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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 8, 2012

(14) 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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	19	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	19	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	21	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	16	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/28/2012

Pool B

Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (11)

Lost 13-21, 19-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	18	8	0	0.444	0	14	1	2
	1	18	8	0	0.444	0	14	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Maria Tsiartsiani	Total	27	12	0	0.444	0	8	1	0
	1	27	12	0	0.444	0	8	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 7/30/2012

Pool B

Anastasia Barsuk / Anna Vozakova, Russia (23)

Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-12

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	19	12	0	0.632	0	14	5	2
	1	19	12	0	0.632	0	14	5	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Maria Tsiartsiani	Total	39	23	0	0.590	2	5	1	2
	1	39	23	0	0.590	2	5	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/1/2012

Pool B

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (2)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	Total	12	6	0	0.500	0	6	2	4
	1	12	6	0	0.500	0	6	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Maria Tsiartsiani	Total	30	19	0	0.633	0	1	0	0
	1	30	19	0	0.633	0	1	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Vasiliki Arvaniti	49	26	0	0.531	0	34	8	8
Maria Tsiartsiani	96	54	0	0.563	2	14	2	2
Total	145	80	0	0.552	2	48	10	10
Opponents	148	82	0	0.554	5	47	17	12

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th	Katerina Nikolaidou - 37th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Vasso Karadassiou - 9th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 17th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Vasso Karadassiou - 19th	Efthalia Koutroumanidou - 9th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Maria Tsiartsiani - 9th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Maria Tsiartsiani - 17th	Vasiliki Arvaniti - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Penny Karagkouni - 33rd	Did not play
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Penny Karagkouni - 33rd	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani trail the series against the field 25-67 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-6
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-12	0:35
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 # 2 Xue/Zhang, China 0-7
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-17, 21-16	0:39
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	22-20, 21-18	0:41
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 # 3 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-11
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	12-21, 32-30, 15-9	1:06
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	21-15, 21-17	0:37
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-19	0:40
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
Series tied with # 5 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 4-4
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Antonelli/Antunes	3	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:56
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Antonelli/Antunes	3	13-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:45
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
Series tied with # 7 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 # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 3-5
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	22-20, 21-17	0:39
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	13	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-13, 21-16	0:35
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 # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-6
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Keizer/Van Iersel	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	27-25, 22-20	0:46
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-13, 21-19	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-3
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	8	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-14, 21-17	0:42
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kolocova/Slukova	10	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	21-15, 21-16	0:37
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 # 11 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 2-6
7/28/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-13, 21-19	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-5
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	22	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	23-21, 21-11	0:33
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 13 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 4-2
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	19	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	22-20, 19-21, 15-8	0:51
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	19	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-11, 19-21, 15-8	0:44
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	17	12-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:52
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	16	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:51
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	14	12-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:47
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 # 15 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-4
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	14, Q1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 11-21, 16-14	0:49
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28, Q1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	21-8, 21-15	0:31
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
Trail the series against # 16 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-3
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	17	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-18, 21-13
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	24-22, 22-20	0:43
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-13, 21-10	0:29
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 # 17 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 # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 22 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-2
7/14/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	10	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
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 # 23 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 1-0
7/30/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Barsuk/Vozakova	23	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:51