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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Spain Open
September 4 - 8, 2002

(28, Q17) Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia

Kristjan Kais
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1976 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paikuse, Parnumaa

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$296,852.89

Rivo Vesik
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 15, 1980 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Parnu

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

142

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$319,014.54

Awards

Sportsperson 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	20	0	2	2	2	0	4	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	US$82,226.83
FIVB	75	1	0	0	3	8	7	17	9	12	1	11	3	1	2	US$459,325.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,500.00
Overall	96	1	2	3	5	8	11	23	10	13	3	11	3	1	2	US$544,051.83

Previous Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 1999	Kaarel Kais - 25th	Did not play
2001	Kaarel Kais - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	22	17th	20	€ 450.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/5/2002	Qualifier 2	Jose Luis Martell / Joel Sotelo, Mexico (Q16)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Thu, 9/5/2002	Qualifier 3	Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (Q1)	Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-7	0:45
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool E	Fabio Diez / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (12)	Lost 16-21, 22-24	0:44
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool E	Dain Blanton / Carl Henkel, United States (21)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 9-15	0:53
Sat, 9/7/2002	Pool E	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (5)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:39

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	$50,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	2	3	6	2	$138,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	1	0	0	3	6	6	6	7	9	5	3	$270,250.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	$18,200.00
Total	82	1	0	1	4	8	8	19	9	15	11	6	$480,025.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristjan Kais												Rivo Vesik
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$25,437.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$28,937.50
28	0	0	0	0	1	12	3	7	5	$70,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	0	0	0	0	1	12	6	11	16	$85,750.00
59	1	0	0	3	12	14	10	8	11	$141,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	1	0	0	3	13	19	12	7	9	$155,387.50
7	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$5,575.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	Satellite
10	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	$12,825.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	$9,600.00
110	1	0	1	5	19	34	17	16	17	$256,637.50	Total	124	1	0	1	4	17	34	23	18	26	$280,925.00

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
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,650.00	2	3	40.0 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$450.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,650.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$450.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristjan Kais													Rivo Vesik
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	1998	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1999	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$668.75	1999	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00	2000	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,800.00	2000	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$3,000.00	2001	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,175.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2001	CEV
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$825.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00	2002	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
28	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	5	11	$11,568.75	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,050.00

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	121	71.2%	27	15.9%	22	12.9%	148-22	87.1%	30	18.8%	31	19.4%	99	61.9%	30-130	18.8%	121-99	55.0%	57-53	51.8%	4	4	182-156	53.8%
2001-2002	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	19	70.4%	5	18.5%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	4	9.3%	6	14.0%	33	76.7%	4-39	9.3%	38-60	38.8%	18-18	50.0%	1	2	29-41	41.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	2	16	23	0	0	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	51
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	3	3	12	0	0	44	38	1	3	0	3	1	0	127	93
Challenger	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	13
Total	0	0	30	5	29	49	0	0	67	62	1	5	1	4	1	0	197	170

Head to Head Results
Kais/Vesik trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	12	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	21-16, 24-22	0:44
Trail the series against # 21 Blanton/Henkel, United States 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Blanton/Henkel	21	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 22 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	12	Kais/Vesik	22	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q1 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	Alvarez/Rossell	Q1	23-21, 19-21, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # Q16 Martell/Sotelo, Mexico 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	Martell/Sotelo	Q16	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47