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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Vodafone Grand Slam
June 25 - 29, 2003

(30, Q21) 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 (45 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Kaarel Kais - 89th	Did not play
2001	Kaarel Kais - 41st	Did not play
2002	Kaarel Kais - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	30, Q21	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	30, Q23	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	28, Q17	25th	30	US$1,650.00
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	22	17th	20	€ 450.00

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 1	Mario Silva / Miguel Xisto, Angola (Q44)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:26
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (Q12)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:36
Wed, 6/25/2003	Qualifier 3	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (Q28)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:38
Thu, 6/26/2003	Pool C	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (14)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:50
Fri, 6/27/2003	Pool C	Paul Baxter / Carl Henkel, United States (19, Q6)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:57
Fri, 6/27/2003	Pool C	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (3)	Lost 25-27, 19-21	0:52

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 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$7,500.00	11	7	61.1 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$9,150.00	13	10	56.5 %
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,750.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,750.00
31	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	8	11	$15,318.75	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$4,800.00

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%
2002-2003	15	78.9%	2	10.5%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	12.5%	6	25.0%	15	62.5%	3-21	12.5%	15-15	50.0%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	20-23	46.5%
Against the Field	34	70.8%	10	20.8%	4	8.3%	44-4	91.7%	9	14.3%	13	20.6%	41	65.1%	9-54	14.3%	68-74	47.9%	38-34	52.8%	1	3	54-57	48.6%

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 lead the series against the field 11-10 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Laciga/Laciga	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Metzger/Wong	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	27-25, 21-19	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	21-16, 30-28	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Berg/Dahl	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 19, Q6 Baxter/Henkel, United States 1-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Baxter/Henkel	19, Q6	19-21, 21-17, 18-16	0:57
Trail the series against # 20 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Holden/Leinemann	19	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against Ferreira/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Ferreira/Ramos	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # Q1 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
Trail the series against # Q8 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Pimponi/Raffaelli	11	Kais/Vesik	22	21-14, 22-20	0:35
Lead the series against # Q12 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Brink/Schneider	Q12	21-16, 22-20	0:36
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # Q16 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	Ljubicic/Slean	Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # Q17 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Amore/Tomatis	Q12	21-7, 21-10	0:29
Lead the series against # Q28 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q28	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q32 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
Lead the series against # Q42 Emmens/Willner, Sweden 1-0
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Emmens/Willner	Q44	21-12, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q44 Silva/Xisto, Angola 2-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Silva/Xisto	Q44	21-11, 21-15	0:26
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	Silva/Xisto	Q42	21-13, 21-15	0:34