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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 27 - 31, 2005

(13) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	11	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	12	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	15	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	17	5th	600	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	21	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	18	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	13	13th	120	US$4,500.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	13	13th	108	US$4,000.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		9th	34	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	25, Q2	17th	108	US$4,500.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/28/2005	Winner 1	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (20, Q3)	Won 21-15, 26-24	0:54
Thu, 7/28/2005	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (4)	Lost 19-21, 22-20, 9-15	1:01
Fri, 7/29/2005	Contender 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (19)	Lost By Forfeit

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	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 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	5	1	1	$57,100.00	33	26	55.9 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00	5	5	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	$57,050.00	19	16	54.3 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	7	7	7	6	$130,675.00	72	65	52.6 %
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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	$9,450.00	9	13	40.9 %

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
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
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
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,250.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,250.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	$28,525.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	$28,525.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
66	0	0	1	2	5	18	12	11	17	$81,831.25	Total	Total	40	0	0	1	1	2	13	10	7	6	$71,312.50

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%
2004-2005	41	69.5%	11	18.6%	7	11.9%	52-7	88.1%	8	16.0%	8	16.0%	34	68.0%	8-42	16.0%	41-34	54.7%	19-15	55.9%	2	1	62-50	55.4%
Against the Field	37	71.2%	10	19.2%	5	9.6%	47-5	90.4%	9	17.0%	8	15.1%	36	67.9%	9-44	17.0%	74-62	54.4%	38-26	59.4%	2	3	58-47	55.2%

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 29-30 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
7/16/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Kais/Vesik	12	21-19, 21-16	0:48
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 7	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Kais/Vesik	17	21-13, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Kais/Vesik	15	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Kais/Vesik	13	19-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:55
Series tied with # 4 Brink/Schneider, Germany 4-4
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	4	Kais/Vesik	13	21-19, 20-22, 15-9	1:01
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 5	Brink/Schneider	13	Kais/Vesik	17	21-15, 13-21, 15-10	0:57
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	12	Kais/Vesik	21	21-14, 21-18	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Kais/Vesik	21	18-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 7 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Kais/Vesik	17	Heyer/Laciga	8	21-17, 23-25, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 10 Canet/Hamel, France 2-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	21	Canet/Hamel	28	21-18, 21-16	0:41
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	25	Canet/Hamel	9	21-11, 21-15	0:34
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	12	Kais/Vesik	22	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-3
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	Kais/Vesik	15	21-12, 21-14	0:29
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Kais/Vesik	18	21-8, 21-18	0:38
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		Kais/Vesik		21-13, 21-18	0:43
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	6	25-23, 29-27	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	12	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8	21-14, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-3
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	25	Berger/Doppler	23, Q2	By Forfeit
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Kais/Vesik	41	25-23, 21-14	0:39
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 # 17 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-2
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Pettersen	15	Kais/Vesik	18	24-22, 21-17	0:41
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 2	Horrem/Pettersen	13	Kais/Vesik		21-18, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	Kais/Vesik	13	By Forfeit
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	0:59
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 # 20, Q3 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	Schacht/Slack	20, Q3	21-15, 26-24	0:54
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	15	Schacht/Slack	16	21-16, 8-21, 16-14	0:53
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	Schacht/Slack	11, Q1	22-20, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 23 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-2
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	20	Kais/Vesik	11	21-17, 21-18	0:44
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	17	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 21-16	0:41
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	16	Kais/Vesik	18	21-10, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	11	Leinemann/VanHuizen	21	21-19, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 26, Q17 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	Kais/Vesik	11	26-24, 15-21, 19-17	0:57
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Polte/Schoen, Germany 1-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	15	Polte/Schoen	18	21-14, 21-12 Retired	0:37
Trail the series against # Q1 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
Lead the series against # Q6 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	21	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22	21-16, 21-14	0:37
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	14	Gartmayer/Nowotny	19	21-16, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q7 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	12	Xu/Xu	22	21-17, 21-9	0:32
Lead the series against # Q12 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	12	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	15-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # Q14 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 4-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	12	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q3	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:56
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	13	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
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 # Q16 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-0
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	11	Rossell/Villar	27, Q11	15-21, 27-25, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # Q18 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 # Q19 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Pedrosa/Rosas		Kais/Vesik		23-21, 21-15	0:37