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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 (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 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
CEV	9/10-13/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	11, Q2	9th	160	€ 750.00
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
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

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	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	$4,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00	7	8	46.7 %
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 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$2,750.00	8	9	47.1 %

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
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
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	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
21	0	0	0	1	2	6	3	3	6	$10,500.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	3	6	$7,875.00

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
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 11-10 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 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
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
Series tied with # 6 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-1
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	Laboureur/Sude	3	21-16, 21-13	0:36
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 # 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
Lead the series against # 12 Hermannova/Williams, Czechia 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
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
Lead the series against # 20 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
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
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 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
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
Trail the series against # 31, Q23 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
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