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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Austrian Masters
May 17 - 20, 2007

(2) 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:

218

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$656,451.48

Vasiliki "Vasso" Karantasiou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1973 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$503,782.86

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
CEV	15	8	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$190,551.47
FIVB	49	1	2	0	5	9	9	12	3	5	1	2	US$466,350.00
Overall	64	9	4	1	6	10	11	12	3	5	1	2	US$656,901.47

Previous St. Pölten Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	8/25-28/2006	European Championship Final	2	7th	400	€ 4,000.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	2	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
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
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	2	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
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
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	2	2nd	540	€ 8,150.00
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
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	1	1st	600	€ 11,050.00

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/18/2007	Winner 1	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (15)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:42
Fri, 5/18/2007	Winner 2	Lenka Hajeckova / Petra Novotna, Czech Republic (7)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:35
Sat, 5/19/2007	Winner 3	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (14)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 5/19/2007	Semi-Finals	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (9)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:44
Sun, 5/20/2007	Gold Medal	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (4)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 17-15	1:14

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
Confederation Championship	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$48,000.00
Total	53	3	2	0	5	9	11	12	3	6	2	0	$514,350.00

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
14	2	1	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	$41,750.00	Confederation Championship	10	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$46,600.00
198	5	4	0	7	41	53	42	21	0	$551,837.50	Total	129	4	3	2	6	30	36	27	17	0	$406,580.00

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 %
2005	CEV	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,200.00	14	1	93.3 %
2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	1	2	0	$96,850.00	33	24	57.9 %
2006	CEV	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$37,250.00	18	5	78.3 %
2007	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,050.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	1	1	0	2	6	6	4	2	1	2	0	$263,350.00	76	47	61.8 %
Total	CEV	9	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$87,500.00	37	6	86.0 %

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
											1999	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											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
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00
											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
											2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
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
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	CEV Under Age
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
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
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00
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
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,600.00	2005	CEV	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,100.00
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
5	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$18,625.00	2006	CEV	5	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$18,625.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,525.00	2007	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,525.00
69	7	3	1	3	18	15	11	8	3	$230,050.00	Total	Total	117	8	4	2	3	28	29	22	17	4	$328,955.00

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	42	71.2%	11	18.6%	6	10.2%	53-6	89.8%	9	52.9%	0	0.0%	8	47.1%	9-8	52.9%	42-8	84.0%	20-6	76.9%	0	0	62-14	81.6%
2006-2007	22	73.3%	5	16.7%	3	10.0%	27-3	90.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	22-2	91.7%	7-3	70.0%	0	0	29-5	85.3%
Against the Field	29	65.9%	9	20.5%	6	13.6%	38-6	86.4%	6	54.5%	0	0.0%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	58-10	85.3%	30-12	71.4%	0	0	44-11	80.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	16	4
Total	0	0	2	0	29	13	0	0	88	45	5	5	0	5	3	2	162	101

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Karadassiou lead the series against the field 44-8 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 4-4
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	25-27, 21-15, 15-11	1:00
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Pohl/Rau	1	21-13, 21-18	0:38
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Pohl/Rau	14	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	21-19, 21-15	0:42
6/18/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Gold Medal	Pohl/Rau	1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	13-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:35
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Pohl/Rau	4	21-18, 21-14	0:44
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-11, 21-13	0:32
7/10/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Gold Medal	Pohl/Rau	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	13-21, 26-24, 15-11	1:17
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 # 3 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 6-1
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Kadijk/Mooren	12	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 3	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	12-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:45
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Kadijk/Mooren	3	18-21, 21-15, 19-17	1:02
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
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Kadijk/Mooren	2	21-17, 21-14	0:38
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Kadijk/Mooren	2	19-21, 21-17, 20-18	0:58
Lead the series against # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 8-0
5/20/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Hakedal/Torlen	4	21-18, 20-22, 17-15	1:14
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Hakedal/Torlen	4	21-18, 20-22, 17-15	1:05
5/21/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Hakedal/Torlen	4	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
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
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Hakedal/Torlen	3	21-16, 21-15	0:36
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Hakedal/Torlen	3	21-15, 21-13	0:41
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Hakedal/Torlen	2	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 3-2
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	20	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-19, 23-21	0:40
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	23	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	23-21, 21-19	0:45
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
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	11	30-28, 21-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 7 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 3-0
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Hajeckova/Novotna	7	21-19, 21-14	0:35
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Hajeckova/Novotna	5	21-15, 21-14	0:34
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Hajeckova/Novotna	6	21-14, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 4-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	22-20, 21-19	0:43
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	21-16, 21-19	0:37
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	21-15, 21-19	0:41
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	11	21-15, 15-21, 19-17	0:58
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-15, 24-22	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	9	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-0
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Baburina/Osheyko	9	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:50
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Baburina/Osheyko	10	21-17, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 Claasen/Roder, Germany 2-0
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:50
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 # 13 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Jursone/Minusa	15	26-24, 21-9	0:40
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 14 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Mouha/Van Breedam	14	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 3-0
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Petrova/Skalnikova	15	21-19, 21-14	0:42
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	21-17, 21-13	0:24
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Petrova/Skalnikova	13	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 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 Erni/Graessli, Switzerland 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Erni/Graessli	28, Q7	21-10, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against 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