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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam
August 25 - 29, 2015

(27, Q7) 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 Olsztyn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q6	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/28-8/1/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	16	25th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	27, Q6	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	28, Q4	17th	240	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/16-20/2015	1st European Games	12	9th	160	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	26, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
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
CEV	9/10-13/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	11, Q2	9th	160	€ 750.00

Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/25/2015	Qualifier 1	Agnieszka Adamek / Kinga Legieta, Poland (Q26)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:32
Tue, 8/25/2015	Qualifier 2	Tina Graudina / Inese Jursone, Latvia (Q23)	Won 21-8, 21-17	0:30
Wed, 8/26/2015	Pool F	Fernanda Alves / Taiana Lima, Brazil (6, Q1)	Won 21-18, 21-6	0:33
Wed, 8/26/2015	Pool F	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (11)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:40
Thu, 8/27/2015	Pool F	Linline Matauatu / Miller Pata, Vanuatu (22, Q4)	Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:49
Fri, 8/28/2015	Winner 2	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (10)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 10-15	0:52

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	2	1	$50,575.00	26	22	54.2 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	3	5	$56,575.00	31	32	49.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	$3,250.00	11	13	45.8 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	$25,287.50	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	$25,287.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00
31	0	0	0	1	3	9	5	6	7	$34,437.50	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	0	2	10	4	6	7	$31,812.50

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	12	50.0%	5	20.8%	7	29.2%	17-7	70.8%	12	23.1%	8	15.4%	32	61.5%	12-40	23.1%	24-64	27.3%	34-30	53.1%	0	0	29-47	38.2%

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 14-25 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 14 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	23-21, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 0-2
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Bansley/Pavan	6	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q6	21-18, 21-15	0:38
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 # 5 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-2
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	11	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q6	21-10, 21-17	0:32
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	12	24-22, 14-21, 16-14	0:53
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 # 6, Q1 Alves/Lima, Brazil 1-0
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q7	Alves/Lima	6, Q1	21-18, 21-6	0:33
Series tied with # 7 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	22-20, 30-28	0:53
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-19, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 10 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q7	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 11 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	11	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q7	21-17, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 18 Capers/Kessy, United States 0-3
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Capers/Kessy	22	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q6	21-12, 21-16	0:36
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Capers/Kessy	21	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	21-15, 17-21, 15-11	0:51
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 # 19 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
Series tied with # 20 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
Series tied with # 22, Q4 Matauatu/Pata, Vanuatu 1-1
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q7	Matauatu/Pata	22, Q4	17-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:49
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Matauatu/Pata	29, Q11	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	22-20, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 25 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 # 28, Q8 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 # 29, Q12 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 # 30 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	32	21-17, 24-22	0:42
Series tied with # Q13 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-1
7/28/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	17	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-14, 23-21	0:43
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
Lead the series against # Q15 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 # Q17 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
Lead the series against # Q19 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/21/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q6	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	Q11	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q23 Graudina/Jursone, Latvia 1-0
8/25/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q7	Graudina/Jursone	Q23	21-8, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # Q26 Adamek/Legieta, Poland 1-0
8/25/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q7	Adamek/Legieta	Q26	21-13, 21-15	0:32