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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Spain Open
June 5 - 9, 2002

(17, Q2) Inga Ikauniece/Inguna Minusa, Latvia

Inga Pulina Ikauniece
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 23, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

163 cm (5'4")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Maoming 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$17,235.00

Inguna Minusa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 17, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Turku 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$99,710.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	49	57	Money
FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	12	1	13	1	1	US$32,270.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,200.00
Overall	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	7	12	1	13	1	1	US$34,470.00

Previous Madrid Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	Q4	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2001	China Open	24	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	45	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	27, Q9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	26, Q14	25th	46	US$2,500.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2001	Greece Challenger	10	17th	12	US$500.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	Q11	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	31, Q17	17th	72	US$3,000.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/6/2002	Qualifier 2	Beatriz Alonzo / Noelia Esteban, Spain (Q34)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:24
Thu, 6/6/2002	Qualifier 3	Susan Blundell / Lucy Todd, New Zealand (Q15)	Won 21-10, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 6/7/2002	Pool A	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:32
Fri, 6/7/2002	Pool A	Krisztina Nagy / Katalin Schlegl, Hungary (32, Q3)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:31
Sat, 6/8/2002	Pool A	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (16)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:30

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	$22,370.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	7	0	$34,470.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Inga Ikauniece												Inguna Minusa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,400.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	0	$29,650.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$11,185.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	9	17	11	0	$55,960.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,100.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$2,100.00
											Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
44	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	7	0	$17,235.00	Total	118	1	0	1	0	2	10	25	18	0	$99,710.00

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
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$10,500.00	16	20	44.4 %
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,520.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	$13,020.00	19	22	46.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Inga Ikauniece													Inguna Minusa
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	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$5,250.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$5,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,260.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	$7,010.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	$7,010.00

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	33	76.7%	6	14.0%	4	9.3%	39-4	90.7%	2	3.3%	11	18.0%	48	78.7%	2-59	3.3%	33-48	40.7%	8-15	34.8%	2	1	43-64	40.2%
2001-2002	23	76.7%	4	13.3%	3	10.0%	27-3	90.0%	2	5.6%	5	13.9%	29	80.6%	2-34	5.6%	23-29	44.2%	6-8	42.9%	2	1	31-38	44.9%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	1	4.0%	2	8.0%	22	88.0%	1-24	4.0%	18-44	29.0%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	13-26	33.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	8	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	30	25	4	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	45
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	34	33	6	20	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	66

Head to Head Results
Ikauniece/Minusa trail the series against the field 8-10 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Bede/Behar	1	Ikauniece/Minusa	17, Q2	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	17	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q17	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	2	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q17	21-15, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 8 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool M	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	Ikauniece/Minusa	45	22-20, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 10 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Ikauniece/Minusa	24	21-19, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/16/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Ikauniece/Minusa	26, Q14	Glesnes/Maaseide	Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:27
Trail the series against # 16 Tian/Wang, China 0-3
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Tian/Wang	16	Ikauniece/Minusa	17, Q2	21-13, 21-13	0:30
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	9	Ikauniece/Minusa	24	21-13, 22-20	0:38
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool M	Tian/Wang	13	Ikauniece/Minusa	45	21-18, 21-13	0:33
Series tied with # 32, Q3 Nagy/Schlegl, Hungary 1-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Ikauniece/Minusa	17, Q2	Nagy/Schlegl	32, Q3	21-14, 21-18	0:31
8/23/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open		Nagy/Schlegl	29	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q4	23-21, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # Q4 Luge/Syren, France 1-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Luge/Syren	10	Ikauniece/Minusa	26, Q14	21-18, 21-15	0:31
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q11	Luge/Syren	Q38	21-15, 21-10	0:28
Lead the series against # Q12 Meissinger/Stampfer, Austria 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 5	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q17	Meissinger/Stampfer	Q18	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # Q13 De Decker/Duyck, Belgium 2-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open		Ikauniece/Minusa	Q11	De Decker/Duyck	Q21	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:42
6/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open		Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q17	De Decker/Duyck	Q29	22-20, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Blundell/Todd, New Zealand 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Ikauniece/Minusa	17, Q2	Blundell/Todd	Q15	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q34 Alonzo/Esteban, Spain 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Ikauniece/Minusa	17, Q2	Alonzo/Esteban	Q34	21-13, 21-16	0:24