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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Nissan Grand Slam
September 18 - 21, 2003

(29, Q10) 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 Carson Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	30, Q5	25th	30	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		9th	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	3	3rd	48	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q14	33rd	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q8	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	32	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q14	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	30, Q21	25th	60	US$3,500.00
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

United States Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 1	Kentaro Asahi / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (Q23)	Won 21-17, 21-8	0:35
Thu, 9/18/2003	Qualifier 2	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (Q7)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:41
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool D	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (13)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:42
Fri, 9/19/2003	Pool D	Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (20)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:54
Sat, 9/20/2003	Pool D	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (4)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:30

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	$13,000.00	18	17	51.4 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	$14,650.00	20	20	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$4,950.00	3	7	30.0 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	$6,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	$6,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00
40	0	0	1	1	3	7	3	10	15	$21,568.75	Total	Total	14	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	6	4	$11,050.00

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%
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	29	72.5%	7	17.5%	4	10.0%	36-4	90.0%	9	17.3%	10	19.2%	33	63.5%	9-43	17.3%	58-60	49.2%	32-28	53.3%	1	2	46-46	50.0%

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
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 11-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-18, 21-10	0:32
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Kais/Vesik		16-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-3
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	21-15, 21-14	0:30
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool A	Laciga/Laciga		Kais/Vesik		21-13, 21-16	0:31
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 # 11 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Berger/Doppler		Kais/Vesik		17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:55
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 # 12 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer		Kais/Vesik		21-9, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-2
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	13	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:42
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Brenha/Maia	16, Q3	Kais/Vesik	Q14	21-17, 21-17	0:42
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 # 16 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
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 20 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Prosser/Williams	20	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 22 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-2
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Holden/Leinemann	23, Q1	Kais/Vesik	Q16	21-23, 25-23, 17-15	1:08
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 # 27 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 # 28, Q14 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	Q16	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q17	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-16, 21-9	0:38
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 # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q7 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q7	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q19 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kais/Vesik	3	Gosch/Strauss	5	24-22, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q22 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 # Q23 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 2-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	Asahi/Nishimura	Q23	21-17, 21-8	0:35
8/21/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	3	Asahi/Nishimura	10	21-11, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # Q24 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q21	21-16, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # Q27 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