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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

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 Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	25, Q2	17th	108	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	25	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	14	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	18	13th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	20, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		19th	20	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	24, Q1	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	27, Q7	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	27, Q4	25th	36	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q5	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	29, Q7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	41	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	29, Q10	25th	60	US$3,500.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool D	Javier Bosma / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:44
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool D	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal	Lost 21-23, 15-21	0:37
Sat, 9/11/2004	Pool D	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:34

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	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$53,100.00	31	24	56.4 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	7	6	$69,625.00	51	47	52.0 %
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	$9,450.00	8	12	40.0 %

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
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	1	1	$26,550.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	1	1	$26,550.00
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
57	0	0	1	2	4	13	9	11	17	$51,606.25	Total	Total	31	0	0	1	1	0	9	7	7	6	$40,937.50

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%
2003-2004	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	6-6	50.0%	1-4	20.0%	1	0	8-10	44.4%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
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 lead the series against the field 9-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-1
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 Bosma/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Bosma/Garcia-Thompson		Kais/Vesik		21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 3-1
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
Lead the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q28	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-2
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 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	18	Dyachenko/Kulinich	31, Q23	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 2-1
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Grinbergs/Stals		21-16, 21-14	0:34
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Grinbergs/Stals		21-13, 21-19	0:30
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals		Kais/Vesik		19-21, 27-25, 15-7	0:55
Trail the series against Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Pedrosa/Rosas		Kais/Vesik		23-21, 21-15	0:37