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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Alice Italian Open
September 1 - 5, 2004

(29, Q6) 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 Milan Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Inguna Minusa - 41st	Inga Ikauniece - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q16	41st	16	US$0.00
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
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
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

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/2/2004	Qualifier 2	Miwa Asao / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (31, Q11)	Won 21-10, 21-9	0:29
Fri, 9/3/2004	Winner 1	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (4)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:39
Fri, 9/3/2004	Contender 1	Ryo Tokuno / Satoko Urata, Japan (20)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:43
Fri, 9/3/2004	Contender 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (14)	Lost 16-21, 21-11, 18-20	0:48

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	2	$15,370.00	15	18	45.5 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	4	8	33.3 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	$3,000.00	6	12	33.3 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	23	$28,870.00	41	58	41.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	1	2	33.3 %

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
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
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
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	$1,500.00
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
39	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	7	24	$15,535.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	7	24	$15,535.00

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	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	12.5%	14	87.5%	0-16	0.0%	10-28	26.3%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	6-18	25.0%

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 7-18 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 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 # 4 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-2
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	4	Ikauniece/Minusa	29, Q6	21-19, 21-16	0:39
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	17, Q1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q17	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
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 # 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 # 9 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-1
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	Ikauniece/Minusa	38	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 10 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
Series tied with # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
7/6/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q17	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q16	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:42
3/9/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q16	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q17	14-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-2
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Ikauniece/Minusa	29, Q6	21-16, 11-21, 20-18	0:48
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 # 15 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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 Tokuno/Urata, Japan 1-0
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Ikauniece/Minusa	29, Q6	Tokuno/Urata	20	21-18, 21-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 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
Series tied with # 30, Q9 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-1
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Erni/Trussel	Q17	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q16	22-20, 25-23	0:44
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q8	Erni/Trussel	Q57	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Asao/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
9/2/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Ikauniece/Minusa	29, Q6	Asao/Tanaka	31, Q11	21-10, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against Menin/Reniero, Italy 1-0
7/24/04	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 2	Ikauniece/Minusa	9	Menin/Reniero	17	21-15, 31-29	0:54