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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship
August 24 - 26, 2007

(5) 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:

129

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$297,293.44

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:

147

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$320,363.72

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 Valencia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Rivo Vesik - 9th	Kristjan Kais - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	3	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	19	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	4	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	3	2nd	540	€ 8,150.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	15	13th	180	US$4,500.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters	8	3rd	480	€ 5,850.00
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
CEV	8/25-28/2006	European Championship Final	7	7th	400	€ 4,000.00

European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2007	Winner 2	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (21)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:34
Fri, 8/24/2007	Winner 3	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (20)	Won 21-13, 22-24, 18-16	0:56
Sun, 8/26/2007	Winner 4	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (1)	Won 9-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:55
Sun, 8/26/2007	Semi-Finals	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (20)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 9-15	1:10
Sun, 8/26/2007	Bronze Medal	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (1)	Lost 21-13, 13-21, 10-15	0:55

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$256,637.50	Total	124	1	0	1	4	17	34	23	18	0	$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	12	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	3	2	1	0	$89,300.00	29	24	54.7 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	$71,100.00	26	20	56.5 %
2006	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$14,625.00	9	5	64.3 %
2007	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	$87,100.00	24	19	55.8 %
2007	CEV	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$23,975.00	13	6	68.4 %
Total	FIVB	55	1	0	0	1	7	4	7	8	11	10	6	$321,125.00	132	112	54.1 %
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	14	0	2	1	1	0	3	4	0	3	0	0	$48,050.00	31	24	56.4 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2002	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
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
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
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
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	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$7,312.50	2006	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$7,312.50
9	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	$43,550.00	2007	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	$43,550.00
4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$11,987.50	2007	CEV	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$11,987.50
98	1	2	2	3	18	25	16	14	17	$198,906.25	Total	Total	71	1	2	2	2	14	20	14	10	6	$185,987.50

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	31	72.1%	4	9.3%	8	18.6%	35-8	81.4%	5	14.7%	3	8.8%	26	76.5%	5-29	14.7%	31-26	54.4%	9-11	45.0%	3	0	43-37	53.8%
2006-2007	14	70.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	4	33.3%	2	16.7%	6	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	14-6	70.0%	7-5	58.3%	1	0	22-11	66.7%
Against the Field	10	66.7%	3	20.0%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	1	5.6%	2	11.1%	15	83.3%	1-17	5.6%	20-28	41.7%	8-8	50.0%	1	0	15-18	45.5%

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
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
Series tied against the field 24-24 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-1
8/26/07	CEV	European Championship	Bronze Medal	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Kais/Vesik	5	13-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:55
8/26/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 4	Kais/Vesik	5	Klemperer/Koreng	1	9-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:55
6/2/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Semi-Finals	Kais/Vesik	3	Klemperer/Koreng	2	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	1:02
5/20/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Bronze Medal	Kais/Vesik	8	Klemperer/Koreng	4	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 2 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	3	Boersma/Ronnes	14	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 3-3
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Kais/Vesik	3	21-15, 21-12	0:35
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	19	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-19, 21-11	0:36
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 5	Kais/Vesik	16	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	16-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:48
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Kais/Vesik	16	21-17, 21-16	0:37
8/8/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Kais/Vesik	12	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	21-19, 21-15
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	22, Q23	Kais/Vesik	11	21-13, 27-25	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 2-5
6/3/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Kais/Vesik	3	21-15, 21-17	0:40
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Kais/Vesik	8	21-19, 21-15	0:48
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	8	Brink/Dieckmann	1	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
5/11/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Kais/Vesik	16	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	1:04
8/8/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Kais/Vesik	12	21-17, 21-14
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	12	Brink/Dieckmann	1	21-15, 21-16	0:44
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Kais/Vesik	13	21-18, 21-18	0:46
Series tied with # 7 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 3-3
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Herrera/Mesa	18	Kais/Vesik	15	21-16, 21-17	0:43
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	19	Herrera/Mesa	24	21-18, 21-19	0:43
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
Series tied with # 8 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 1-1
8/11/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 3	Berger/Nowotny	7	Kais/Vesik	3	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	8	Berger/Nowotny	13	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 9 "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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 13 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-3
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	Kais/Vesik	20, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:35
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud		Kais/Vesik		21-19, 21-13	0:38
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Gold Medal	Kais/Vesik	16	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 17 Lione/Varnier, Italy 3-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool S	Kais/Vesik	19	Lione/Varnier	30	17-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:48
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 # 19 Corneliussen/Mayland, Denmark 1-0
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	3	Corneliussen/Mayland	14	21-18, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-4
8/26/07	CEV	European Championship	Semi-Finals	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	Kais/Vesik	5	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	1:10
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	5	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	21-13, 22-24, 18-16	0:56
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	Kais/Vesik	13	21-17, 21-17	0:37
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 # 21 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	5	Kubala/Pavlas	21	21-17, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	3	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-11, 21-5	0:26
Lead the series against # 23 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 2-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool S	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Kais/Vesik	19	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	1:10
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Kais/Vesik	13	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Semi-Finals	Kais/Vesik	16	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	1:00