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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fuzhou Open
April 22 - 26, 2015

(17) 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 Fuzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	6	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/28-11/1/2014	Paraná Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/8-12/2014	Xiamen Open	20	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	32, Q14	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/23/2015	Pool A	Anni Schumacher / Sandra Seyfferth, Germany (16)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:37
Thu, 4/23/2015	Pool A	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (1)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 12-15	0:54
Fri, 4/24/2015	Pool A	Raquel Ferreira / Iuliia Karimova, Azerbaijan (32, Q19)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 4/24/2015	Winner 1	Laura Giombini / Giulia Momoli, Italy (19)	Won 18-21, 23-21, 21-19	1:03
Sat, 4/25/2015	Winner 2	Heather Bansley / Sarah Pavan, Canada (7)	Lost 11-21, 14-21	0:29

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 %
2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	$13,875.00	16	14	53.3 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	58	0	1	0	1	6	5	15	7	14	4	5	$332,225.00	125	121	50.8 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$9,450.00	2013	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	$7,537.50	2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	$6,937.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
145	1	3	0	7	32	45	32	13	12	$456,712.50	Total	Total	142	0	2	1	2	15	43	39	23	17	$335,150.00

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	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%
2014-2015	14	43.8%	7	21.9%	11	34.4%	21-11	65.6%	8	27.6%	5	17.2%	16	55.2%	8-21	27.6%	14-16	46.7%	15-16	48.4%	0	0	29-32	47.5%
Against the Field	7	41.2%	3	17.6%	7	41.2%	10-7	58.8%	6	37.5%	4	25.0%	6	37.5%	6-10	37.5%	14-12	53.8%	18-22	45.0%	0	0	16-17	48.5%

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 lead the series against the field 12-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Wang/Yue, China 0-1
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Wang/Yue	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 2 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32, Q14	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 0-2
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	7	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	21-11, 21-14	0:29
7/29/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bansley/Pavan	24, Q2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q18	18-21, 24-22, 17-15	0:57
Trail the series against # 8 Carico/DiCello, United States 0-1
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Carico/DiCello	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 2-0
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Hermannova/Williams	15	21-23, 23-21, 20-18	0:59
6/24/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q16	Hermannova/Williams	Q17	21-13, 21-13	0:28
Trail the series against # 11 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-2
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gallay/Klug	19, Q2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q15	21-16, 15-21, 15-9	0:46
6/24/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gallay/Klug	23, Q1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q16	22-20, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Schumacher/Seyfferth, Germany 1-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	Schumacher/Seyfferth	16	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Giombini/Momoli, Italy 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	Giombini/Momoli	19	18-21, 23-21, 21-19	1:03
Series tied with # 23 Mizoe/Nishibori, Japan 1-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 3	Mizoe/Nishibori	15	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:52
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q15	Mizoe/Nishibori	Q18	24-22, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 Matauatu/Pata, Vanuatu 1-0
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	Matauatu/Pata	26, Q4	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 32, Q19 Ferreira/Karimova, Azerbaijan 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	17	Ferreira/Karimova	32, Q19	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # Q6 Abalakina/Dabizha, Russia 1-0
7/29/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q18	Abalakina/Dabizha	Q15	13-21, 23-21, 22-20	0:52
Lead the series against # Q20 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	Nystrom/Nystrom	30, Q8	21-14, 24-22	0:39
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 # Q25 Matsumura/Matsuyama, Japan 1-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Matsumura/Matsuyama	29, Q10	21-10, 22-20	0:32