European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005
(13) Janis Grinbergs/Austris Stals, Latvia
 
Janis Grinbergs
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Mar 18, 1971 (53 yrs old)
Home Town: Riga
Height: 192 cm (6'4")
Weight: 81 kg (178 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 63
Career Wins: 2
Career CEV Best: 4th (Almere 2000)
Career Winnings: US$41,367.46
Austris Stals
Latvia
Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino
Personal Info
Birth Date: Oct 8, 1977 (47 yrs old)
Home Town: Smiltene
Height: 188 cm (6'2")
Weight: 82 kg (180 lb)
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 48
Career Wins: 1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 1996)
Career CEV Best: 5th (2 times)
Career Winnings: US$17,669.24
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913171925334157Money
CEV900002023110000 US$20,330.44
FIVB1200000000000552 US$0.00
FIVB C&S500210110000000 US$9,860.00
Overall2600212133110552 US$30,190.44
Previous Lucerne Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB C&S 7/27-31/2005 Ukraine Challenger 7 3rd 48 US$2,400.00
FIVB 7/20-24/2005 Poland Open Q27 41st 12 US$0.00
CEV 7/7-10/2005 Spanish Open 8 13th 30 € 1,300.00
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
CEV 5/12-15/2005 Turkish Open 19th 16 € 0.00
CEV 9/9-12/2004 Spanish Open 13th 18 € 1,000.00
Swiss Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Sun, 8/7/2005 Qualifier 2 Bram Ronnes / Jaap Vos, Netherlands Won 21-16, 21-23, 15-10 1:06
Sun, 8/7/2005 Qualifier 3 Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (14) Lost 19-21, 21-19, 16-18 0:58
Sun, 8/7/2005 Qualifier 4 Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic Won 21-16, 21-14 0:35
Mon, 8/8/2005 Winner 1 Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (4) Lost 20-22, 23-21, 10-15 0:57
Mon, 8/8/2005 Contender 1 Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (12) Lost By Forfeit  
Head to Head Results
Grinbergs/Stals trail the series against the field 3-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 4 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
8/8/05CEVSwiss Open Winner 1 Herrera/Mesa 4 Grinbergs/Stals 13 22-20, 21-23, 15-10 0:57
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/03CEVGreek Open Pool E Heuscher/Kobel Grinbergs/Stals 22-20, 21-15 0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
7/31/05FIVB C&SUkraine Challenger Semi-Finals Babich/Nikolaev 9 Grinbergs/Stals 7 21-18, 21-17 0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
8/8/05CEVSwiss Open Contender 1 Horrem/Pettersen 12 Grinbergs/Stals 13 By Forfeit  
Trail the series against # 14 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/7/05CEVSwiss Open Qualifier 3 Gscheidle/Schnider 14 Grinbergs/Stals 13 21-19, 19-21, 18-16 0:58
Series tied with # 15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
8/29/03CEVEuropean Championships Pool E Grinbergs/Stals Brink/Schneider 21-12, 21-15 0:38
8/8/02FIVBSpain Open Qualifier 2 Brink/Schneider 26, Q14 Grinbergs/Stals Q19 24-26, 21-18, 15-9 0:56
Lead the series against Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/05CEVSwiss Open Qualifier 4 Grinbergs/Stals 13 Benes/Benes 21-16, 21-14 0:35
Trail the series against Karasev/Kulikovsky, Russia 0-1
5/14/04CEVItalian Open Pool D Karasev/Kulikovsky Grinbergs/Stals 21-18, 21-18 0:40
Lead the series against Ronnes/Vos, Netherlands 1-0
8/7/05CEVSwiss Open Qualifier 2 Grinbergs/Stals 13 Ronnes/Vos 21-16, 21-23, 15-10 1:06