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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Open
May 24 - 28, 2006

(5) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 7th	Efi Sfyri - 17th
2005	Vasso Karadassiou - 7th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	6	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	6	5th	220	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	6	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	5	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	4	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	6	5th	336	US$13,750.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/25/2006	Winner 1	Linjun Ji / Lu Wang, China (28)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 5/25/2006	Winner 2	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (21)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:44
Fri, 5/26/2006	Winner 3	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (4)	Won 21-13, 28-26	0:45
Fri, 5/26/2006	Winner 4	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:34
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 6	Ying Zhang / Man Zuo, China (9, Q15)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	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$)
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	13	1	1	0	1	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	$166,500.00	43	23	65.2 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	1	1	0	1	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	$186,500.00	51	27	65.4 %

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
13	1	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$83,250.00	2005	FIVB	13	1	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$83,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
43	1	1	0	2	11	11	9	5	3	$140,625.00	Total	Total	85	1	2	2	2	16	22	21	15	4	$220,055.00

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%
2005-2006	46	71.9%	13	20.3%	5	7.8%	59-5	92.2%	17	29.3%	9	15.5%	32	55.2%	17-41	29.3%	46-32	59.0%	30-14	68.2%	0	1	76-47	61.8%
Against the Field	61	72.6%	12	14.3%	11	13.1%	73-11	86.9%	23	30.3%	10	13.2%	43	56.6%	23-53	30.3%	122-86	58.7%	70-42	62.5%	0	0	96-64	60.0%

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
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 29-16 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 3-7
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-14, 21-14	0:34
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-19, 21-14	0:39
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-17, 21-13	0:40
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
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
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Behar	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-18, 24-26, 15-11	1:08
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
5/13/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	22	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-15, 21-19	0:39
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	22	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 3-2
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	21-13, 28-26	0:45
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	23-21, 21-19	0:45
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 # 6 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-0
5/13/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q4	20-22, 21-14, 15-13	1:00
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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9, Q15 Zhang/Zuo, China 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool F	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Hakedal/Torlen	11	26-24, 21-18	0:56
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Hakedal/Torlen	19	21-17, 16-21, 15-8	0:55
Series tied with # 13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	21-15, 21-19	0:41
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-15, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 16 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	20	Gattelli/Perrotta	4	15-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	21	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 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 # 24 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
Lead the series against # 25 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Xue/Zhang	27, Q13	21-14, 22-20	0:35
Lead the series against # 28 Ji/Wang, China 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Ji/Wang	28	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # Q4 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-0
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Koizumi/Tanaka	21, Q5	20-22, 21-17, 15-10	0:57
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q5	21-12, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q7 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool F	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	27, Q3	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q12 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