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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Seoul Open
May 30 - June 3, 2007

(23) 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 Seoul Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	6	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	5	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	6	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	5	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Seoul Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/31/2007	Winner 1	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (10)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:42
Thu, 5/31/2007	Winner 2	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (7)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:34
Fri, 6/1/2007	Contender 2	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (25)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	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	13	1	1	0	1	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	$166,500.00	43	23	65.2 %
2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	1	2	0	$96,850.00	33	24	57.9 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	27	1	1	0	2	6	6	4	2	3	2	0	$269,350.00	78	51	60.5 %

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
12	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	2	0	$48,425.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	2	0	$48,425.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00
55	1	1	0	3	15	13	12	7	3	$182,050.00	Total	Total	97	1	2	2	3	20	24	24	17	4	$261,480.00

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%
2006-2007	50	72.5%	9	13.0%	10	14.5%	59-10	85.5%	14	25.5%	7	12.7%	34	61.8%	14-41	25.5%	50-34	59.5%	23-17	57.5%	0	1	73-52	58.4%
Against the Field	57	70.4%	13	16.0%	11	13.6%	70-11	86.4%	16	24.2%	11	16.7%	39	59.1%	16-50	24.2%	114-78	59.4%	58-44	56.9%	0	0	86-61	58.5%

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 36-30 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 1-5
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	21-16, 21-18	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 3-8
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-13, 21-12	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 5	Barros/Connelly	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	22-20, 21-19	0:44
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-3
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	23	21-13, 21-14	0:34
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	Bede/Behar	4	21-19, 27-25	0:49
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	22-20, 15-21, 16-14	1:03
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 # 8 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 # 10 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 2-0
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	23	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	10	21-18, 24-22	0:42
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 # 11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Cook/Hinchley	17	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	16-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:02
Series tied with # 15 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 # 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 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 # 19 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-1
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	23-21, 22-20	0:47
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Faure/Sarpaux	29, Q10	21-11, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Banck/Lahme, Germany 0-1
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Banck/Lahme	27, Q10	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	17-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:06
Lead the series against # 21 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	Petrova/Skalnikova	18	21-14, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 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 # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	23	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Series tied with # 27, Q2 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 # 28 Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Bede/Bednarczuk	11, Q10	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 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 # 30 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
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q8 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 3-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Koizumi/Tanaka	22	21-17, 21-12	0:42
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 # 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