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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 3 - 8, 2007

(4) 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 Montréal Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	16	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	15	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

Montréal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 1	Michal Biza / Martin Lebl, Czech Republic (29)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:53
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (13)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:57
Fri, 7/6/2007	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (14)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:41

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	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	$65,600.00	20	14	58.8 %
Total	FIVB	53	1	0	0	1	6	4	7	8	11	9	6	$299,625.00	128	107	54.5 %
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
7	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$32,800.00	2007	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$32,800.00
75	1	0	1	2	12	19	11	12	17	$159,812.50	Total	Total	54	1	0	1	1	10	15	11	9	6	$151,062.50

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%
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	64.1%	7	17.9%	7	17.9%	32-7	82.1%	7	21.2%	12	36.4%	14	42.4%	7-26	21.2%	50-22	69.4%	28-38	42.4%	1	2	40-32	55.6%

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 29-23 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 5 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
Series tied with # 2 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	16	Marques/Solberg	4	24-26, 21-17, 16-14	1:07
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 # 3 Wu/Xu, China 1-2
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 5	Kais/Vesik	16	Wu/Xu	4	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:49
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	13	Kais/Vesik	18	21-17, 21-16	0:42
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	9	Kais/Vesik	8	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-2
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17, Q1	Kais/Vesik	12	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	Kais/Vesik	16	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	21	Reckermann/Urbatzka	20	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Series tied with # 6 "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
Lead the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 4-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	Schacht/Slack	15, Q2	21-14, 21-14	0:41
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	7	Kais/Vesik	10	21-13, 21-18	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 8 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 6	Kais/Vesik	16	Cadieux/Heese	22	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	16	Kjemperud/Skarlund	8	21-18, 21-16	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 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
Series tied with # 13 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 3-3
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Kais/Vesik	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:57
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	Kais/Vesik	12	28-26, 15-21, 15-10	0:57
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
Series tied with # 14 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	14	Kais/Vesik	4	22-20, 21-19	0:41
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	15	Horrem/Maaseide	17	21-12, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 18 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Kais/Vesik	12	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Kais/Vesik	13	Asahi/Shiratori	29, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 19 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Li/Zhou	9	Kais/Vesik	10	23-21, 15-21, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 20 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 # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 3-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	5	Brenha/Maia	21	21-16, 21-13	0:35
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	5	Brenha/Maia	12	21-17, 21-16	0:39
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	17	Brenha/Maia	48	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Brenha/Maia	13	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:42
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Brenha/Maia	16, Q3	Kais/Vesik	Q14	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 25 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 # 29 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 2-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	4	Biza/Lebl	29	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:53
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	15	Biza/Lebl	31, Q21	By Forfeit