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European Championship Tour
1st European Games
June 16 - 20, 2015

(12) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th	Taru Lahti - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

1st European Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/16/2015	Pool E	Amaranta Navarro / Ester Ribera, Spain (21)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:32
Tue, 6/16/2015	Pool E	Viktoryia Shalayeuskaya / Viktoryia Siakretava, Belarus (28)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:32
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool E	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (5)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:44
Thu, 6/18/2015	Winner 2	Maria Prokopeva / Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia (10)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:45

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	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 %
2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,525.00	9	3	75.0 %
2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$28,575.00	17	14	54.8 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
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 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$2,750.00	10	11	47.6 %
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
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	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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
33	1	0	0	1	4	10	6	5	6	$24,987.50	Total	Total	26	1	0	0	0	3	9	3	4	6	$22,325.00

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	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%
2014-2015	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	4	33.3%	8	66.7%	0-12	0.0%	9-8	52.9%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	10-8	55.6%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%

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 lead the series against the field 14-6 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 3 Lobato/Soria, Spain 2-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	Lobato/Soria	18	21-9, 21-16	0:33
8/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Contender 4	Lahti/Lehtonen	7	Lobato/Soria	6	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
6/17/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool E	Gioria/Momoli	5	Lahti/Lehtonen	12	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Brunner/Eiholzer, Switzerland 1-0
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool A	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Brunner/Eiholzer	32, Q28	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Prokopeva/Syrtseva, Russia 0-1
6/18/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 2	Prokopeva/Syrtseva	10	Lahti/Lehtonen	12	21-18, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 0-1
5/10/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Contender 5	Dumbauskaite/Paulikiene	5	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	3-2	1:02
Lead the series against # 17 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-1
8/9/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Lahti/Lehtonen	7	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	1, Q1	21-11, 21-17	0:36
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
5/9/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 3	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	3-0	0:33
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 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 # 21 Navarro/Ribera, Spain 4-0
6/16/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	12	Navarro/Ribera	21	21-15, 21-9	0:32
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Lahti/Lehtonen	10	Navarro/Ribera	23, Q4	21-12, 17-21, 23-21	0:57
8/9/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Gold Medal	Lahti/Lehtonen	7	Navarro/Ribera	13, Q15	21-12, 21-12
5/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	Navarro/Ribera	27, Q12	3-0	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 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
Lead the series against # 28 Shalayeuskaya/Siakretava, Belarus 1-0
6/16/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	12	Shalayeuskaya/Siakretava	28	21-11, 21-12	0:32