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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(13) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Rivo Vesik - 37th	Kristjan Kais - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	25, Q2	17th	108	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	25	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	14	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	18	13th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	20, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	24, Q1	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	27, Q7	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	27, Q4	25th	36	US$2,000.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Emiel Boersma / Richard Kogel, Netherlands (20)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:43
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (4)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:37
Thu, 9/23/2004	Contender 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (19)	Won 18-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:55
Fri, 9/24/2004	Contender 3	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (12)	Lost 30-32, 19-21	0:51

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	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	5	1	1	$57,100.00	33	26	55.9 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	5	7	6	$73,625.00	53	49	52.0 %
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
13	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	1	1	$28,550.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	1	1	$28,550.00
45	0	0	1	2	2	8	5	10	17	$44,562.50	Total	Total	25	0	0	1	1	0	5	5	7	6	$38,062.50

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	21	72.4%	6	20.7%	2	6.9%	27-2	93.1%	5	11.9%	9	21.4%	28	66.7%	5-37	11.9%	42-48	46.7%	22-22	50.0%	1	3	33-38	46.5%

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 trail the series against the field 14-17 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-3
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Neto/Ramos	7	Kais/Vesik	25, Q2	21-16, 21-11	0:33
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	8, Q1	Kais/Vesik	25	27-25, 21-16	0:50
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Neto/Ramos	3	Kais/Vesik	14	21-18, 18-21, 31-29	1:12
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Kais/Vesik	18	18-21, 28-26, 16-14	1:02
5/30/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-2
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	4	Kais/Vesik	13	21-14, 21-15	0:37
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	4	Kais/Vesik	20, Q2	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 5	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-4
5/30/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:39
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:36
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	21-10, 29-27	0:36
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-18, 21-10	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	8	Kais/Vesik	25, Q2	30-28, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Ferreira	18, Q4	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 9, Q2 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Magalhaes/Silva	17, Q1	Kais/Vesik	18	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	Goranson/Skarlund	26, Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-2
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	Kais/Vesik	13	32-30, 21-19	0:51
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	18	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:48
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	21-17, 30-28	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	21-19, 21-12	0:37
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 # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 4-1
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	13	Brink/Schneider	19	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:55
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 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	Boersma/Kogel	20	25-23, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 26 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 # 28 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