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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Porec Major
June 28 - July 2, 2016

(20) 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:

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 Porec Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th	Taru Lahti - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	22	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	25, Q5	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2016	Antalya Open	15	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	14	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	20	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	19	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	26, Q6	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	29, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	24	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/20-24/2015	Antalya Open	9	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	9	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	6	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	27, Q7	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q6	41st	40	US$0.00
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

Porec Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/29/2016	Pool D	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (13)	Won 13-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:55
Wed, 6/29/2016	Pool D	Heather Bansley / Sarah Pavan, Canada (4)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:37
Thu, 6/30/2016	Pool D	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (29, Q8)	Won 20-22, 22-20, 15-13	0:57
Thu, 6/30/2016	Winner 1	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Taylor Pischke, Canada (18)	Won 25-23, 21-18	0:42
Fri, 7/1/2016	Winner 2	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (19, Q1)	Lost 20-22, 22-20, 10-15	0:54

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	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	2	1	$55,075.00	31	25	55.4 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	4	2	0	$51,550.00	33	27	55.0 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	1	0	1	3	0	8	0	7	5	5	$112,625.00	69	62	52.7 %
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
11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50	2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50
12	0	1	0	0	2	3	4	2	0	$25,775.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	2	3	4	2	0	$25,775.00
36	0	1	0	2	4	10	7	5	7	$60,587.50	Total	Total	35	0	1	0	1	3	11	7	6	6	$58,212.50

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%
2015-2016	45	70.3%	7	10.9%	12	18.8%	52-12	81.3%	17	28.3%	10	16.7%	33	55.0%	17-43	28.3%	45-33	57.7%	24-22	52.2%	0	0	69-55	55.6%
Against the Field	18	60.0%	3	10.0%	9	30.0%	21-9	70.0%	9	22.0%	7	17.1%	25	61.0%	9-32	22.0%	36-50	41.9%	24-32	42.9%	0	0	30-41	42.3%

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 25-35 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 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 # 2 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-4
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Gold Medal	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	23-21, 21-16	0:39
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Lahti/Lehtonen	29, Q7	16-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 4 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 0-3
6/29/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool D	Bansley/Pavan	4	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	21-12, 21-17	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 5 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-19, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 1-0
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Lahti/Lehtonen	25, Q5	Bawden/Clancy	9	12-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 9 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-5
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool F	Mader/Zumkehr	11	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	17-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:57
5/27/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Mader/Zumkehr	16	Lahti/Lehtonen	25, Q5	21-14, 16-21, 16-14	0:46
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Mader/Zumkehr	10	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	13-21, 26-24, 15-13	0:55
9/13/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Bronze Medal	Mader/Zumkehr	5	Lahti/Lehtonen	6	21-18, 21-18	0:44
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool A	Mader/Zumkehr	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-19, 25-23	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Borger/Buthe, Germany 2-1
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	Borger/Buthe	2	16-21, 23-21, 16-14	0:55
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool B	Borger/Buthe	2	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	21-14, 21-18	0:36
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 # 11 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-3
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Forrer/Verge-Depre	4	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	16-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:45
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Forrer/Verge-Depre	20	Lahti/Lehtonen	29, Q7	21-14, 21-10	0:35
9/12/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Semi-Finals	Forrer/Verge-Depre	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	6	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 3-0
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	Fendrick/Sweat	3	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:47
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	19	Fendrick/Sweat	3	16-21, 21-19, 15-4	0:52
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool G	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q6	Fendrick/Sweat	7	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 3-2
6/29/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool D	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	13-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:55
5/27/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	25, Q5	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	15	25-27, 23-21, 21-19	1:16
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool C	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	3	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:51
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Lahti/Lehtonen	29, Q7	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	19-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:05
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 # 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 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
Lead the series against # 18 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 3-1
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	25-23, 21-18	0:42
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	13	Lahti/Lehtonen	9	19-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
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
Series tied with # 19, Q1 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-1
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	19, Q1	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	22-20, 20-22, 15-10	0:54
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	Laboureur/Sude	3	21-16, 21-13	0:36
Series tied with # 22, Q3 Antonelli/Maestrini, Brazil 1-1
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool G	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q6	Antonelli/Maestrini	10	24-22, 23-21	0:47
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool H	Antonelli/Maestrini	9, Q1	Lahti/Lehtonen	24	21-19, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 23 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
4/16/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Schwaiger	29, Q6	Lahti/Lehtonen	19	21-18, 14-21, 18-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 3-2
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool B	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	Bieneck/Grossner	18, Q2	21-16, 21-15	0:35
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool H	Lahti/Lehtonen	24	Bieneck/Grossner	25, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:39
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Bieneck/Grossner	31, Q12	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q4	11-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
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 # 25, Q5 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 26 Wang/Yue, China 0-5
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool F	Wang/Yue	27, Q3	Lahti/Lehtonen	22	22-20, 10-21, 16-14	0:48
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool G	Wang/Yue	23	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q6	21-14, 21-17	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool D	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	29, Q8	20-22, 22-20, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # Q6 Braakman/Sinnema, Netherlands 0-2
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool C	Braakman/Sinnema	30, Q8	Lahti/Lehtonen	19	14-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:49
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Braakman/Sinnema	24, Q3	Lahti/Lehtonen	9	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q9 Matic/Milosevic, Serbia 1-0
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool F	Lahti/Lehtonen	6	Matic/Milosevic	27	21-12, 21-9	0:33
Lead the series against # Q12 Eiholzer/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool C	Lahti/Lehtonen	14	Eiholzer/Gerson	30, Q11	21-13, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q13 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 # Q22 Pierangeli/Sittig, South Africa 1-0
3/15/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q6	Pierangeli/Sittig	Q27	21-6, 21-4	0:25