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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Tour Finals
September 3 - 8, 2019

(Q7) Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampere

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$202,690.25

Anniina Parkkinen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pieksamdki

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$65,844.68

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	24	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	8	4	4	US$87,469.80
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	25	0	1	1	1	2	0	4	0	8	4	4	US$87,469.80

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Kirsi Hyttinen - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	Q9	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	20	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	24	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	13	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	17	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	12	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	19	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	12	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	16	9th	400	US$4,000.00

World Tour Finals Rome Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/4/2019	Qualifier 1	Chiara They / Dalila Varrassi, Italy (Q26)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:32
Wed, 9/4/2019	Qualifier 2	Michala Frank / Michaela Kubickova, Czech Republic (28, Q10)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 14-16	0:50

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$22,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	5	2	0	$50,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$10,000.00
U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	25	0	1	1	1	2	0	4	0	8	4	0	$87,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taru Lahti												Anniina Parkkinen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
41	0	0	0	0	2	11	17	5	0	$88,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$11,000.00
55	1	3	1	2	10	16	15	5	0	$91,112.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	1	0	2	0	1	5	7	4	0	$42,100.00
6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	1	0	0	7	9	0	2	0	$9,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
111	3	4	1	3	13	31	34	11	0	$201,987.50	Total	61	2	1	2	1	8	14	10	7	0	$64,650.00

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
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$7,000.00	1	5	16.7 %
2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	1	$39,000.00	17	19	47.2 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	$37,800.00	16	17	48.5 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	8	4	4	$83,800.00	34	41	45.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taru Lahti													Anniina Parkkinen
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	$100.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,800.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2012	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$34,775.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$18,500.00	2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,550.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	1	1	$19,500.00	2018	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	1	1	$20,550.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	$18,900.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	$18,900.00
65	0	2	1	2	5	17	18	9	11	$126,487.50	Total	Total	28	0	1	1	1	1	5	9	4	6	$44,600.00

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	27	69.2%	5	12.8%	7	17.9%	32-7	82.1%	8	17.4%	9	19.6%	29	63.0%	8-38	17.4%	27-29	48.2%	13-16	44.8%	0	0	40-45	47.1%
2018-2019	22	68.8%	5	15.6%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	6	16.2%	8	21.6%	23	62.2%	6-31	16.2%	22-23	48.9%	11-13	45.8%	0	0	33-36	47.8%
Against the Field	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	3	11.5%	6	23.1%	17	65.4%	3-23	11.5%	20-34	37.0%	8-20	28.6%	0	0	14-27	34.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	13	13	1	0	7	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	26
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	5
U23 World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	3
Total	0	0	7	2	24	25	1	1	13	15	1	2	1	1	0	1	47	48

Head to Head Results
Lahti/Parkkinen trail the series against the field 14-27 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 15 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Lahti/Parkkinen	16	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 2 Klineman/Ross, United States 1-1
1/6/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Bronze Medal	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	Klineman/Ross	2	15-21, 21-13, 15-6	0:43
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	6	Lahti/Parkkinen	24, Q2	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool B	Antonelli/Salgado	15, Q1	Lahti/Parkkinen	18	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:46
Series tied with # 5 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 2-2
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool A	Lahti/Parkkinen	17	Brunner/Huberli	16	21-19, 21-14	0:34
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-18, 21-17	0:35
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	10	Lahti/Parkkinen	23	21-14, 21-16	0:34
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Lahti/Parkkinen	11	19-21, 21-8, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 0-2
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool L	Alves/Seixas	12	Lahti/Parkkinen	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool A	Alves/Seixas	16, Q2	Lahti/Parkkinen	17	21-11, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 0-1
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:46
Series tied with # 10 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Lahti/Parkkinen	20	Mader/Verge-Depre	12	22-20, 21-17	0:39
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool F	Mader/Verge-Depre	11	Lahti/Parkkinen	22	21-18, 21-9	0:32
Trail the series against # 12 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
10/18/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool A	Graudina/Samoilova	17	Lahti/Parkkinen	16	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-2
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Keizer/Meppelink	9	Lahti/Parkkinen	24	21-19, 21-17	0:38
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 3	Keizer/Meppelink	7	Lahti/Parkkinen	17	28-26, 21-15	0:39
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	Keizer/Meppelink	1	22-20, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 0-2
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool C	Kolinske/Stockman	14	Lahti/Parkkinen	19	18-21, 21-8, 15-9	0:43
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Kolinske/Stockman	5	Lahti/Parkkinen	16	21-13, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 17 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool E	Stubbe/Van Iersel	21	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	21-12, 21-17	0:29
Trail the series against # 18 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 0-1
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool L	Pridalova/Strbova	36	Lahti/Parkkinen	13	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 19 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-2
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	15	Lahti/Parkkinen	20	21-17, 21-16	0:36
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool G	Baquerizo/Fernandez	26, Q3	Lahti/Parkkinen	23	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 21 Wang/Xia, China 1-2
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool D	Wang/Xia	13	Lahti/Parkkinen	20	21-19, 26-24	0:45
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Wang/Xia	8	Lahti/Parkkinen	19	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:45
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	Lahti/Parkkinen	17	Wang/Xia	16	22-20, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 23 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-1
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool H	Lahti/Parkkinen	24, Q2	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	8	21-18, 21-17	0:38
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 1	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	19	Lahti/Parkkinen	11	23-21, 11-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-3
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Bieneck/Schneider	27, Q8	Lahti/Parkkinen	Q9	21-18, 21-13	0:38
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Bieneck/Schneider	12	Lahti/Parkkinen	21	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Bieneck/Schneider	15	Lahti/Parkkinen	19	21-18, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 28, Q10 Frank/Kubickova, Czech Republic 0-1
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 2	Frank/Kubickova	28, Q10	Lahti/Parkkinen	Q7	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 Bocharova/Voronina, Russia 1-0
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Lahti/Parkkinen	16	Bocharova/Voronina	29	21-13, 16-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-1
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Antunes/Lima	25, Q5	Lahti/Parkkinen	24	22-20, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # Q5 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	Kociolek/Wojtasik	8	Lahti/Parkkinen	23, Q2	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q8 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-0
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Lahti/Parkkinen	17	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	29, Q11	13-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q15 Futami/Hasegawa, Japan 1-0
1/3/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool E	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	Futami/Hasegawa	21	21-16, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # Q16 Caluori/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool C	Lahti/Parkkinen	19	Caluori/Gerson	30, Q20	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q17 Hashimoto/Mizoe, Japan 2-0
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool D	Lahti/Parkkinen	20	Hashimoto/Mizoe	29	26-24, 21-11	0:34
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool C	Lahti/Parkkinen	19	Hashimoto/Mizoe	30, Q10	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q26 They/Varrassi, Italy 1-0
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 1	Lahti/Parkkinen	Q7	They/Varrassi	Q26	21-16, 21-16	0:32