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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 20 - 26, 2009

(20) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, 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

Maria Tsiartsiani
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 21, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

151

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$342,050.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	67	0	1	0	1	6	5	15	7	15	1	7	6	3	US$346,025.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 41st
2004	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 25th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 17th
2006	Vasso Karadassiou - 7th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th
2007	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 4th
2008	Did not play	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	20	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	14	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	14	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	15	7th	300	US$7,600.00

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/21/2009	Winner 1	Deborah Giaoui / Eva Hamzaoui, France (45)	Won 21-15, 24-26, 15-6	1:05
Thu, 7/23/2009	Winner 2	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (13)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 3	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:47
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 4	Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (5)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:46
Sat, 7/25/2009	Semi-Finals	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (8)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:39
Sun, 7/26/2009	Gold Medal	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (3)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	0	9	4	0	$184,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	1	5	5	4	7	5	3	0	$144,025.00
Total	67	0	1	0	1	6	5	15	7	16	7	0	$346,025.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vasiliki Arvaniti												Maria Tsiartsiani
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	1	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$26,150.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$20,187.50
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	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	0	$137,100.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	0	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	0	$184,262.50
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	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00
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	151	0	2	1	2	15	43	41	26	0	$342,050.00

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
2009	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	$67,900.00	17	15	53.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	$67,900.00	17	15	53.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vasiliki Arvaniti													Maria Tsiartsiani
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 C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$825.00
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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	$7,312.50
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	$23,625.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	$14,625.00
13	1	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$83,250.00	2005	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	2	5	4	2	0	$56,975.00
12	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	2	0	$48,425.00	2006	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1	1	$24,650.00
13	0	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	0	$56,700.00	2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	4	1	$38,700.00
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$44,800.00	2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	3	0	$25,450.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$33,950.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$33,950.00
84	1	3	0	6	23	23	17	8	3	$314,500.00	Total	Total	91	0	2	1	1	6	22	27	20	12	$202,987.50

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	85	63.4%	23	17.2%	26	19.4%	108-26	80.6%	26	19.1%	26	19.1%	84	61.8%	26-110	19.1%	85-84	50.3%	49-52	48.5%	1	1	135-137	49.6%
2008-2009	24	77.4%	5	16.1%	2	6.5%	29-2	93.5%	7	20.0%	6	17.1%	22	62.9%	7-28	20.0%	24-22	52.2%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	36-30	54.5%
Against the Field	33	61.1%	11	20.4%	10	18.5%	44-10	81.5%	8	11.9%	13	19.4%	46	68.7%	8-59	11.9%	66-92	41.8%	38-46	45.2%	0	0	52-69	43.0%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	9	32	40	0	0	14	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	57	70
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	34	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	71	62
Total	0	0	10	9	48	53	0	0	49	49	1	1	0	1	0	1	135	137

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani lead the series against the field 15-13 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Antonelli/Antunes	7	15-21, 21-17, 19-17	1:01
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-3
7/26/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	21-16, 21-17	0:42
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	21-19, 21-15	0:37
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	21-11, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 1-1
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Branagh/Youngs	4	21-17, 21-16	0:47
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-18, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 1-2
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Bede/Connelly	5	21-15, 23-21	0:46
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	1:01
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Bede/Connelly	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-2
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
5/23/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-19, 21-12	0:32
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	15-21, 22-20, 19-17	1:11
Lead the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Barrera/Sarpaux, France 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Barrera/Sarpaux	35	21-17, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Akers/Turner, United States 0-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Akers/Turner	26	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 14 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 2-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Hansel/Montagnolli	29	21-13, 21-12	0:34
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	22-20, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # 18 Huang/Zhang, China 1-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Huang/Zhang	16	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-18, 16-21, 15-8	1:10
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Huang/Zhang	3	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 33 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 37 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	29, Q4	20-22, 21-14, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 40, Q9 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Boulton/Johns	44	21-14, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 41, Q10 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30, Q9	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:47
Lead the series against # 45 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	45	21-15, 24-26, 15-6	1:05
Trail the series against Cunha/Lavalle, Brazil 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Cunha/Lavalle	20, Q17	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Leao/Ribeiro	6, Q1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-18, 21-19	0:45