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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 World Series 13
July 19 - 25, 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 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
2009	Maria Tsiartsiani - 2nd	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open	13	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/21/2010	Winner 1	Ying Huang / Yuan Yue, China (22, Q2)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:40
Wed, 7/21/2010	Winner 2	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (6)	Lost 10-21, 21-17, 15-17	0:58
Thu, 7/22/2010	Contender 2	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (21)	Won 21-11, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
Thu, 7/22/2010	Contender 3	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:38

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	$49,300.00	19	16	54.3 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	1	0	0	3	3	7	4	3	1	0	$167,100.00	55	46	54.5 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	$24,650.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	$24,650.00
99	1	3	0	6	27	33	18	8	3	$364,100.00	Total	Total	106	0	2	1	1	10	32	28	20	12	$252,587.50

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	32	65.3%	10	20.4%	7	14.3%	42-7	85.7%	11	17.2%	13	20.3%	40	62.5%	11-53	17.2%	64-76	45.7%	42-40	51.2%	1	1	54-59	47.8%

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 30-22 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 3-2
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-19, 12-21, 15-13	0:54
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-16, 21-18	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-3
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-13, 21-16	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-7
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-4
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-10, 17-21, 17-15	0:58
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Keizer/Van Iersel	18	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-17, 22-20	0:41
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 # 7 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	20	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 12 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	21-19, 21-13	0:38
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
Series tied with # 13 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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 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
Series tied with # 18 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 # 21 Banck/Gunther, Germany 2-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Banck/Gunther	21	21-11, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	10	Banck/Gunther	23	22-20, 15-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Huang/Yue, China 1-0
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Huang/Yue	22, Q2	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 3-0
5/27/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Mouha/Van Breedam	20	21-17, 21-14	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 24 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q24 Brink-Abeler/Grun, Germany 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Brink-Abeler/Grun	29, Q31	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q5 Boulton/Johns, England 2-0
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Boulton/Johns	31, Q18	21-15, 21-19	0:44
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 # Q6 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	5	Baburina/Osheyko	28, Q3	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # Q7 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	Urban/Wiatr	23, Q13	21-12, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # Q9 Madeira/Maestrini, Brazil 2-0
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Madeira/Maestrini	27, Q22	By Forfeit
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Madeira/Maestrini	21	21-14, 26-24	0:49