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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Olympic Bay Sanya Open
April 24 - 29, 2012

(16) 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 Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Maria Tsiartsiani - 5th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 5th
2010	Maria Tsiartsiani - 13th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	21	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	17	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	15	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	19	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	19	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	18	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/26/2012	Winner 1	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (17)	Won 13-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:56
Thu, 4/26/2012	Winner 2	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (1)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:41
Fri, 4/27/2012	Contender 2	Heather Bansley / Elizabeth Maloney, Canada (15)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 13-15	1:06

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	3	0	0	$81,300.00	31	30	50.8 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	$59,800.00	20	20	50.0 %
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,050.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	39	0	1	0	0	5	4	10	7	10	2	0	$265,950.00	90	84	51.7 %

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
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
14	0	0	0	0	1	10	3	0	0	$40,650.00	2010	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	10	3	0	0	$40,650.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	$29,900.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	$29,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,525.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,525.00
116	1	3	0	6	30	39	25	9	3	$413,525.00	Total	Total	123	0	2	1	1	13	38	35	21	12	$302,012.50

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%
2011-2012	25	71.4%	4	11.4%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	10	20.8%	6	12.5%	32	66.7%	10-38	20.8%	25-32	43.9%	14-12	53.8%	0	1	39-45	46.4%
Against the Field	24	66.7%	6	16.7%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	10	20.4%	8	16.3%	31	63.3%	10-39	20.4%	48-60	44.4%	32-28	53.3%	0	1	40-45	47.1%

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
Series tied against the field 30-30 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Xue/Zhang, China 0-5
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	21-17, 21-15	0:41
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	7	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	By Forfeit
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 # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-5
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	21-17, 21-16	0:35
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	21-13, 21-17	0:33
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	22-20, 21-11	0:34
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-19, 21-10	0:35
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 # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 2-4
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	21-17, 21-16	0:38
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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-1
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	18, Q10	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Akers/Hochevar, United States 1-0
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	Akers/Hochevar	12, Q2	21-11, 21-4	0:25
Trail the series against # 7 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-5
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	23-21, 21-11	0:35
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool B	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-19, 21-17	0:37
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 # 12 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 2-0
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Bawden/Palmer	16	21-14, 21-14	0:32
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 # 13 Kohler/Sude, Germany 2-0
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	Kohler/Sude	20	21-18, 21-16	0:42
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 # 14, Q3 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 3-2
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 4	Candelas/Garcia	21	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	27-25, 16-21, 15-6	0:53
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
Series tied with # 15 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Bansley/Maloney	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	Bansley/Maloney	10	21-14, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	Birlova/Ukolova	17	13-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:56
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	Birlova/Ukolova	22	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 4-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	Hansel/Montagnolli	18	26-24, 24-22	0:47
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 # 21 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 # 25 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-1
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Gioria/Momoli	25, Q7	22-20, 21-14	0:39
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 # 26, Q2 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 # 28, Q1 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 # 29 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 # Q9 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