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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Olympic Garden Open
May 19 - 23, 2004

(27, Q4) Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia

Kristjan Kais
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

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 Winnings:

US$243,812.50

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:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

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 Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q5	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	29, Q7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	41	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	29, Q10	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	30, Q5	25th	30	US$2,000.00
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
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/19/2004	Qualifier 1	Daniele Desiderio / Giuseppe Patriarca, Italy (Q29)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:41
Thu, 5/20/2004	Qualifier 2	Koko Darkuncoro / Agus Salim, Indonesia (Q20)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:31
Fri, 5/21/2004	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:34
Fri, 5/21/2004	Contender 1	Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (11)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	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	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	$14,875.00	18	20	47.4 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$6,000.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	6	$22,525.00	27	28	49.1 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	$7,437.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	$7,437.50
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,000.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,000.00
35	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	10	17	$19,012.50	Total	Total	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	6	$12,512.50

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%
2003-2004	37	80.4%	6	13.0%	3	6.5%	43-3	93.5%	7	14.0%	9	18.0%	34	68.0%	7-43	14.0%	37-34	52.1%	13-12	52.0%	1	0	51-46	52.6%
Against the Field	30	73.2%	7	17.1%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	7	17.5%	8	20.0%	25	62.5%	7-33	17.5%	60-46	56.6%	28-24	53.8%	0	2	44-37	54.3%

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 13-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	Laciga/Laciga	3	21-17, 24-22	0:37
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	21-15, 21-14	0:30
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 # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	6	Kais/Vesik	27, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:34
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	11	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Brazao/Souza, Brazil 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool H	Brazao/Souza	32	Kais/Vesik	41	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-2
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Kais/Vesik	27, Q4	21-15, 21-14	0:39
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Alvarez/Rossell	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 18 Brink/Schneider, Germany 3-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	Brink/Schneider	20, Q15	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:55
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 # 20 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 # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Kais/Vesik	Q5	21-19, 13-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # Q11 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 # Q12 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 # Q20 Darkuncoro/Salim, Indonesia 1-0
5/20/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	27, Q4	Darkuncoro/Salim	Q20	21-13, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # Q29 Desiderio/Patriarca, Italy 1-0
5/19/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	27, Q4	Desiderio/Patriarca	Q29	21-18, 21-18	0:41