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€ 200,000 CEV European Championship Final 2010 Berlin powered by Smart
August 11 - 14, 2010

(7) 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:

218

Career Wins:

Career CEV 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:

175

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2003	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 25th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 41st
FIVB 2004	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 25th
FIVB 2005	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th
FIVB 2007	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th
FIVB 2008	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 25th
2009	Maria Tsiartsiani - 5th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/11/2010	Pool F	Roos Van der Hoeven / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (18)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:36
Wed, 8/11/2010	Pool F	Frederike Fischer / Julia Grossner, Germany (19)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:40
Thu, 8/12/2010	Pool F	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (6)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:38
Fri, 8/13/2010	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (4)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	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
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	0	$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	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
14	2	1	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	$41,750.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$17,750.00
198	5	4	0	7	41	53	42	21	0	$551,837.50	Total	160	0	3	1	2	17	47	42	26	0	$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	14	0	1	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	$117,800.00	36	30	54.5 %
2009	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,300.00	10	5	66.7 %
2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	$62,400.00	22	22	50.0 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	1	0	0	3	3	8	4	4	1	0	$180,200.00	58	52	52.7 %
Total	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,800.00	12	7	63.2 %

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
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											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
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	CEV Under Age
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
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	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
10	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	$31,200.00	2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	$31,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
127	10	6	2	7	33	37	20	9	3	$455,500.00	Total	Total	129	0	3	2	1	15	44	31	20	13	$283,900.00

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	15	75.0%	3	15.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	4	25.0%	1	6.3%	11	68.8%	4-12	25.0%	15-11	57.7%	7-3	70.0%	1	0	23-14	62.2%
2009-2010	8	80.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	8-7	53.3%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	12-7	63.2%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	6	75.0%	2-6	25.0%	12-10	54.5%	10-2	83.3%	1	0	12-6	66.7%

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 24-19 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 3-3
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	20-22, 21-17, 17-15	0:52
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
Lead the series against # 2 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 4-0
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
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
Trail the series against # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-3
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	19	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	18-21, 26-24, 15-13	0:57
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
5/10/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Gold Medal	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	21-17, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-2
8/13/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	21-15, 21-19	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 5 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-3
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-12, 21-15	0:37
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	10	24-22, 21-18	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 6 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-5
8/12/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	21-18, 21-15	0:38
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 # 8 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 # 9 Barsuk/Birlova, Russia 2-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Barsuk/Birlova	10	21-16, 21-11	0:39
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
Series tied with # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 16 Kohler/Sude, Germany 1-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Kohler/Sude	30, Q21	15-21, 21-17, 28-26	1:06
Lead the series against # 17 Fabjan/Fabjan, Slovenia 1-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Fabjan/Fabjan	31, Q12	21-16, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
8/11/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	18	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Fischer/Grossner, Germany 1-0
8/11/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	Fischer/Grossner	19	21-13, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22 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