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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Swiss Masters
May 22 - 25, 2008

(1) 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 (52 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 Lucerne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Vasso Karadassiou - 1st	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 1st
2006	Vasso Karadassiou - 1st	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	10	9th	240	US$5,500.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	6	3rd	480	€ 5,700.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	9	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	5	4th	420	US$12,000.00
CEV	8/23-25/2007	European Championship	16	1st	800	€ 20,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	10	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	7	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	15	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	18, Q1	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	18	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	22	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	23	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 1	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (16, Q11)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:41
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 2	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (9)	Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
Sat, 5/24/2008	Winner 3	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (5)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:44
Sat, 5/24/2008	Contender 4	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (16, Q11)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:41
Sat, 5/24/2008	Semi-Finals	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (2)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:06
Sun, 5/25/2008	Gold Medal	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (5)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:48

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	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	3	1	5	0	2	0	0	$113,400.00	40	28	58.8 %
2007	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,050.00	11	0	100.0 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
2008	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,700.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	40	1	1	0	4	9	8	10	2	3	2	0	$389,250.00	122	79	60.7 %
Total	CEV	12	7	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$124,200.00	52	8	86.7 %

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
											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
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
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,525.00	2007	CEV	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,525.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,250.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,350.00	2008	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,350.00
87	9	3	2	5	23	21	13	8	3	$311,350.00	Total	Total	135	10	4	3	5	33	35	24	17	4	$410,255.00

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%
2007-2008	18	66.7%	7	25.9%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	5	45.5%	0	0.0%	6	54.5%	5-6	45.5%	18-6	75.0%	12-2	85.7%	0	0	30-8	78.9%
Against the Field	18	72.0%	7	28.0%	0	0.0%	25-0	100.0%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	36-8	81.8%	22-0	100.0%	0	0	29-4	87.9%

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 33-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 13-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Hakedal/Torlen	2	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:06
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	16	Hakedal/Torlen	8	21-17, 21-13	0:41
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	16	Hakedal/Torlen	8	23-21, 21-9	0:38
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
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 # 3 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 # 4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 5-0
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Jursone/Minusa	11, Q11	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:58
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
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 # 5 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 7-4
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Kuhn/Schwer	5	21-17, 21-17	0:48
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	21-15, 21-14	0:44
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-18, 21-18	0:46
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-16, 21-18	0:43
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-17, 23-21	0:46
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Kuhn/Schwer	19	21-15, 21-14	0:40
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-16, 21-16	0:38
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Kuhn/Schwer	5	16-21, 27-25, 19-17	1:15
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
Lead the series against # 9 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 3-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Baburina/Osheyko	9	21-13, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
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 # 16, Q11 Banck/Gunther, Germany 2-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	21-18, 21-17	0:41
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Banck/Gunther	16, Q11	21-19, 21-12	0:41