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June 8 - 12, 2005

(Q24) 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 Zagreb Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		13th	18	€ 1,000.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		9th	80	€ 3,000.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2005	Qualifier 1	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy (Q41)	Lost 16-21, 21-15, 17-19	1:05

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	6	4	60.0 %
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00	7	10	41.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,760.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	$11,750.00	10	12	45.5 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,275.00	2004	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
51	1	0	2	1	6	4	2	5	30	$24,722.50	Total	Total	39	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	31	$7,755.00

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%
2004-2005	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	3-6	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-8	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	0-6	0.0%

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
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 2-12 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 18 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-2
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Grinbergs/Stals		21-16, 21-14	0:34
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Grinbergs/Stals		21-13, 21-19	0:30
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals		Kais/Vesik		19-21, 27-25, 15-7	0:55
Series tied with # 22 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Brink/Schneider		21-12, 21-15	0:38
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 # 24 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Arkaev/Barsuk		Grinbergs/Stals		21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler		Grinbergs/Stals		21-19, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 26, Q2 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q9	Grinbergs/Stals	Q25	21-18, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
8/22/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	5	Grinbergs/Stals	14	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # Q3 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-2
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q13	Grinbergs/Stals	Q20	17-21, 23-21, 19-17	1:04
3/17/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	27, Q8	Grinbergs/Stals	Q24	21-19, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # Q19 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Pedrosa/Rosas		Grinbergs/Stals		15-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:54
Trail the series against # Q41 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Amore/Fenili	Q41	Grinbergs/Stals	Q24	21-16, 15-21, 19-17	1:05