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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 World Series 13
July 13 - 18, 2004

(18) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Did not play	Vasso Karadassiou - 25th
2002	Did not play	Katerina Nikolaidou - 37th
2003	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	6	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	21, Q1	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	23	9th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	20	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	13	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	21	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	10	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	14	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	15	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	22	5th	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	7	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	17	9th	120	US$4,000.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/14/2004	Winner 1	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (15)	Lost 21-17, 13-21, 12-15	0:48
Wed, 7/14/2004	Contender 1	Carole Cordinier / Mathilde Giordano, France (31, Q22)	Lost 21-18, 22-24, 13-15	0:53

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	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	2	$47,500.00	26	21	55.3 %
2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	4	0	$36,750.00	13	18	41.9 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	5	5	2	$84,250.00	39	39	50.0 %
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
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	2	$23,750.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	$18,375.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	$18,375.00
24	0	0	0	1	3	6	6	5	3	$42,125.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	1	4	6	6	12	9	$49,475.00

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%
2003-2004	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%
Against the Field	7	41.2%	3	17.6%	7	41.2%	10-7	58.8%	2	10.5%	2	10.5%	15	78.9%	2-17	10.5%	14-24	36.8%	10-18	35.7%	1	2	13-23	36.1%

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
Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou trail the series against the field 12-17 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-2
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Lahme/Musch	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	18-21, 21-10, 15-10	0:51
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Lahme/Musch	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 0-2
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21	21-18, 21-12	0:32
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool E	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 5 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	21-17, 21-19	0:44
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 2-0
3/11/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	14	Ahmann/Vollmer	19	21-18, 21-12	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 9 Arjona/Kadjo, France 0-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Arjona/Kadjo	20, Q4	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	13	21-18, 21-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-2
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	23	Pohl/Rau	9	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:04
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	13	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	20	By Forfeit
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 12 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 4	Gattelli/Perrotta	27, Q3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	23	22-20, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	20	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 14 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 4	Bede/Ribeiro	25	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	21-14, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 15 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	18	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 19 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-1
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	21, Q1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	28, Q8	21-18, 21-8	0:29
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	23	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	26, Q10	21-15, 21-19	0:42
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool K	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	15	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	39	18-21, 21-18, 15-0 Retired	0:49
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	Q7	19-21, 25-23, 15-7	1:00
Trail the series against # 20 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Fonseca/Rodrigues	22	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	6	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 25 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-2
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	27, Q6	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	6	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:53
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	10	21-13, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 2-0
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	23	Bruschini/Solazzi	31, Q12	22-20, 21-17	0:54
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 # 27, Q7 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	Lessard/Maxwell	26, Q5	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:58
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 # 31, Q22 Cordinier/Giordano, France 0-1
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Cordinier/Giordano	31, Q22	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	18	18-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q11 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool B	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	18	Erni/Trussel	31, Q24	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:53