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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(32, Q20) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Penny Karagkouni, 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

Panagiota Karagkouni
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$59,363.78

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	40	2	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	7	7	10	3	US$113,298.40

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th	Did not play
2004	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q16	41st	30	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 1	Barbara Hansel / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (Q13)	Won 21-17, 21-23, 15-12	0:54
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 2	Sophie van Gestel / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (Q4)	Won 12-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:44
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool A	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 22-24	0:44
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool A	Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug, Argentina (16)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool A	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (17)	Won 23-21, 17-21, 16-14	0:56
Fri, 3/11/2016	Winner 1	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (28, Q6)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Fri, 3/11/2016	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (4)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:32

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	$56,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	5	4	0	$42,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	40	2	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	7	7	0	$113,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Penny Karagkouni
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
70	1	2	0	1	8	20	14	9	0	$247,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	$28,250.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	4	0	$21,375.00
4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	2	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	$6,800.00
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
184	3	3	0	7	37	50	38	21	0	$510,087.50	Total	49	2	0	1	0	7	7	9	7	0	$58,825.00

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
2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	$18,900.00	7	17	29.2 %
2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$11,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	5	$31,100.00	14	23	37.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													Penny Karagkouni
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
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
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	$23,625.00	2004	FIVB
13	1	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$83,250.00	2005	FIVB
12	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	2	0	$48,425.00	2006	FIVB
13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$56,700.00	2007	FIVB
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$44,800.00	2008	FIVB
14	0	1	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	$58,900.00	2009	FIVB
14	0	0	0	0	1	10	3	0	0	$40,650.00	2010	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	$29,900.00	2011	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$28,725.00	2012	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$9,450.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$9,450.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	$7,537.50	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$600.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$7,900.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$5,500.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$5,500.00
156	1	3	0	7	32	46	34	16	17	$469,112.50	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	5	$15,550.00

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	49	66.2%	16	21.6%	9	12.2%	65-9	87.8%	12	16.9%	12	16.9%	47	66.2%	12-59	16.9%	49-47	51.0%	28-21	57.1%	1	0	78-68	53.4%
2015-2016	13	56.5%	8	34.8%	2	8.7%	21-2	91.3%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	18	72.0%	5-20	20.0%	13-18	41.9%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	26-22	54.2%
Against the Field	8	50.0%	6	37.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	6	17.1%	3	8.6%	26	74.3%	6-29	17.1%	16-52	23.5%	24-10	70.6%	0	0	20-31	39.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	5	8	16	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	26
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	7	19	18	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	36
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	0	7	1	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	19	3
Total	0	0	27	13	35	37	0	0	12	18	2	0	0	0	2	0	78	68

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Karagkouni trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool A	Bednarczuk/Seixas	1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	21-17, 24-22	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-2
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	21-16, 21-13	0:32
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	17	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-16, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 6 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 0-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool A	Bawden/Clancy	16	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-15, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-2
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	17	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	41	21-15, 21-17	0:36
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Borger/Buthe	16	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32	21-10, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
10/30/13	FIVB	Phuket Open	Pool G	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	23	21-13, 21-23, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 16 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool A	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	Gallay/Klug	16	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # 17 Broder/May, Canada 1-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool A	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	Broder/May	17	23-21, 17-21, 16-14	0:56
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Broder/May	29, Q8	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q9	32-30, 21-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 0-1
5/10/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	16	21-15, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	13	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	15	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	Nestarcova/Pridalova	28, Q6	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # Q4 van der Vlist/van Gestel, Netherlands 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	van Gestel/van der Vlist	Q4	12-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # Q13 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	32, Q20	Hansel/Schwaiger	Q13	21-17, 21-23, 15-12	0:54