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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$520,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 31 - August 3, 2003

(Q28) Janis Grinbergs/Austris Stals, Latvia

Janis Grinbergs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1971 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$38,687.44

Austris Stals
Latvia

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 8, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Smiltene

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$17,669.24

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$20,330.44
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,860.00
Overall	26	0	0	2	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	5	5	2	US$30,190.44

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Ringolds Stals - 57th
1999	Andris Krumins - 41st	Ringolds Stals - 57th
2000	Did not play	Ringolds Stals - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		5th	60	€ 2,250.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q22	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	Q19	41st	10	US$0.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/31/2003	Qualifier 2	Paul Baxter / Carl Henkel, United States (22, Q5)	Lost 15-21, 21-17, 10-15	0:53

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00
Challenger	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,860.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00
Total	20	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	12	$20,360.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Janis Grinbergs												Austris Stals
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	32	$3,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	$0.00
7	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$8,635.00	Challenger	5	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	$4,930.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$575.00	Satellite
6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$11,537.50	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,250.00
53	1	0	3	1	6	4	0	5	33	$25,572.50	Total	40	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	32	$10,180.00

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
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,860.00	6	1	85.7 %
2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,860.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Janis Grinbergs													Austris Stals
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,430.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,262.50	2001	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$825.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,430.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,430.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,125.00
35	0	0	2	1	5	1	0	4	22	$16,247.50	Total	Total	26	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	24	$2,555.00

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	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	7	58.3%	2-10	16.7%	6-7	46.2%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	8-12	40.0%
2002-2003	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
Challenger	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	22	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
Total	0	0	11	12	10	2	0	0	10	6	0	2	2	1	0	0	38	25

Head to Head Results
Grinbergs/Stals trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2, Q7 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
7/28/02	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Semi-Finals	Bellaguarda/Dultra	1	Grinbergs/Stals	12	22-20, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel		Grinbergs/Stals		22-20, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer		Grinbergs/Stals		21-17, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 22, Q5 Baxter/Henkel, United States 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Baxter/Henkel	22, Q5	Grinbergs/Stals	Q28	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 31, Q32 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 2-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger		16-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:47
7/26/02	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals	12	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	5	By Forfeit
Trail the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	Grinbergs/Stals	Q19	24-26, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # Q9 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		Grinbergs/Stals		18-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # Q14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals		Kais/Vesik		19-21, 27-25, 15-7	0:55
Lead the series against # Q19 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Grinbergs/Stals	Q22	Ljubicic/Slean	Q11	21-12, 21-16	0:46