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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 6, 2005

(Q23) Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia

Inese Jursone
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Limbazi

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$133,784.41

Inguna Minusa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 17, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

157

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$159,991.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	31	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	31	1	0	1	2	3	4	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$93,435.58
FIVB	72	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	19	0	11	0	1	14	1	16	1	US$159,750.00
FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,200.00
Overall	106	2	0	2	2	5	4	10	9	23	3	12	1	1	14	1	16	1	US$258,385.58

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 33rd
2002	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 25th
2003	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 41st
2004	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	Q25	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	France Satellite	6	3rd	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q21	41st	12	US$0.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	8	5th	60	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q20	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	28, Q15	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q12	33rd	20	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	10	9th	40	€ 1,950.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/3/2005	Qualifier 1	Eiko Koizumi / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (Q10)	Won 18-21, 32-30, 15-12	1:03
Wed, 8/3/2005	Qualifier 2	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (28, Q7)	Lost 12-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:48

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$)
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$17,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	23	$52,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	13	7	9	$89,550.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Confederation Championship	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	$23,250.00
Total	83	2	0	1	0	3	0	4	5	23	12	33	$188,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Inese Jursone												Inguna Minusa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,700.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$10,400.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	24	$26,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	31	$29,650.00
41	0	0	0	0	0	8	14	7	12	$45,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	9	17	11	27	$55,960.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$2,100.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$11,875.00	Confederation Championship	12	1	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$15,850.00
90	2	0	1	0	3	10	24	13	37	$95,400.00	Total	130	2	0	1	0	3	14	30	19	61	$115,560.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	5	8	38.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	0	100.0 %
2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Inese Jursone													Inguna Minusa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$525.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$5,250.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	$7,685.00
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00
											2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	$1,500.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
											2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00
13	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	7	$5,050.00	Total	Total	57	0	0	1	0	4	6	8	8	30	$27,210.00

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	56	57.1%	16	16.3%	26	26.5%	72-26	73.5%	11	10.2%	22	20.4%	75	69.4%	11-97	10.2%	56-75	42.7%	27-48	36.0%	2	1	85-124	40.7%
2004-2005	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	2-5	28.6%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	6-10	37.5%
Against the Field	13	46.4%	7	25.0%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	6	15.0%	5	12.5%	29	72.5%	6-34	15.0%	26-56	31.7%	26-26	50.0%	1	0	27-41	39.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	19	21	8	22	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	23	11	0	0	0	0	13	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	67
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	18
Total	0	0	42	32	15	36	0	0	28	44	3	0	1	0	2	0	109	145

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 7-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	7	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-13, 21-15	0:32
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Kadijk/Mooren	12	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	24-22, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	10	Pohl/Rau	7	21-8, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 13, Q9 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Jursone/Minusa	Q18	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
5/17/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q5	Jursone/Minusa	Q12	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 27 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	6	Arjona/Kadjo	2	15-21, 20-22	0:46
Series tied with # 28, Q7 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-1
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Gaxiola	28, Q7	Jursone/Minusa	Q23	21-12, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	Garcia/Gaxiola	Q2	22-20, 19-21, 16-14
Trail the series against # Q6 Hu/Zhang, China 0-1
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hu/Zhang	27, Q8	Jursone/Minusa	Q25	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # Q10 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-1
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jursone/Minusa	Q23	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q10	18-21, 32-30, 15-12	1:03
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q12	Jursone/Minusa	Q21	21-17, 21-23, 15-13	0:57
Series tied with # Q17 Mandana/Pol, Spain 1-1
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	6	Mandana/Pol	3	21-9, 21-16	0:29
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Mandana/Pol	Q13	Jursone/Minusa	Q20	10-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # Q21 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	8	Baburina/Osheyko	9	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q25 Skrivan/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	Skrivan/Zumkehr	Q18	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:48