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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters
May 28 - June 1, 2014

(13, Q10) 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:

139

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Alanya 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$226,369.81

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 Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$127,392.43

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
CEV C&S	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,573.68
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	48	2	1	0	1	4	1	14	1	11	8	1	3	1	US$172,756.48

Previous Baden Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Kirsi Hyttinen - 21st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	5/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	22	7th	154	€ 225.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2014	Qualifier 2	Vilde Solvoll / Ane Tveit Hjortland, Norway (Q7)	Won 21-14, 21-7	0:30
Thu, 5/29/2014	Qualifier 3	Anika Krebs / Yanina Weiland, Germany (Q2)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 5/30/2014	Winner 1	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (4)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 12-15	0:55
Fri, 5/30/2014	Contender 1	Cornelia Rimser / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (12, Q8)	Won 21-16, 22-24, 15-11	0:59
Fri, 5/30/2014	Contender 2	Victoria Kjolberg / Janne Kongshavn, Norway (10)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 5/31/2014	Contender 3	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (9)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 5/31/2014	Contender 4	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (5)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:40

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$210,737.50	Total	77	0	1	0	1	6	19	21	16	0	$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	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$225.00	3	2	60.0 %
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$225.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
											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	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age
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	1	0	$37.50	2013	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$112.50	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$112.50
18	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	4	$6,425.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	4	$3,762.50

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	11	91.7%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	5	33.3%	10	66.7%	0-15	0.0%	11-10	52.4%	1-5	16.7%	0	0	12-15	44.4%
2013-2014	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4	50.0%	0-8	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	0-7	0.0%	12-8	60.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	7-7	50.0%

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
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 lead the series against the field 7-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
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
Series tied with # 9 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-1
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
5/9/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 3	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	3-0	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Kjolberg/Kongshavn, Norway 1-0
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	Kjolberg/Kongshavn	10	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 12, Q8 Rimser/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	Rimser/Swoboda	12, Q8	21-16, 22-24, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # Q2 Krebs/Weiland, Germany 1-0
5/29/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 3	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	Krebs/Weiland	Q2	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q3 Luijken/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
5/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	Luijken/Sinnema	11	3-0	0:38
Lead the series against # Q7 Solvoll/Tveit Hjortland, Norway 1-0
5/29/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	13, Q10	Solvoll/Tveit Hjortland	Q7	21-14, 21-7	0:30
Lead the series against # Q13 Navarro/Ribera, Spain 1-0
5/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	Navarro/Ribera	27, Q12	3-0	0:40