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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Bangsaen Thailand Open powered by PTT
October 23 - 28, 2012

(6) 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 Bang Saen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	14	19th	0	US$0.00
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

Bangsaen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/25/2012	Winner 1	Nazaret Florian / Olga Matveeva, Spain (27, Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:36
Thu, 10/25/2012	Winner 2	Heather McGuire / Summer Ross, United States (22, Q4)	Won 21-14, 24-22	0:39
Fri, 10/26/2012	Winner 3	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (3)	Lost 21-23, 21-13, 12-15	0:57
Fri, 10/26/2012	Contender 4	Mutsumi Ozaki / Ayumi Shiratori, Japan (31, Q10)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:37
Sat, 10/27/2012	Contender 5	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (2)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 13-15	1:01

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	1	0	$57,450.00	19	25	43.2 %
Total	FIVB	48	0	1	0	0	5	5	13	7	14	3	0	$316,350.00	106	105	50.2 %

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
											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
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$28,725.00	2012	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$28,725.00
125	1	3	0	6	31	42	29	10	3	$438,725.00	Total	Total	132	0	2	1	1	14	41	39	22	12	$327,212.50

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	6	46.2%	2	15.4%	5	38.5%	8-5	61.5%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	11	68.8%	2-14	12.5%	12-22	35.3%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	10-19	34.5%

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 trail the series against the field 8-18 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-12
10/27/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:01
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
Lead the series against # 3 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-1
10/26/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Winner 3	Birlova/Ukolova	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	23-21, 13-21, 15-12	0:57
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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 8 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	31, Q15	21-9, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 McGuire/Ross, United States 1-0
10/25/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	McGuire/Ross	22, Q4	21-14, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Florian/Matveeva, Spain 1-0
10/25/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Florian/Matveeva	27, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Ozaki/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
10/26/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	Ozaki/Shiratori	31, Q10	22-20, 21-17	0:37