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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Berlin smart Grand Slam
June 17 - 22, 2014

(Q21) 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 (47 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 Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/3-7/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	30	25th	150	€ 500.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	13, Q10	5th	192	€ 1,500.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/17/2014	Qualifier 1	Nina Grawender / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (Q12)	Lost 26-24, 18-21, 8-15	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$)
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 %
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	0	5	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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00	6	6	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
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,800.00	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$250.00	2013	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
15	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	3	5	$6,525.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	5	$3,900.00

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%
2013-2014	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	3-5	37.5%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	10	47.6%	3	14.3%	8	38.1%	13-8	61.9%	10	25.6%	7	17.9%	22	56.4%	10-29	25.6%	20-44	31.3%	26-30	46.4%	0	0	23-37	38.3%

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
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 1-8 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-1
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Borger/Buthe	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	30	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Wang/Yue, China 0-1
5/31/12	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Winner 2	Wang/Yue	6	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 21 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-1
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	4	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 32, Q11 Giombini/Gioria, Italy 0-1
6/5/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Giombini/Gioria	19	Lahti/Lehtonen	30	23-21, 20-22, 15-12	1:05
Trail the series against # Q7 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-2
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	Lahti/Lehtonen	30	21-10, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
5/31/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 4	Nystrom/Nystrom	5	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # Q12 Grawender/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
6/17/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Grawender/Lundqvist	Q12	Lahti/Lehtonen	Q21	24-26, 21-18, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against # Q14 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
5/31/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 3	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39