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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Greece Challenger
August 19 - 24, 2003

(3) Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia

Kristjan Kais
Estonia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paikuse, Parnumaa

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

100

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

3rd (Athens 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$243,812.50

Rivo Vesik
Estonia

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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:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

3rd (Athens 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$271,325.00

Awards

Sportsperson 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
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	76	1	0	1	3	8	7	17	9	12	1	11	3	1	2	US$461,825.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	28, Q17	25th	30	US$1,650.00

Greece Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/19/2003	Pool C	Nikolaos Giannakakos / Dimitrios Nerantzis, Greece (22)	Won 21-6, 21-11	0:29
Wed, 8/20/2003	Pool C	Andreas Gortsianiouk / Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece (15)	Won 21-16, 21-8	0:32
Thu, 8/21/2003	Pool C	Kentaro Asahi / Koichi Nishimura, Japan (10)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:33
Fri, 8/22/2003	Winner 1	Ron Andelhof / Ward Coucke, Belgium (17)	Won 28-26, 21-12	0:42
Sat, 8/23/2003	Winner 2	Pavlos Beligratis / Thanassis Michalopoulos, Greece (6)	Won 21-9, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 8/23/2003	Semi-Finals	Riccardo Fenili / Fabio Galli, Italy (13)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:50
Sun, 8/24/2003	Bronze Medal	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (5)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:38

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	0	$50,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	2	3	6	0	$138,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	46	1	0	0	3	6	6	6	7	9	5	0	$270,250.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	76	1	0	1	3	8	7	17	9	13	11	0	$461,825.00

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	0	$25,437.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$28,937.50
28	0	0	0	0	1	12	3	7	0	$70,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	0	0	0	0	1	12	6	11	0	$85,750.00
59	1	0	0	3	12	14	10	8	0	$141,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	1	0	0	3	13	19	12	7	0	$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
100	1	0	1	4	18	30	14	15	0	$243,812.50	Total	117	1	0	1	3	16	32	20	18	0	$271,325.00

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 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$7,500.00	14	11	56.0 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	$9,150.00	16	14	53.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	6	1	85.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00	2000	FIVB C&S
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
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$3,750.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$3,750.00
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
29	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	7	15	$12,325.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	$5,825.00

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	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	0-0	0	0	6-1	85.7%
2002-2003	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	0-0	0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	12-2	85.7%	0-0	0	0	6-1	85.7%

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
Total	0	0	30	5	26	43	0	0	64	59	1	4	1	3	1	0	188	157

Head to Head Results
Kais/Vesik lead the series against the field 9-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	3	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	6	21-9, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
8/21/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	3	Asahi/Nishimura	10	21-11, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 12 Petreaev/Shapranovich, Israel 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Petreaev/Shapranovich	Q46	Kais/Vesik	Q14	21-16, 21-14	0:30
Trail the series against # 13 Fenili/Galli, Italy 0-1
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Semi-Finals	Fenili/Galli	13	Kais/Vesik	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 15 Gortsianiouk/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
8/20/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	3	Gortsianiouk/Mourtzios	15	21-16, 21-8	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 Reinmann/Schutz, Switzerland 1-0
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	Reinmann/Schutz	Q39	21-14, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 Andelhof/Coucke, Belgium 1-0
8/22/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	3	Andelhof/Coucke	17	28-26, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 22 Giannakakos/Nerantzis, Greece 1-0
8/19/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	3	Giannakakos/Nerantzis	22	21-6, 21-11	0:29