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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Paf Open
August 28 - September 2, 2012

(10) Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampere

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

131

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$222,515.00

Riikka Lehtonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kangasrla

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Antalya 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$123,592.69

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	US$4,807.80
FIVB	37	0	1	0	1	3	0	12	0	10	5	1	3	1	US$160,625.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$750.00
Overall	45	0	1	0	1	4	0	14	1	11	8	1	3	1	US$166,182.80

Previous Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Tanja Etelaaho - 25th
2011	Riikka Lehtonen - 57th	Taru Lahti - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/22-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Q10	17th	120	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q23	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	5/31-6/3/2012	Seoul Challenger	22	13th	24	US$750.00

Åland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2012	Winner 1	Laura Giombini / Giulia Momoli, Italy (23)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 15-17	0:53
Thu, 8/30/2012	Contender 1	Merel Mooren / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (26, Q3)	Lost 11-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:44

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	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	4	4	4	$106,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	6	1	1	$41,625.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$1,500.00
Total	41	0	1	0	1	3	0	12	1	10	8	5	$162,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taru Lahti												Riikka Lehtonen
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	1	$14,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
41	0	0	0	0	2	11	17	5	6	$88,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	5	5	$61,000.00
55	1	3	1	2	10	16	15	5	2	$91,112.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	1	0	1	4	4	13	7	7	$40,812.50
6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$4,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$725.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
13	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	7	0	$8,750.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	$5,625.00
124	3	4	2	3	14	33	36	18	11	$210,737.50	Total	77	0	1	0	1	6	19	21	16	13	$118,387.50

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
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2	2	50.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taru Lahti													Riikka Lehtonen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	$1,475.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	4	$2,900.00

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	55	67.9%	10	12.3%	16	19.8%	65-16	80.2%	18	22.8%	16	20.3%	45	57.0%	18-61	22.8%	55-45	55.0%	28-32	46.7%	0	0	83-77	51.9%
2011-2012	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	0-4	0.0%
Against the Field	7	77.8%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	6	60.0%	2-8	20.0%	14-12	53.8%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	9-10	47.4%

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	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	4	18	24	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	27	16	0	0	12	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	42	35
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Total	0	0	16	5	50	49	0	0	19	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	87	86

Head to Head Results
Lahti/Lehtonen trail the series against the field 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 14 Kayser/Mader, Switzerland 0-1
8/23/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Qualifier 2	Kayser/Mader	11, Q2	Lahti/Lehtonen	Q10	21-17, 18-21, 16-14	1:39
Trail the series against # 23 Giombini/Momoli, Italy 0-1
8/30/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Giombini/Momoli	23	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 24 Sinnema/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
8/14/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Sinnema/Wesselink	Q10	Lahti/Lehtonen	Q23	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Mooren/van der Vlist, Netherlands 0-1
8/30/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 1	Mooren/van der Vlist	26, Q3	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	21-11, 18-21, 15-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Broder/May, Canada 0-1
6/1/12	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Contender 3	Broder/May	13	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	23-21, 17-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # Q16 Basanova/Hrytsyuk, Ukraine 1-0
8/23/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Qualifier 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	Q10	Basanova/Hrytsyuk	Q7	21-12, 21-8	0:27