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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open
August 30 - September 3, 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 Warsaw Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	12	4th	560	US$17,700.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	11	7th	400	US$11,200.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	6	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	6	7th	400	US$11,200.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	7	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	5	5th	360	US$10,000.00
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

Warsaw Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/31/2006	Winner 1	Patricia Labee / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (28, Q7)	Won 21-18, 26-24	0:43
Thu, 8/31/2006	Winner 2	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (12)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
Fri, 9/1/2006	Winner 3	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (20)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:40
Fri, 9/1/2006	Contender 4	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (7)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	0:45

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	9	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	$84,850.00	29	18	61.7 %
Total	FIVB	22	1	1	0	2	6	5	4	2	1	0	0	$251,350.00	72	41	63.7 %

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
9	0	0	0	1	5	2	1	0	0	$42,425.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	5	2	1	0	0	$42,425.00
50	1	1	0	3	14	13	10	5	3	$173,050.00	Total	Total	92	1	2	2	3	19	24	22	15	4	$252,480.00

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	46	71.9%	10	15.6%	8	12.5%	56-8	87.5%	9	23.1%	7	17.9%	23	59.0%	9-30	23.1%	92-46	66.7%	38-30	55.9%	0	0	65-38	63.1%

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 14 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 1-4
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	21-10, 21-16	0:40
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	Tian/Wang	5	22-24, 21-18, 16-14	0:58
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 5	Tian/Wang	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:56
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 # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 2-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	Xue/Zhang	6	21-14, 21-23, 24-22	1:04
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	21-13, 21-14	0:37
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 # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 4-3
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Antunes/Ribeiro	8, Q1	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	21-12, 21-17	0:37
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 2-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	10, Q1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 7 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-16, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-1
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	21	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	21-19, 21-16	0:37
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 # 12 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 3-0
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Kadijk/Mooren	12	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Kadijk/Mooren	8	21-17, 21-16	0:35
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Kadijk/Mooren	5	21-15, 12-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 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 # 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 # 17 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-19, 21-14	0:34
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	18	21-16, 17-21, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 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 # 20 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 2-1
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	20	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-19, 23-21	0:40
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	Moiseeva/Uryadova	28, Q11	21-17, 21-18	0:37
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Moiseeva/Uryadova	27, Q15	21-19, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 2-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	27, Q7	22-20, 21-17	0:46
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 # 26, Q2 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Faure/Sarpaux	29, Q10	21-11, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 1-0
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Labee/de Vries	28, Q7	21-18, 26-24	0:43