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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Gstaad
July 5 - 11, 2021

(26, Q5) 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
2016	Penny Karagkouni - 17th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 17th
2019	Penny Karagkouni - 33rd	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	Q9	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Q5	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	27, Q8	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	27, Q5	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	Q8	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	25, Q4	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	Q10	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	26, Q6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q13	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	26	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	29, Q11	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	30, Q11	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/16-19/2019	Aydin Two Star	3	5th	240	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q14	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2019	Sydney Three Star	27, Q8	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/21-24/2019	Phnom Penh Two Star	21, Q11	1st	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	Q22	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	11/29-12/2/2018	Ljubljana One Star	8	1st	200	€ 1,000.00

Gstaad 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/6/2021	Qualifier 2	Inna Makhno / Iryna Makhno, Ukraine (Q12)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:31
Wed, 7/7/2021	Pool G	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (7)	Lost 18-21, 24-22, 12-15	0:53
Thu, 7/8/2021	Pool G	Megan McNamara / Nicole McNamara, Canada (23)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 12-15	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$)
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	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	2	$58,950.00	26	22	54.2 %
2019	FIVB	14	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	5	$26,000.00	36	18	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$8,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	40	2	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	7	7	13	$113,050.00	78	68	53.4 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$29,475.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$29,475.00
											2017	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$600.00
											2018	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	$1,700.00
14	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	5	$13,000.00	2019	FIVB	14	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	5	$13,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	$4,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	$4,000.00
184	3	3	0	7	37	50	38	21	25	$510,087.50	Total	Total	49	2	0	1	0	7	7	9	7	16	$58,825.00

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%
2020-2021	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	6-5	54.5%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
Against the Field	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	1	7.1%	4	28.6%	9	64.3%	1-13	7.1%	20-18	52.6%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	13-15	46.4%

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 13-15 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool F	Mader/Verge-Depre	6	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27, Q5	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-1
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	30, Q11	21-11, 21-18	0:28
Series tied with # 4 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 1-1
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	21-15, 21-18	0:30
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool G	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	21-17, 13-21, 15-12	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool G	Artacho/Clancy	7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q5	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 1-1
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool F	Kholomina/Makroguzova	6	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27, Q8	21-14, 21-10	0:30
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	29, Q11	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	21-16, 16-21, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-2
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Graudina/Samoilova	23, Q4	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q13	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:42
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Graudina/Samoilova	25, Q6	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	29, Q11	21-13, 19-21, 16-14	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 0-1
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q10	22-24, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 12 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 0-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool G	Keizer/Meppelink	7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26	21-19, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	25, Q3	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q14	24-22, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 20 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	21	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	28	21-13, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 21, Q2 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
4/22/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Qualifier 2	Schoon/Stam	30, Q21	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q5	23-21, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 22, Q3 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27, Q8	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	23, Q2	13-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 23 McNamara/McNamara, Canada 0-1
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool G	McNamara/McNamara	23	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q5	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 25 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool G	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	Kociolek/Wojtasik	23	21-15, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 29 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q8	Bobner/Verge-Depre	Q25	21-12, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 31, Q9 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27, Q8	Placette/Richard	Q9	21-15, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q4 Carro/Soria, Spain 2-0
7/17/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	Carro/Soria	Q11	21-16, 21-10	0:27
3/6/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27, Q8	Carro/Soria	Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q12 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 3-1
7/6/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q5	Makhno/Makhno	Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:31
6/2/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Qualifier 1	Makhno/Makhno	Q24	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q9	21-18, 21-18	0:37
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	29, Q11	Makhno/Makhno	Q22	21-18, 21-19	0:29
5/17/19	FIVB	Aydin Two Star	Pool C	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	3	Makhno/Makhno	14, Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:29