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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters
September 10 - 13, 2014

(11, Q2) 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:

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 Baku 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
CEV C&S	8/6-9/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	7	1st	280	€ 3,300.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	Q21	41st	40	US$0.00
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
CEV C&S	5/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	22	7th	154	€ 225.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/10/2014	Qualifier 1	Daria Kovalova / Yelyzaveta Sulima, Ukraine (Q7)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:38
Thu, 9/11/2014	Pool C	Monika Brzostek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (6)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:49
Thu, 9/11/2014	Pool C	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (3)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:38
Fri, 9/12/2014	Pool C	Barbora Hermannova / Martina Williams, Czech Republic (14, Q5)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:39
Fri, 9/12/2014	Winner 1	Alexandra Moiseeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (9)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:28

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	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00	7	8	46.7 %
2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,525.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	0	6	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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$2,750.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,525.00	9	3	75.0 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,375.00	2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,375.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,762.50	2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,762.50
24	1	0	0	1	3	5	4	4	6	$8,700.00	Total	Total	17	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	6	$6,037.50

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0-6	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%

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 trail the series against the field 2-5 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
9/11/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool C	Laboureur/Sude	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	11, Q2	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
9/11/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool C	Brzostek/Wojtasik	6	Lahti/Lehtonen	11, Q2	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 9 Moiseeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Winner 1	Moiseeva/Ukolova	9	Lahti/Lehtonen	11, Q2	21-14, 21-13	0:28
Trail the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 14, Q5 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 1-0
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	11, Q2	Hermannova/Williams	14, Q5	22-20, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q7 Kovalova/Sulima, Ukraine 1-0
9/10/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Qualifier 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	11, Q2	Kovalova/Sulima	Q7	21-12, 21-15	0:38