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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Open
October 8 - 12, 2014

(10) Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, 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

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$112,762.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
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	38	0	1	0	1	3	0	12	1	10	5	1	3	1	US$161,375.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	Q21	41st	40	US$0.00

Xiamen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/9/2014	Pool G	Amaranta Navarro / Ester Ribera, Spain (23, Q4)	Won 21-12, 17-21, 23-21	0:57
Thu, 10/9/2014	Pool G	Jordan Johnson / Justine Mowen, Australia (26, Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:30
Fri, 10/10/2014	Pool G	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (7)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:36
Fri, 10/10/2014	Winner 1	Angela Lobato / Paula Soria, Spain (18)	Won 21-9, 21-16	0:33
Sat, 10/11/2014	Winner 2	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (1)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:35

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	0	$106,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	6	1	0	$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
Total	38	0	1	0	1	3	0	12	1	10	5	0	$161,375.00

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	0	$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	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	22	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	5	0	$61,000.00
55	1	3	1	2	10	16	15	5	0	$91,112.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	1	0	1	4	4	13	7	0	$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	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
111	3	4	1	3	13	31	34	11	0	$201,987.50	Total	68	0	1	0	1	5	17	19	12	0	$112,762.50

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 %
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$2,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	$4,000.00	3	8	27.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2	2	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
											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	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
12	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	6	$6,275.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	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	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	10	76.9%	1-12	7.7%	12-20	37.5%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	9-13	40.9%

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
Total	0	0	16	5	48	42	0	0	19	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	85	79

Head to Head Results
Lahti/Lehtonen trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Wang/Yue, China 0-2
10/11/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Wang/Yue	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	21-19, 21-15	0:35
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 # 7 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Prokopeva/Ukolova	7	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	21-16, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Broder/May, Canada 0-2
8/19/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Broder/May	28, Q5	Lahti/Lehtonen	Q12	21-16, 21-19	0:37
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 # 18 Lobato/Soria, Spain 1-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	Lobato/Soria	18	21-9, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 23, Q4 Navarro/Ribera, Spain 1-0
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	Navarro/Ribera	23, Q4	21-12, 17-21, 23-21	0:57
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Johnson/Mowen, Australia 1-0
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	Johnson/Mowen	26, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:30