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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Prague Open
May 19 - 24, 2015

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	13	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	17	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2015	Pool C	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (19)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:52
Thu, 5/21/2015	Pool C	Ayumi Shiratori / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (30, Q27)	Lost 21-19, 12-21, 13-15	0:53
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool C	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (3)	Lost 20-22, 21-16, 6-15	0:48

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$3,600.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	60	0	1	0	1	6	5	15	7	14	6	5	$333,825.00	126	126	50.0 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,800.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$1,800.00
147	1	3	0	7	32	45	32	15	12	$457,512.50	Total	Total	144	0	2	1	2	15	43	39	25	17	$335,950.00

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	6	37.5%	3	18.8%	7	43.8%	9-7	56.3%	3	15.8%	6	31.6%	10	52.6%	3-16	15.8%	12-20	37.5%	12-26	31.6%	0	0	12-23	34.3%

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 9-19 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/22/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool C	Laboureur/Sude	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	22-20, 16-21, 15-6	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-3
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Salgado/Salgado	17	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32, Q14	21-15, 21-16	0:36
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
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 # 10 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
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
Series tied with # 12 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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 Grawender/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
7/22/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Qualifier 1	Grawender/Lundqvist	32, Q17	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q16	16-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:52
Series tied with # 19 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-1
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:52
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool D	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	20	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 0-1
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool D	Lisboa/Maia	29, Q8	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-19, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 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
Trail the series against # 30, Q27 Shiratori/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool C	Shiratori/Tanaka	30, Q27	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	19-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 31 Hajeckova/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Hajeckova/Novakova	12	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-13, 13-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q3 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
Series tied with # Q6 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