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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Japan Open
August 6 - 10, 2003

(17) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Efthalia Koutroumanidou, 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

Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Volos

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$202,200.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	8	0	5	2	US$94,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	26	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	0	8	1	5	2	US$94,750.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Katerina Nikolaidou - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	28, Q9	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	27, Q10	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	25, Q11	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q11	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	30	5th	180	US$6,000.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/8/2003	Pool A	Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:38
Fri, 8/8/2003	Pool A	Mika Teru Saiki / Satoko Urata, Japan (32)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
Sat, 8/9/2003	Pool A	Kylie Gerlic / Summer Lochowicz, Australia (16)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:44
Sat, 8/9/2003	Winner 1	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (3)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:42

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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	$40,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	6	3	0	$49,500.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	26	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	0	9	5	0	$94,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Efthalia Koutroumanidou
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,450.00
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	24	0	0	0	0	1	7	5	8	0	$58,975.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	0	1	1	1	5	13	25	14	0	$127,575.00
4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	102	0	1	1	2	7	24	33	22	0	$202,200.00

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
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	$23,000.00	18	13	58.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	$23,000.00	18	13	58.1 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$2,650.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$11,500.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$11,500.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	3	$11,500.00	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	8	9	$18,850.00

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	27	58.7%	9	19.6%	10	21.7%	36-10	78.3%	5	12.2%	5	12.2%	31	75.6%	5-36	12.2%	27-31	46.6%	14-15	48.3%	2	2	43-48	47.3%
2002-2003	16	64.0%	6	24.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	15	71.4%	3-18	14.3%	16-15	51.6%	9-6	60.0%	1	0	26-21	55.3%
Against the Field	18	64.3%	6	21.4%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	3	9.7%	4	12.9%	24	77.4%	3-28	9.7%	36-40	47.4%	18-16	52.9%	2	2	29-30	49.2%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	4	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	1	8	7	0	0	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	29
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	12	2	16	17	0	0	9	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	46	52

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 12-12 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-2
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	21-12, 21-17	0:38
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Pires	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	21-9, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-3
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	21-16, 23-21	0:47
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 1-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Fonseca/Minello	4	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	21-23, 21-16, 15-12	0:51
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kadijk/Leenstra	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-16, 27-29, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 7, Q1 Barros/Rodrigues, Brazil 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	Barros/Rodrigues	12	25-23, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Ji/Wang, China 2-1
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	Ji/Wang	Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:31
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	Ji/Wang	Q6	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Ji/Wang	13, Q6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	Q11	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 9 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	28-26, 21-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 10 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Series tied with # 11 Wang/You, China 1-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Wang/You	24, Q5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	22-20, 21-19	0:41
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Wang/You	19	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q5	12-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 16 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	Gerlic/Lochowicz	16	22-20, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 26 Seike/Yamakawa, Japan 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	Q7	Seike/Yamakawa	Q26	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 29 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	Lessard/Maxwell	Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 30, Q11 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	Q7	19-21, 25-23, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against # 32 Teru Saiki/Urata, Japan 1-0
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	Teru Saiki/Urata	32	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:54