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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(19) Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece

Vasiliki Arvaniti
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (39 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 (44 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

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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	18	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	11/2-7/2010	Phuket Thailand Open	12	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2010	Sanya Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	15	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	10	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool F

Natalie Cook / Tara West, Australia (43)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	20	13	2	0.550	0	11	1	2
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	4	0	2
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	7	1	0
Maria Tsiartsiani	Total	25	16	5	0.440	2	3	0	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	2	0	1
	2	14	9	4	0.357	2	1	0	1

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool F

Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (6)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	10	5	1	0.400	0	9	1	3
	1	4	2	0	0.500	0	4	1	2
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	5	0	1
Maria Tsiartsiani	Total	24	14	4	0.417	2	3	1	3
	1	13	9	3	0.462	2	0	0	2
	2	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	1	1

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool F

Ying Huang / Yuan Yue, China (30)

Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-11

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	13	10	2	0.615	0	10	3	4
	1	2	1	1	0.000	0	1	2	0
	2	6	6	0	1.000	0	5	0	1
	3	5	3	1	0.400	0	4	1	3
Maria Tsiartsiani	Total	42	21	9	0.286	3	7	1	1
	1	16	9	5	0.250	1	2	0	1
	2	18	7	3	0.222	2	3	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	2	1	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (23)

Lost 17-21, 13-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	22	8	7	0.045	0	10	1	1
	1	11	3	4	-0.091	0	5	1	1
	2	11	5	3	0.182	0	5	0	0
Maria Tsiartsiani	Total	20	14	3	0.550	0	2	0	1
	1	8	7	1	0.750	0	1	0	1
	2	12	7	2	0.417	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	65	36	12	0.369	0	40	6	10
Maria Tsiartsiani	111	65	21	0.396	7	15	2	7
Total	176	101	33	0.386	7	55	8	17
Opponents	183	90	29	0.333	15	35	15	23

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 37th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Penny Karagkouni - 33rd	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	20	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	19	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani trail the series against the field 38-41 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-11, 11-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 2-3
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	Antonelli/Antunes	2	16-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:53
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-17, 21-12	0:34
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-18, 21-17	0:38
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 # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-8
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-16, 14-21, 16-14	0:46
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 # 4 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 # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-2
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	21-19, 21-16	0:37
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	18-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:03
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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 10 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
Series tied with # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	10	36-34, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
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 # 14 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
Trail the series against # 16 Lessard/Martin, Canada 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Lessard/Martin	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 2	Kolocova/Slukova	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	12	25-23, 16-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	8	21-14, 20-22, 15-12	0:56
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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	23	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 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 # 27 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 # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 3-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Martins/Santanna	12	21-14, 21-13	0:31
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Martins/Santanna	18	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	17-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:56
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 # 30 Huang/Yue, China 2-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Huang/Yue	30	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
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 # 31 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 # 32 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 3-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Candelas/Garcia	16	21-15, 21-15	0:31
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Candelas/Garcia	21	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-13, 21-15	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 33 Brink-Abeler/Grun, Germany 2-0
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	12	Brink-Abeler/Grun	21	21-18, 21-18	0:43
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 # 36 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
Trail the series against # 40 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-3
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Holtwick/Semmler	31	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-18, 21-14	0:36
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
Series tied with # 42 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 # 43 Cook/West, Australia 1-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Cook/West	43	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 44 Novakova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Novakova/Tobiasova	22	21-16, 21-14	0:39