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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Myslowice Open
September 2 - 7, 2008

(11) 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 Myslowice Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-21/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	7	19th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	12	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	4	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	7	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	10	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	9	7th	300	US$7,000.00

Myslowice Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2008	Winner 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (22)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 9/4/2008	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (6)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 9-15	1:01
Fri, 9/5/2008	Contender 2	Muriel Graessli / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (21)	Won 25-23, 21-14	0:52
Fri, 9/5/2008	Contender 3	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (14)	Lost 21-10, 18-21, 9-15	0:50

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	13	0	0	0	2	3	1	5	0	2	0	0	$113,400.00	40	28	58.8 %
2008	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	3	0	0	$89,600.00	30	22	57.7 %
Total	FIVB	49	1	2	0	5	9	9	12	3	6	2	0	$466,350.00	146	97	60.1 %

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
13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$56,700.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$56,700.00
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$44,800.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$44,800.00
77	1	2	0	6	21	22	15	7	3	$280,550.00	Total	Total	119	1	3	2	6	26	33	27	17	4	$359,980.00

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%
2007-2008	50	70.4%	9	12.7%	12	16.9%	59-12	83.1%	11	22.4%	8	16.3%	30	61.2%	11-38	22.4%	50-30	62.5%	20-20	50.0%	0	0	70-50	58.3%
Against the Field	24	72.7%	4	12.1%	5	15.2%	28-5	84.8%	4	33.3%	2	16.7%	6	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	48-12	80.0%	16-14	53.3%	0	0	32-13	71.1%

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 32-13 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 2-2
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	Bede/Connelly	5	18-21, 21-19, 22-20	1:08
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	25-23, 21-19	0:51
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Bede/Connelly	3	21-15, 21-17	0:40
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Bede/Connelly	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	9	21-15, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-4
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Salgado/Salgado	12	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-6, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool J	Salgado/Salgado	15	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	10	20-22, 21-17, 15-11	1:02
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	22-20, 20-22, 23-21	1:13
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q8	21-23, 21-16, 15-13	1:03
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 # 5 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 4-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Hakedal/Torlen	27	21-18, 25-23	0:45
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18, Q1	Hakedal/Torlen	15	21-17, 21-14	0:35
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 # 6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-2
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	13, Q6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18	21-19, 23-21	0:46
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 5-0
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	10	Martins/Santanna	25, Q4	21-15, 26-28, 15-10	0:56
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Martins/Santanna	23	21-10, 21-10	0:28
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool J	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	10	Martins/Santanna	39	22-20, 21-19	0:44
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Martins/Santanna	23	21-12, 21-18	0:36
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18, Q1	Martins/Santanna	31, Q23	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 3-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	21-14, 27-25	0:39
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	21-18, 21-17	0:39
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Jursone/Minusa	14	21-8, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Gioria/Momoli	14	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	10-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 18 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18	Petrova/Skalnikova	25	21-11, 21-17	0:40
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	Petrova/Skalnikova	18	21-14, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 19 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 4-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Campisi/Lozano	10	21-11, 21-14	0:40
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Campisi/Lozano	30, Q4	21-12, 21-16	0:37
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Campisi/Lozano	26, Q1	21-10, 21-15	0:34
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Campisi/Lozano	27, Q13	17-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Baburina/Osheyko	27	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	14-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 21 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Graessli/Zumkehr	21	25-23, 21-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 22 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-1
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-16, 21-18	0:37
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	21-19, 21-18	0:43
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 # 24 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	22	21-18, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-1
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-12, 21-12	0:30
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25, Q4	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:52
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	23	21-19, 21-17	0:43