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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Mazury Open
August 3 - 8, 2009

(6) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece

Vasiliki Arvaniti
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

176 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

216

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$656,451.48

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:

174

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$393,098.73

Awards

Most Improved Player 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$41,834.74
FIVB	67	0	1	0	1	6	5	15	7	15	1	7	6	3	US$346,025.00
Overall	74	0	3	0	1	9	5	16	7	16	1	7	6	3	US$387,859.74

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Vasso Karadassiou - 7th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	20	2nd	720	US$28,000.00
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
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	3	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	3	5th	360	€ 2,000.00
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
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	3	2nd	540	€ 5,500.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	15	7th	300	US$7,600.00

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2009	Winner 1	Muriel Graessli / Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker, Switzerland (27)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:35
Wed, 8/5/2009	Winner 2	Vivian Cunha / Angela Lavalle, Brazil (11, Q9)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:47
Thu, 8/6/2009	Contender 2	Heike Jensen / Alice Rohkamper, Australia (21, Q10)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 8/6/2009	Contender 3	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (13)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:40

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	9	$184,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	1	5	5	4	7	5	3	0	$144,025.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,500.00
Total	71	0	2	0	1	7	5	16	7	17	7	9	$368,525.00

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	1	$26,150.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$20,187.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
70	1	2	0	1	8	20	14	9	15	$247,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	0	0	1	15	14	12	13	$137,100.00
97	0	1	0	5	27	25	19	12	8	$231,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	1	2	14	24	24	13	7	$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
14	2	1	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	$41,750.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	$17,750.00
198	5	4	0	7	41	53	42	21	25	$551,837.50	Total	160	0	3	1	2	17	47	42	26	22	$359,800.00

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	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	$80,150.00	21	20	51.2 %
2009	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,300.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	$80,150.00	21	20	51.2 %
Total	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,300.00	10	5	66.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00
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
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00
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
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,600.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00
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
5	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$18,625.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$4,425.00
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
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,525.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
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
5	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$17,450.00	2008	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$5,850.00
9	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$40,075.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	$40,075.00
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00	2009	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00
109	10	6	1	7	28	27	18	9	3	$404,225.00	Total	Total	112	0	3	2	1	11	33	29	20	13	$232,625.00

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	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	27	67.5%	8	20.0%	5	12.5%	35-5	87.5%	7	16.3%	5	11.6%	31	72.1%	7-36	16.3%	54-62	46.6%	30-20	60.0%	0	0	42-41	50.6%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	9
Total	0	0	10	9	55	58	0	0	54	52	2	1	0	1	0	2	148	146

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani lead the series against the field 19-9 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 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 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
Lead the series against # 4 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 3-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool E	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Hansel/Montagnolli	29	21-13, 21-12	0:34
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	21-16, 21-19	0:44
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	22-20, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	13	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
6/20/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	4	21-19, 21-19	0:43
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	22-20, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
5/10/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Gold Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	21-17, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 1-0
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	21-9, 21-12	0:28
Trail the series against # 11, Q9 Cunha/Lavalle, Brazil 0-2
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Lavalle	11, Q9	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	21-19, 21-19	0:47
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 # 13 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Gioria/Momoli	13	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Pohl/Rau	11	15-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 21, Q10 Jensen/Rohkamper, Australia 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Jensen/Rohkamper	21, Q10	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-18, 21-18	0:43
5/9/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-12, 17-21, 15-8	0:47
Lead the series against # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	21-13, 19-21, 15-5	0:48
Lead the series against # 27 Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	27	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 31, Q22 Jasbar/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Jasbar/Swoboda	14	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:49
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
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q23	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 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