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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
May 3 - 8, 2016

(24, Q2) 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 Sochi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	Q8	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	28, Q5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	32, Q20	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q16	41st	30	US$0.00

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/3/2016	Qualifier 2	Karin Lundqvist / Anne Lie Rininsland, Sweden (Q18)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:33
Wed, 5/4/2016	Pool H	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (9)	Won 21-19, 27-29, 15-13	0:51
Wed, 5/4/2016	Pool H	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (8)	Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:51
Thu, 5/5/2016	Pool H	Rimke Braakman / Jolien Sinnema, Netherlands (25, Q3)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:47
Fri, 5/6/2016	Winner 2	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (21)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:31
Sat, 5/7/2016	Winner 3	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (3)	Lost 9-21, 21-23	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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	$15,575.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	2	6	$35,675.00	22	28	44.0 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	$7,787.50	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	$7,787.50
159	1	3	0	7	33	46	35	16	18	$471,400.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	6	$17,837.50

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	10	58.8%	6	35.3%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	20-20	50.0%	20-6	76.9%	0	0	20-13	60.6%

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 lead the series against the field 11-6 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-2
5/7/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 3	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	3	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	21-9, 23-21	0:32
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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 8 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Birlova/Ukolova	8	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Holtwick/Semmler	9	21-19, 27-29, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Xia/Xue, China 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Xia/Xue	8	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 15, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 19 Abalakina/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	Abalakina/Syrtseva	21	21-17, 27-25	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
5/6/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	21	21-16, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Braakman/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Braakman/Sinnema	25, Q3	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Eiholzer/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	Eiholzer/Gerson	Q12	21-17, 21-15	0:28
Lead the series against # Q18 Lundqvist/Rininsland, Sweden 1-0
5/3/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Lundqvist/Rininsland	Q18	21-14, 21-17	0:33