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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 28 - 31, 2004

(Q16) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Inguna Minusa - 33rd	Inga Ikauniece - 33rd
2002	Inguna Minusa - 25th	Inga Ikauniece - 25th
2003	Inguna Minusa - 41st	Inga Ikauniece - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/24-25/2004	Italy Challenger	9	9th	24	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2004	France Grand Slam	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	Q17	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2004	Norway Open	Q20	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q23	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2004	Switzerland Open	Q21	33rd	18	US$0.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		9th	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	Q19	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	Q20	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	Q23	41st	12	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		19th	10	€ 750.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	Q17	41st	12	US$0.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 1	Nadia Erni / Karin Trussel, Switzerland (Q17)	Lost 20-22, 23-25	0:44

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00	4	10	28.6 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	1	2	33.3 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	23	$25,870.00	39	56	41.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$11,450.00	8	18	30.8 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00
45	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	7	24	$20,510.00	Total	Total	45	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	7	24	$20,510.00

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	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	4	14.3%	24	85.7%	0-28	0.0%	12-48	20.0%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	7-29	19.4%

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 11-39 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 23 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 6 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Lahme/Musch		Ikauniece/Minusa		21-13, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 11 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 0-1
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit		Ikauniece/Minusa		21-11, 21-15	0:30
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
Trail the series against # 13 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czechia 0-2
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Celbova Rysava/Novakova		Ikauniece/Minusa		21-10, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	16-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-2
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	17, Q1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q17	21-15, 21-10	0:30
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta		Ikauniece/Minusa		22-20, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 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 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Ahmann/Vollmer		Ikauniece/Minusa		21-17, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # 19 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-1
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Arjona/Kadjo		Ikauniece/Minusa		17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:57
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q8	Arjona/Kadjo	Q25	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 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
Series tied with # 21 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 # 22 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 # 24, Q1 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
9/3/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Bede/Ribeiro	27, Q21	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q12	21-12, 21-16
Trail the series against # 25 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Kadijk/Leenstra		Ikauniece/Minusa		21-10, 22-20	0:36
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 # 26, Q2 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q5	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q21	26-24, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-2
6/9/04	CEV	European Championship Final		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Ikauniece/Minusa		21-23, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	15	Ikauniece/Minusa	31, Q4	21-6, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 28 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 # 29, Q6 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/22/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	26, Q10	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q23	25-23, 21-19	0:44
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 # 32, Q13 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
6/2/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Lessard/Maxwell	Q14	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q19	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against Augoustides/Kaup, Germany 0-1
7/24/04	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Augoustides/Kaup	8	Ikauniece/Minusa	9	21-23, 21-16, 15-13	0:45
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
Trail the series against # Q4 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-2
5/27/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	13, Q4	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q20	21-18, 21-17	0:35
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20, Q7	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q10	21-19, 21-12	0:29
Series tied with # Q8 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-1
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	Q10	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q23	21-17, 21-19	0:33
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	Alcon/Pol	36	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q11 Nagy/Petho, Hungary 1-0
5/26/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q20	Nagy/Petho	Q13	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q15 Keizer/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
6/9/04	CEV	European Championship Final		Ikauniece/Minusa		Keizer/Mooren		19-21, 27-25, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # Q17 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 2-1
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Erni/Trussel	Q17	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q16	22-20, 25-23	0:44
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Ikauniece/Minusa		Erni/Trussel		27-25, 21-19	0:45
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q8	Erni/Trussel	Q57	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # Q26 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czechia 1-1
6/9/04	CEV	European Championship Final		Ikauniece/Minusa		Tychnova/Tychnova		21-13, 21-15	0:28
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Tychnova/Tychnova		Ikauniece/Minusa		18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # Q27 Czerveniak/Pichler, Austria 1-0
5/19/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q23	Czerveniak/Pichler	Q42	21-15, 21-9	0:31