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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Stavanger Major Series
June 8 - 13, 2015

(26, Q7) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Saara Loikkanen - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	28, Q10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q8	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2015	Prague Open	16	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	16	17th	180	US$1,200.00
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

Stavanger Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/9/2015	Qualifier 1	Varapatsorn Radarong / Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand (Q26)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-5	0:49
Tue, 6/9/2015	Qualifier 2	Sophie van Gestel / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (Q23)	Won 27-29, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
Wed, 6/10/2015	Pool G	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (7)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:50
Wed, 6/10/2015	Pool G	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (10)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:37
Thu, 6/11/2015	Pool G	Tanja Goricanec / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (23)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:38

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$28,575.00	17	14	54.8 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	2	4	$34,575.00	22	24	47.8 %
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$14,287.50	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$14,287.50
19	0	0	0	1	2	6	2	2	6	$21,562.50	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	3	5	$19,187.50

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	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	18	58.1%	4	12.9%	9	29.0%	22-9	71.0%	14	25.9%	10	18.5%	30	55.6%	14-40	25.9%	36-60	37.5%	36-38	48.6%	0	0	36-49	42.4%

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 12-17 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	2	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 7 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-2
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q7	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	Kolocova/Slukova	5	21-18, 21-17	0:40
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Kolocova/Slukova	6	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q8	21-15, 21-19	0:42
5/22/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool A	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Kolocova/Slukova	1	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 10 Wang/Yue, China 0-3
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Wang/Yue	10	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q7	21-19, 21-14	0:37
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 # 11 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 0-1
5/23/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Bansley/Pavan	7	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	13-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-0
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q8	Borger/Buthe	11	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 19 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 2-0
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-15, 21-14	0:37
5/23/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	21-16, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 21 Capers/Kessy, United States 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Capers/Kessy	22	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q8	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Birlova/Ukolova	21	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 23 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Goricanec/Huberli	23	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q7	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against 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 # Q3 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 # Q4 Carico/DiCello, United States 0-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Carico/DiCello	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	2	21-11, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q9 Mizoe/Nishibori, Japan 2-0
6/2/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	Mizoe/Nishibori	Q7	21-11, 21-13	0:38
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Lahti/Lehtonen	2	Mizoe/Nishibori	15	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # Q19 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-1
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q8	Bieneck/Grossner	Q9	21-16, 21-17	0:38
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 # Q23 van der Vlist/van Gestel, Netherlands 1-0
6/9/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q7	van Gestel/van der Vlist	Q23	27-29, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # Q26 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 2-0
6/9/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q7	Radarong/Udomchavee	Q26	18-21, 21-17, 15-5	0:49
6/2/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	Radarong/Udomchavee	Q23	21-17, 21-19	0:42