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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

(23) Kristjan Kais/Martin Ruul, 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

Martin Ruul
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 6, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tartu, Estonia

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Athens 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$2,600.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$4,500.00

Previous Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2003	Rivo Vesik - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 1	Dimitrios Nerantzis / Konstantinos Tampouratzis, Greece (10)	Won 25-23, 21-18	0:42
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 2	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (7)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:44
Fri, 9/2/2005	Contender 2	Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (24, Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 9/2/2005	Contender 3	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (16)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:40

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristjan Kais												Martin Ruul
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
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$25,437.50	World Championships
28	0	0	0	0	1	12	3	7	0	$70,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
59	1	0	0	3	12	14	10	8	0	$141,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
7	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$5,575.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
100	1	0	1	4	18	30	14	15	0	$243,812.50	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,600.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristjan Kais													Martin Ruul
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	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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2003	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	1	1	$28,550.00	2004	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	0	$32,400.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
55	0	0	1	2	4	13	7	11	17	$76,962.50	Total	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2004-2005	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	7	Kais/Ruul	23	21-14, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Nerantzis/Tampouratzis, Greece 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kais/Ruul	23	Nerantzis/Tampouratzis	10	25-23, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	16	Kais/Ruul	23	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Kais/Ruul	23	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:37