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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Major
July 5 - 9, 2016

(24) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 25th	Did not play
2005	Vasso Karadassiou - 13th	Did not play
2006	Vasso Karadassiou - 7th	Did not play
2007	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Did not play
2009	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th	Did not play
2010	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Did not play
2011	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Did not play
2013	Penny Karagkouni - 33rd	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 33rd
2014	Maria Tsiartsiani - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2016	Porec Major	27	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2016	Poland Grand Slam	20	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	31, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2016	Antalya Open	21	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	24, Q2	5th	300	US$3,375.00
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

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/6/2016	Pool H	Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (9)	Lost 20-22, 32-34	0:46
Wed, 7/6/2016	Pool H	Joana Mader / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (8)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 8-15	0:48
Thu, 7/7/2016	Pool H	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (25)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:37
Fri, 7/8/2016	Winner 1	Juliana Felisberta / Taiana Lima, Brazil (16)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:33

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	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	2	$47,950.00	23	20	53.5 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	6	3	6	$68,050.00	32	40	44.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	2	$23,975.00	2016	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	2	$23,975.00
164	1	3	0	7	34	47	37	17	18	$487,587.50	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	6	$34,025.00

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	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	4	13.3%	2	6.7%	24	80.0%	4-26	13.3%	12-48	20.0%	16-10	61.5%	0	0	14-29	32.6%

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 trail the series against the field 12-26 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 12 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	31, Q7	18-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-4
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27	21-13, 21-19	0:34
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	21-18, 21-19	0:35
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 # 4 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 0-1
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool D	Bansley/Pavan	4	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	20	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Series tied with # 8 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-1
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Mader/Zumkehr	8	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:48
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	Mader/Zumkehr	5	27-25, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-3
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	9	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24	22-20, 34-32	0:46
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
Series tied with # 10 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 1-1
6/29/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool F	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27	Bawden/Clancy	6	9-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:38
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 # 11 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
Series tied with # 13 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
6/29/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool F	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27	Forrer/Verge-Depre	11	21-17, 21-17	0:31
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Forrer/Verge-Depre	5	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Series tied with # 14, Q1 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-1
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	Laboureur/Sude	12, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	13	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	15	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 16 Felisberta/Lima, Brazil 0-1
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Felisberta/Lima	16	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Broder/May, Canada 1-2
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool B	Broder/May	15	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	31, Q7	21-12, 15-21, 15-5	0:36
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
Series tied with # 18 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool B	Holtwick/Semmler	18	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	31, Q7	23-21, 21-19	0:35
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24, Q2	Holtwick/Semmler	9	21-19, 27-29, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 21, Q2 Antonelli/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool F	Antonelli/Maestrini	22, Q3	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27	21-10, 21-13	0:29
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool D	Antonelli/Maestrini	13, Q2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	20	21-16, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 0-2
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	12	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:36
5/10/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	16	21-15, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Wang/Yue, China 2-0
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	24	Wang/Yue	25	21-17, 22-20	0:37
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27	Wang/Yue	26	18-21, 26-24, 15-9	0:52
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Carico/Ross, United States 0-1
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Carico/Ross	27, Q9	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q8	21-19, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/24/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool H	Mersmann/Schneider	24	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	9	18-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:46
Lead the series against # 31, Q13 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 # Q5 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
Trail the series against # Q9 Ledoux/Pollock, United States 0-1
2/23/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Qualifier 1	Ledoux/Pollock	Q17	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q16	21-14, 21-18	0:33