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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Paris
September 27 - October 1, 2023

(16, Q12) Niina Ahtiainen/Taru Lahti, Finland

Niina Ahtiainen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 11, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Imatra

Resides:

Prague

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$77,659.25

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampere

Resides:

Vantaa

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$171,331.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	28	2	1	0	0	4	0	7	2	7	1	3	1	US$85,340.80

Previous Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Taru Lahti - 13th	Niina Ahtiainen - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q14	25	220	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	20, Q12	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q13	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/2/2023	Futures Helsinki	1	1	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	15, Q5	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q7	17	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	9	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	8	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	Q6	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	10	17	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/10-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	7	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	4	1	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	14, Q7	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	28	9	530	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	Q8	17	400	US$0.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	18, Q2	9	460	US$2,500.00

Elite16 Paris Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/27/2023	Qualifier 1	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (Q5)	Won 23-21, 23-25, 15-11	0:57
Wed, 9/27/2023	Qualifier 2	Ievgeniia Baieva / Valentyna Davidova, Ukraine (Q13)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:29
Thu, 9/28/2023	Pool A	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (8)	Lost 9-21, 20-22	0:34
Thu, 9/28/2023	Pool A	Betsi Flint / Julia Scoles, United States (9)	Lost 26-24, 13-21, 5-15	0:47
Fri, 9/29/2023	Pool A	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:30

Head to Head Results
Ahtiainen/Lahti trail the series against the field 3-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-2
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	21-13, 21-13	0:30
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool E	Lisboa/Silva	5	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	21-14, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Kloth/Nuss, United States 0-1
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool C	Kloth/Nuss	11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-3
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q13	21-18, 21-10	0:34
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	31	21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:01
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
11/11/22	FIVB	Uberlandia Elite 16	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	7	21-16, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 1	Artacho/Clancy	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 8 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	8	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	21-9, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Flint/Scoles, United States 0-1
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Flint/Scoles	9	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	24-26, 21-13, 15-5	0:47
Trail the series against # 14, Q3 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	3	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # Q5 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-2
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	Graudina/Samoilova	Q5	23-21, 23-25, 15-11	0:57
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:39
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	22-20, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # Q9 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-10, 12-21, 15-11	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	Baieva/Davidova	Q13	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # Q14 Dunarova/Resova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Dunarova/Resova	Q21	21-16, 21-11	0:31