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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Cearà Open
March 9 - 14, 2004

(Q17) Inga Ikauniece/Inguna Minusa, Latvia

Inga Pulina Ikauniece
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 23, 1979 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

163 cm (5'4")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Maoming 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$28,395.60

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:

157

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$159,991.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	49	57	Money
CEV	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$16,769.25
FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	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	0	US$2,200.00
Overall	51	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	7	1	7	12	1	13	1	1	US$51,239.25

Previous Fortaleza Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	Q12	41st	10	US$0.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		9th	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q12	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	32	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		5th	60	€ 2,250.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q7	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q8	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	Q3	57th	4	US$0.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/9/2004	Qualifier 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (Q16)	Lost 21-14, 12-21, 14-16	0:43

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	2	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	$6,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	18	$22,370.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,200.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$8,450.00
Total	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	7	7	28	$42,920.00

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	2	$1,700.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$10,400.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$3,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	31	$29,650.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	18	$11,185.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	9	17	11	27	$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
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$4,225.00	Confederation Championship	12	1	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$15,850.00
48	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	7	29	$21,460.00	Total	130	2	0	1	0	3	14	30	19	61	$115,560.00

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 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,550.00	0	2	0.0 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	2	$15,370.00	15	18	45.5 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2	3	40.0 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	4	8	33.3 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	3	6	33.3 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	14	$25,870.00	35	47	42.7 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,700.00	5	11	31.3 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
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	$775.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	$7,685.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	$7,685.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
33	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	7	15	$18,035.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	7	15	$18,035.00

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%
2003-2004	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	15.8%	16	84.2%	0-19	0.0%	8-16	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	10-20	33.3%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	5	16.1%	26	83.9%	0-31	0.0%	8-52	13.3%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	8-33	19.5%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	2	1	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12
Total	0	0	36	34	8	24	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	78

Head to Head Results
Ikauniece/Minusa trail the series against the field 7-28 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 17 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q5	21-10, 21-15	0:34
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 # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-3
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Ikauniece/Minusa	30	21-16, 21-13	0:39
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q4	21-13, 21-12	0:29
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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 7 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-1
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	McPeak/Youngs	1	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q5	21-14, 21-9	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau		Ikauniece/Minusa		22-20, 21-14	0:40
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Ikauniece/Minusa	24	21-19, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	Ikauniece/Minusa	27, Q9	21-15, 21-10	0:32
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	Ikauniece/Minusa	26, Q14	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Ikauniece/Minusa		Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou		21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 0-1
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open		Clarke/Gerlic	25, Q14	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q11	21-14, 21-10	0:24
Trail the series against # 18, Q3 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q10	21-19, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # 21 Dumont/Martin, Canada 0-2
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dumont/Martin	30, Q21	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q12	21-16, 18-21, 15-3	0:43
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Dumont/Martin	30, Q24	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q8	21-14, 21-8	0:35
Series tied with # 22 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-1
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	Ikauniece/Minusa	30	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Ikauniece/Minusa	25, Q11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 23 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q4	21-6, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 24 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
9/3/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Bede/Ribeiro	27, Q21	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q12	21-12, 21-16
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q8	Arjona/Kadjo	Q25	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 26, Q2 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Glesnes/Maaseide	19	Ikauniece/Minusa	30	21-18, 21-19	0:29
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 # 30, Q9 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 0-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jobst/Stragliotto	Q14	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q19	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 31, Q7 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-2
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Ikauniece/Minusa	23	21-12, 21-10	0:30
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Ikauniece/Minusa	38	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Fonseca/Rodrigues	8, Q2	Ikauniece/Minusa	25, Q11	21-18, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	Alcon/Pol	36	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:43
Lead the series against # Q10 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q10	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q23	21-14, 21-18	0:29
Trail the series against # Q12 Barrera/Jaouen, France 0-1
8/7/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Barrera/Jaouen	28, Q10	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q7	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # Q16 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
3/9/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q16	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q17	14-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:43
Lead the series against # Q20 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q8	Erni/Trussel	Q57	21-19, 21-14	0:35