60.8%	0	1	94-56	62.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	24	9	0	0	23	13	2	1	0	1	1	1	56	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	52	28	1	4	0	4	0	1	85	61
Total	0	0	2	0	29	13	0	0	78	43	3	5	0	5	1	2	146	97

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Karadassiou lead the series against the field 28-14 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 6	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	27-25, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 2-4
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-16, 21-18	0:41
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	12-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:04
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	21-14, 21-18	0:36
6/12/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	25-23, 21-16	0:49
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	21-23, 21-17, 16-14	0:57
Series tied with # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-1
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 6	Bede/Behar	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-19, 21-18	0:43
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Bede/Behar	3	21-17, 24-22	0:48
Lead the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 2-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Tian/Wang	3	22-20, 14-21, 15-10	0:55
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Tian/Wang	8	21-17, 21-17	0:41
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Tian/Wang	9	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	20	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Scott/Youngs, United States 0-2
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 4	Scott/Youngs	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	22-20, 21-17	0:40
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Scott/Youngs	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	21-15, 13-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-0
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-11, 21-13	0:32
6/12/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Pohl/Rau	4	16-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:02
Trail the series against # 12 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-15, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 13, Q9 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	21-19, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Lahme/Musch, Germany 3-0
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Lahme/Musch	14	21-17, 18-21, 16-14	0:54
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Lahme/Musch	12	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Lahme/Musch	9	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 15 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-2
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Li/Wang, China 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Li/Wang	14	21-17, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Keizer/Leenstra	25	21-9, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 22 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Lessard/Maxwell	30, Q5	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 26 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Clarke/Gerlic	16	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 27 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Arjona/Kadjo	27	21-13, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 32, Q22 Kessy/McPeak, United States 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Kessy/McPeak	29, Q19	21-11, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	21-16, 27-25	0:43
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-12, 21-18	0:35
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	20	Antunes/Ribeiro	13, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q2 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 2-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Kusuhara/Urata	25	21-19, 21-15	0:40
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Kusuhara/Urata	9	28-26, 21-17	0:49
Lead the series against # Q5 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Maaseide/Wiig	22	21-5, 21-11	0:27
Lead the series against # Q6 Hu/Zhang, China 4-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Hu/Zhang	27, Q8	19-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:44
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Hu/Zhang	28, Q8	21-14, 21-14	0:29
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Hu/Zhang	6, Q4	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:46
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	20	Hu/Zhang	10	21-16, 21-11	0:28
Lead the series against # Q15 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Campisi/Lozano	27, Q13	17-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:48