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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lucerne Open
May 11 - 17, 2015

(16) 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	14	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/8-12/2014	Xiamen Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Lucerne Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2015	Pool A	Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner, Germany (17, Q1)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 14-16	0:52
Wed, 5/13/2015	Pool A	Maja Rosko / Antea Tadic, Croatia (32)	Won 21-4, 21-12	0:27
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool A	Joana Mader / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (1)	Lost 19-21, 23-25	0:50
Fri, 5/15/2015	Winner 1	Carolina Horta / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (28, Q6)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 14-16	0:50

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	$4,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,200.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	$9,200.00	9	14	39.1 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00
15	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	6	$8,875.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	5	$6,500.00

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%
2014-2015	25	69.4%	4	11.1%	7	19.4%	29-7	80.6%	7	22.6%	3	9.7%	21	67.7%	7-24	22.6%	25-21	54.3%	11-10	52.4%	0	0	36-31	53.7%
Against the Field	22	66.7%	3	9.1%	8	24.2%	25-8	75.8%	8	28.6%	5	17.9%	15	53.6%	8-20	28.6%	44-30	59.5%	22-26	45.8%	0	0	33-28	54.1%

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 lead the series against the field 8-6 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool A	Mader/Zumkehr	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-19, 25-23	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	Laboureur/Sude	3	21-16, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Mizoe/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Lahti/Lehtonen	2	Mizoe/Nishibori	15	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 0-1
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool A	Bieneck/Grossner	17, Q1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	16-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:52
Series tied with # 21 Giombini/Momoli, Italy 1-1
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	Giombini/Momoli	19	21-15, 21-15	0:33
8/30/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Giombini/Momoli	23	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q6 Horta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Horta/Maestrini	28, Q6	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	18-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # 32 Rosko/Tadic, Croatia 1-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool A	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Rosko/Tadic	32	21-4, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against 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 # Q14 Cunha/Liubymova, Azerbaijan 1-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	Cunha/Liubymova	30, Q18	21-14, 21-9	0:32
Lead the series against # Q27 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