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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 17 - 22, 2010

(11) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	11	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open	7	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	11/3-8/2009	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	6	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2009	Sanya Open	5	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	13	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	14	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	15	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	6	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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
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

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/18/2010	Pool F	Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (22)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 24-22	1:02
Wed, 5/19/2010	Pool F	Isabelle Forrer / Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland (27, Q7)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:35
Thu, 5/20/2010	Pool F	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (6)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:48
Thu, 5/20/2010	Winner 1	Louise Bawden / Becchara Palmer, Australia (16)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:37
Fri, 5/21/2010	Winner 2	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (20)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:39

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	14	0	1	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	$117,800.00	36	30	54.5 %
2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$18,250.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	1	0	0	3	3	4	3	2	1	0	$136,050.00	44	36	55.0 %

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
14	0	1	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	$58,900.00	2009	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	$58,900.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$9,125.00	2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$9,125.00
94	1	3	0	6	27	29	17	8	3	$348,575.00	Total	Total	101	0	2	1	1	10	28	27	20	12	$237,062.50

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%
2009-2010	46	68.7%	12	17.9%	9	13.4%	58-9	86.6%	8	13.6%	15	25.4%	36	61.0%	8-51	13.6%	46-36	56.1%	20-24	45.5%	1	0	67-60	52.8%
Against the Field	39	62.9%	13	21.0%	10	16.1%	52-10	83.9%	13	14.6%	15	16.9%	61	68.5%	13-76	14.6%	78-120	39.4%	52-50	51.0%	0	1	65-86	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 29-25 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 8 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-6
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	5	21-19, 24-22	0:47
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-17, 21-15	0:37
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-17, 21-16	0:39
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 # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-18, 21-17	0:38
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 # 4 Akers/Turner, United States 0-2
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Akers/Turner	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-11, 21-17	0:37
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Akers/Turner	26	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Branagh/May-Treanor, United States 0-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Branagh/May-Treanor	6	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Salgado/Salgado	6	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Salgado/Salgado	12	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-15, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-1
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	21-18, 21-14	0:40
9/12/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-10, 21-17	0:35
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 8 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-17, 21-14	0:36
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 # 9 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Cicolari/Menegatti	29, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 12 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 3-0
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	21-14, 21-16	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 13 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-2
11/7/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 5	Prokopeva/Ukolova	22	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	21-11, 18-21, 15-7	0:50
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30, Q9	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:47
Trail the series against # 14 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	9	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-19, 21-13	0:42
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	17	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-1
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	22-20, 21-18	0:39
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	5	21-19, 21-16	0:41
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 16 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Bawden/Palmer	16	22-20, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 19 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-0
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	5	Mouha/Van Breedam	13	25-23, 21-17	0:51
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 # 20 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	20	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-18, 21-17	0:39
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Holtwick/Semmler	11	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 2-0
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Remmers/Stiekema	22	21-17, 18-21, 24-22	1:02
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Remmers/Stiekema	18	23-21, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 24 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 2-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	Candelas/Garcia	22, Q8	21-13, 21-9	0:29
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Candelas/Garcia	18	21-13, 21-13	0:32
Series tied with # 26, Q9 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-1
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	Meppelink/Wesselink	25, Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:37
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 1	Meppelink/Wesselink	27, Q4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Forrer/Schmocker	27, Q7	21-16, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q16 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 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 2-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	5	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	21	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:52
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	20	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # Q1 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Martins/Santanna	22	21-13, 21-11	0:31
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Martins/Santanna	16	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
Series tied with # Q5 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	1:01
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 # Q8 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-0
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Blundell/Harrison	28	21-19, 20-22, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # Q10 Barsuk/Birlova, Russia 1-0
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Barsuk/Birlova	23, Q3	21-12, 21-9	0:31