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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
September 8 - 13, 2015

(13) 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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	30	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	30, Q13	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q15	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	Q11	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2015	Prague Open	14	25th	120	US$800.00
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

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/9/2015	Pool D	Nadezda Makroguzova / Olga Motrich, Russia (20, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:39
Wed, 9/9/2015	Pool D	Valerie Teufl / Bianca Zass, Austria (29, Q8)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:35
Thu, 9/10/2015	Pool D	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (4)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:35
Fri, 9/11/2015	Winner 1	Yuanyuan Ma / Xinyi Xia, China (25, Q4)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 10-15	0:54

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	$15,800.00	13	18	41.9 %
Total	FIVB	67	0	1	0	1	6	5	15	7	16	7	9	$346,025.00	135	137	49.6 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$7,900.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	$7,900.00
154	1	3	0	7	32	45	34	16	16	$463,612.50	Total	Total	151	0	2	1	2	15	43	41	26	21	$342,050.00

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	9	56.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	18-6	75.0%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	14-8	63.6%

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 14-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 3-1
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	30, Q13	Birlova/Ukolova	19	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	0:59
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 # 3 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 5-1
7/21/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	30, Q13	Forrer/Verge-Depre	Q4	21-18, 14-21, 20-18	0:59
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	28, Q10	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:34
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Forrer/Verge-Depre	6	13-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:48
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Forrer/Verge-Depre	30, Q7	21-19, 21-13	0:34
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Forrer/Verge-Depre	30, Q11	21-15, 22-20	0:40
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	Forrer/Verge-Depre	31	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Wang/Yue, China 0-2
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Wang/Yue	4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-18, 21-15	0:35
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 # 8 Carico/Ross, United States 0-1
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 1	Carico/Ross	28, Q9	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	30, Q13	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:54
Series tied with # 15 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 # 17 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 # 20, Q1 Makroguzova/Motrich, Russia 0-1
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Makroguzova/Motrich	20, Q1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 24 Braakman/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
6/2/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	Q11	Braakman/Sinnema	Q22	21-19, 17-21, 15-8	0:49
Series tied with # 25, Q4 Ma/Xia, China 1-1
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 1	Ma/Xia	25, Q4	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:54
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	Ma/Xia	13	21-18, 26-24	0:42
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Teufl/Zass, Austria 2-0
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool D	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	Teufl/Zass	29, Q8	21-12, 21-15	0:35
7/8/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32, Q14	Teufl/Zass	Q19	21-19, 21-14	0:42