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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South Africa Open
November 23 - 27, 2005

(10) 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 Cape Town Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Rivo Vesik - 33rd	Kristjan Kais - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	14	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	15	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	14	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	13	17th	112	US$4,750.00
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

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/24/2005	Pool G	Dominic Goliath / Ulric Hargreaves, South Africa (23)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:37
Thu, 11/24/2005	Pool G	Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (26, Q3)	Won 21-12, 21-5	0:30
Fri, 11/25/2005	Pool G	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (7)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 14-16	1:06
Fri, 11/25/2005	Winner 1	Stephane Canet / Gregory Gagliano, France (28, Q6)	Won 22-20, 21-11	0:40
Fri, 11/25/2005	Winner 2	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (20)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:33
Sat, 11/26/2005	Winner 3	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (6)	Lost 11-21, 13-21	0:31

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 %
2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	3	2	1	0	$89,300.00	29	24	54.7 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	7	7	8	6	$162,925.00	82	73	52.9 %
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
13	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	1	0	$46,900.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	1	0	$44,650.00
58	0	0	1	2	7	13	7	11	17	$91,462.50	Total	Total	37	0	0	1	1	5	9	7	8	6	$82,712.50

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	17	63.0%	5	18.5%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	5	18.5%	4	14.8%	18	66.7%	5-22	18.5%	34-30	53.1%	20-18	52.6%	1	2	28-26	51.9%

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 11-15 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-3
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Kais/Vesik	15	21-19, 21-9	0:43
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 # 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
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Metzger, United States 0-1
10/22/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Gibb/Metzger	8	Kais/Vesik	15	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 6	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	Kais/Vesik	14	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
11/26/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	6	Kais/Vesik	10	21-11, 21-13	0:31
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	14	Egger/Laciga	3	21-12, 24-22	0:42
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Kais/Vesik	21	18-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Rogers/Scott	7	Kais/Vesik	10	15-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:06
Trail the series against # 8 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Kais/Vesik	14	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-3
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	15	Baracetti/Conde	18	21-13, 21-12	0:30
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	5	Kais/Vesik	25	21-13, 21-17	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 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 # 16 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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 2-0
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	10	Gosch/Strauss	20	21-17, 22-20	0:33
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 # 23 Goliath/Hargreaves, South Africa 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Kais/Vesik	10	Goliath/Hargreaves	23	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Kais/Vesik	10	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	26, Q3	21-12, 21-5	0:30
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Canet/Gagliano, France 1-0
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Canet/Gagliano	28, Q6	22-20, 21-11	0:40