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US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

(15) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Rivo Vesik - 5th	Kristjan Kais - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	16	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	11	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	7	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	5	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	10	7th	400	US$11,200.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	6	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	5	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/24/2007	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (18, Q2)	Lost 21-14, 21-23, 16-18	1:07
Thu, 5/24/2007	Contender 1	Michal Biza / Martin Lebl, Czech Republic (31, Q21)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 5/25/2007	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (17)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:49
Fri, 5/25/2007	Contender 3	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (23)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 12-15	0:54

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 %
2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	$71,100.00	26	20	56.5 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$17,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	49	0	0	0	1	6	4	6	8	9	9	6	$251,525.00	115	99	53.7 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	$35,550.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	$35,550.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,750.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,750.00
71	0	0	1	2	12	18	9	12	17	$135,762.50	Total	Total	50	0	0	1	1	10	14	9	9	6	$127,012.50

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%
2006-2007	31	72.1%	7	16.3%	5	11.6%	38-5	88.4%	11	26.2%	8	19.0%	23	54.8%	11-31	26.2%	31-23	57.4%	18-13	58.1%	1	3	50-39	56.2%
Against the Field	25	54.3%	11	23.9%	10	21.7%	36-10	78.3%	9	19.1%	11	23.4%	27	57.4%	9-38	19.1%	50-48	51.0%	40-42	48.8%	1	2	46-47	49.5%

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 18-22 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-4
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	16	Rego/Santos	1	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Rego/Santos	2	Kais/Vesik	18	29-27, 27-29, 29-27	1:25
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	1	Kais/Vesik	5	21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Kais/Vesik	5	By Forfeit
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 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Kais/Vesik	16	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	1:04
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	7	Kais/Vesik	10	21-19, 22-24, 15-13	1:05
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Kais/Vesik	16	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	22, Q23	Kais/Vesik	11	21-13, 27-25	0:41
Lead the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-1
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	10	Lione/Varnier	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:54
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	8	Lione/Varnier	7	22-20, 21-19	0:39
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 6	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	Kais/Vesik	14	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 9 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Amore/Tomatis	Q12	21-7, 21-10	0:29
Series tied with # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	6	18-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:55
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Kais/Vesik	6	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 11 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-2
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	16	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-14, 21-16	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 13 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-2
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	27	Kais/Vesik	11	26-24, 21-10	0:42
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Doppler/Gartmayer	16	Kais/Vesik	6	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	21	Reckermann/Urbatzka	20	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 3-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool F	Kais/Vesik	6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27, Q4	21-13, 21-12	0:33
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 # 17 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	15	Horrem/Maaseide	17	21-12, 21-18	0:49
Series tied with # 18, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Kais/Vesik	15	14-21, 23-21, 18-16	1:07
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	8	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	31, Q31	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 19 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27	21-17, 21-16	0:40
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 # 22 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Lochhead/Pitman	23	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:55
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	Kais/Vesik	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:55
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	14	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 23 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	23	Kais/Vesik	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Kruger/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
3/23/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	Q5	Kruger/Montgomery	Q28	21-17, 18-21, 15-6	0:48
Lead the series against # 31, Q21 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	15	Biza/Lebl	31, Q21	By Forfeit