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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 PAF Open
August 15 - 19, 2007

(Q30) Esa Ikaheimonen/Juha Tahjanjoki, Finland

Esa Ikäheimonen
Finland

Photo: Toni Flink

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Varkaus

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Turku 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

41st (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$175.00

Juha Tähjänjoki
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Helsinki

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Turku 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

41st (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$175.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	US$350.00
Overall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	US$350.00

Previous Åland Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/15/2007	Qualifier 2	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (24, Q3)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:37

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Esa Ikaheimonen												Juha Tahjanjoki
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$175.00	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00

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
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$350.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Esa Ikaheimonen													Juha Tahjanjoki
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$175.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$175.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
2006-2007	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenger	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

Head to Head Results
Ikaheimonen/Tahjanjoki trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 24, Q3 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	24, Q3	Ikaheimonen/Tahjanjoki	Q30	21-13, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 26 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Ikaheimonen/Tahjanjoki	Q29	21-13, 21-9	0:28
Trail the series against # Q9 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	Ikaheimonen/Tahjanjoki	6	22-20, 21-17	0:38