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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 5, 2017

(19) 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 Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	17	17th	160	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	16	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/1/2017	Porec Major Five Star	15	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	18	9th	180	US$2,000.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/29/2017	Pool F	Erika Bobadilla / Gabriela Filippo, Paraguay (30)	Won 21-13, 21-9	0:29
Sun, 7/30/2017	Pool F	Natalia Alfaro / Karen Charles, Costa Rica (43)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:30
Mon, 7/31/2017	Pool F	Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (6)	Lost 8-21, 17-21	0:35
Wed, 8/2/2017	Winner 1	Julie Gordon / Camille Saxton, Canada (27)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 8/3/2017	Winner 2	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (2)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:42

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th	Taru Lahti - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Anniina Parkkinen - 33rd	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Niina Ahtiainen - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Niina Ahtiainen - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	19	9th	480	US$11,000.00

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	14	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	5	2	0	$69,550.00	38	30	55.9 %
2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	$30,000.00	9	12	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	37	0	1	0	1	3	0	12	0	10	5	5	$160,625.00	83	77	51.9 %
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
14	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$34,775.00	2016	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$34,775.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$18,500.00	2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$16,050.00
45	0	1	0	2	4	14	11	6	7	$88,087.50	Total	Total	43	0	1	0	1	3	16	10	6	6	$83,262.50

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%
2016-2017	30	66.7%	6	13.3%	9	20.0%	36-9	80.0%	11	25.0%	10	22.7%	23	52.3%	11-33	25.0%	30-23	56.6%	17-19	47.2%	0	0	47-42	52.8%
Against the Field	7	50.0%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	2	10.0%	6	30.0%	12	60.0%	2-18	10.0%	14-24	36.8%	10-20	33.3%	0	0	12-22	35.3%

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 12-23 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 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 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-3
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	2	Lahti/Lehtonen	19	21-17, 21-19	0:42
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool B	Laboureur/Sude	2	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	21-14, 21-18	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-1
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Lahti/Lehtonen	17	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Hermannova/Slukova	6	Lahti/Lehtonen	19	21-8, 21-17	0:35
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 2	Hermannova/Slukova	5	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 1-0
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	18	Alves/Seixas	5	24-22, 21-23, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 9 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool B	Antonelli/Salgado	15, Q1	Lahti/Lehtonen	18	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 2-1
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-19, 21-14	0:37
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool B	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	Brunner/Huberli	18	21-14, 21-15	0:35
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 13 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool B	Frank/Kolocova	18	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	17-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:52
Trail the series against # 14 Fendrick/Ross, United States 0-1
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool A	Fendrick/Ross	16	Lahti/Lehtonen	17	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 20 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	Baieva/Davidova	24	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 24 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-2
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Bieneck/Schneider	15	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-15, 23-21	0:37
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 2	Bieneck/Schneider	19	Lahti/Lehtonen	18	21-13, 18-21, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # 27 Gordon/Saxton, Canada 1-0
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	19	Gordon/Saxton	27	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 30 Bobadilla/Filippo, Paraguay 1-0
7/29/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Lahti/Lehtonen	19	Bobadilla/Filippo	30	21-13, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 32 Lima/Maia, Brazil 0-1
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool A	Lima/Maia	17, Q1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-14, 20-22, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 37 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
Lead the series against # 43 Alfaro/Charles, Costa Rica 1-0
7/30/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool F	Lahti/Lehtonen	19	Alfaro/Charles	43	21-15, 21-9	0:30