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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	12	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	12	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$6,600.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	16	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	17	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	10	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	17	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	4	17th	120	US$2,500.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 1	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (23)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 2	Gianluca Casadei / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (26, Q14)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:38
Fri, 8/28/2009	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (2)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 8/29/2009	Winner 4	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (3)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:35
Sat, 8/29/2009	Contender 6	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:44
Sun, 8/30/2009	Semi-Finals	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (1)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:36
Sun, 8/30/2009	Bronze Medal	Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 12-15	0:56

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	9	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	$87,100.00	24	19	55.8 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	1	0	$43,900.00	17	21	44.7 %
2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	$94,300.00	33	23	58.9 %
Total	FIVB	75	1	0	0	3	8	7	17	9	13	11	6	$459,325.00	182	156	53.8 %
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
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
9	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	1	0	$21,950.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	1	0	$21,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	2	3	6	0	0	0	$47,150.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	3	6	0	0	0	$47,150.00
98	1	0	1	4	18	30	13	14	17	$240,662.50	Total	Total	76	1	0	1	3	15	26	13	11	6	$230,912.50

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%
2008-2009	34	69.4%	7	14.3%	8	16.3%	41-8	83.7%	8	18.2%	9	20.5%	27	61.4%	8-36	18.2%	34-27	55.7%	15-17	46.9%	1	0	50-44	53.2%
Against the Field	21	75.0%	3	10.7%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	4	18.2%	5	22.7%	13	59.1%	4-18	18.2%	42-26	61.8%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	28-22	56.0%

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 28-22 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-5
8/30/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Kais/Vesik	10	21-17, 21-16	0:36
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Kais/Vesik	15	21-14, 21-19	0:36
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Kais/Vesik	21	21-18, 21-14	0:39
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
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 # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-3
8/30/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Bronze Medal	Cerutti/Marques	2	Kais/Vesik	10	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:56
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	10	Cerutti/Marques	2	21-18, 21-17	0:35
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Marques	2	Kais/Vesik	15	21-18, 21-13	0:37
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Cerutti/Marques	1	Kais/Vesik	17	21-15, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
8/29/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 4	Gavira/Herrera	3	Kais/Vesik	10	21-15, 21-15	0:35
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Gavira/Herrera	3	Kais/Vesik	12	21-19, 10-21, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Santos/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Santos/Solberg	4	Kais/Vesik	12	21-15, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	17	Heuscher/Heyer	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Gold Medal	Kais/Vesik	16	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:04
Trail the series against # 8 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Kais/Vesik	15	Bellaguarda/Laciga	18	17-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:54
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Laciga	19, Q7	Kais/Vesik	11	21-17, 21-19	0:44
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Bellaguarda/Laciga	29	Kais/Vesik	13	21-13, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-2
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool I	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	33	Kais/Vesik	16	21-19, 21-17	0:40
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	17	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	16	21-17, 21-19	0:42
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 # 12 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 2-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Kais/Vesik	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:39
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	17	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:37
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Kais/Vesik	4	14-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-3
8/29/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Kais/Vesik	10	Gosch/Horst	13	21-18, 23-21	0:44
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	12	Gosch/Horst	13	34-32, 21-19	1:04
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	13	Kais/Vesik	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Gosch/Horst	24	Kais/Vesik	13	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
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 # 14 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	12	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 16, Q15 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 2-0
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	25, Q2	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q18	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	24, Q1	Brizida/Pedrosa	9	21-11, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	12	Lario/Mesa	21	21-13, 14-21, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 18 Ingrosso/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	12	Ingrosso/Nicolai	25	21-13, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 21 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-1
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	6	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-12, 21-15	0:37
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 # 23 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Doppler/Mellitzer	23	21-11, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 24, Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	12	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	28	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q14 Casadei/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	10	Casadei/Tomatis	26, Q14	21-12, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 27 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Kais/Vesik	11	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	27, Q6	21-17, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 28 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q10	24-22, 21-14	0:43
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	16	Hoyer/Soderberg	29	21-18, 21-18	0:47
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	6	Hoyer/Soderberg	28, Q8	25-23, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # Q3 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	Kais/Vesik	20, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:35
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 # Q6 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	17	Dumek/Tichy	31, Q5	21-10, 21-13	0:34