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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Ukrzernoprom Challenger'2005
July 27 - 31, 2005

(7) Janis Grinbergs/Austris Stals, Latvia

Janis Grinbergs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1971 (54 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 Winnings:

US$14,035.00

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 Winnings:

US$4,930.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	12	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	US$9,860.00
Overall	17	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	5	2	US$9,860.00

Previous Kiev Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Andris Krumins - 3rd	Did not play
2002	Austris Stals - 3rd	Janis Grinbergs - 3rd
2004	Andris Krumins - 1st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q27	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	7	7th	30	US$1,200.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q32	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q24	57th	4	US$0.00

Ukraine Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/29/2005	Winner 1	Toni Kankaanpaa / Kai Liukkonen, Finland (26)	Won 21-16, 21-8	0:28
Fri, 7/29/2005	Winner 2	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Anton Kulikovsky, Russia (10)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:45
Sat, 7/30/2005	Winner 3	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (15, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:32
Sat, 7/30/2005	Winner 4	Andris Krumins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (6)	Won 21-11, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
Sun, 7/31/2005	Semi-Finals	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (9)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:40
Sun, 7/31/2005	Bronze Medal	Brian Hiebert / Martin Reader, Canada (12)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:42

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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,860.00
Total	17	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,860.00

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	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$3,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$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
47	1	0	3	1	3	1	0	5	0	$14,035.00	Total	37	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	$4,930.00

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 %
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	$0.00	8	12	40.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$7,360.00	15	6	71.4 %

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
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
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
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
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	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
45	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	5	32	$12,785.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	32	$3,680.00

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	15	78.9%	3	15.8%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	7	70.0%	3-7	30.0%	15-7	68.2%	6-1	85.7%	1	0	22-8	73.3%
2004-2005	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	6-3	66.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	12-2	85.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-1	87.5%

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
Total	0	0	11	12	5	1	0	0	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	30	20

Head to Head Results
Grinbergs/Stals lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Byron/Suan, Australia 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Grinbergs/Stals	7	Byron/Suan	14	21-15, 21-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 6 Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 4	Grinbergs/Stals	7	Krumins/Sorokins	6	21-11, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
7/31/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Semi-Finals	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Grinbergs/Stals	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Kouchnerev/Kulikovsky, Russia 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 2	Grinbergs/Stals	7	Kouchnerev/Kulikovsky	10	21-15, 23-21	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Dvorsky/Litva	Q33	Grinbergs/Stals	Q32	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Hiebert/Reader, Canada 1-0
7/31/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Bronze Medal	Grinbergs/Stals	7	Hiebert/Reader	12	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 15, Q2 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/30/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 3	Grinbergs/Stals	7	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q2	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 26 Kankaanpaa/Liukkonen, Finland 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals	7	Kankaanpaa/Liukkonen	26	21-16, 21-8	0:28