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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 27 - July 1, 2006

(32, Q25) 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:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Turku 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$83,525.00

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:

118

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Turku 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$99,710.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	31	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	72	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	19	11	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	US$5,200.00
Overall	75	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	5	19	11	1	14	1	16	1	US$164,950.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 41st
2005	Inguna Minusa - 41st	Inese Jursone - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q29	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q20	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	28, Q10	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q23	33rd	30	US$0.00
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
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/27/2006	Qualifier 2	Eiko Koizumi / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (Q8)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Tue, 6/27/2006	Qualifier 3	Kylie Gerlic / Stacey Kloeden, Australia (Q9)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:39
Wed, 6/28/2006	Pool A	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 11-21	0:30
Thu, 6/29/2006	Pool A	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (16)	Lost 12-21, 10-21	0:29
Thu, 6/29/2006	Pool A	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (17)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:35

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	0	$17,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	$52,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	13	7	0	$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
Total	75	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	5	19	11	0	$164,950.00

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	0	$8,700.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,400.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	$26,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	0	$29,650.00
41	0	0	0	0	0	8	14	7	0	$45,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	0	0	0	0	0	9	17	11	0	$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
81	1	0	1	0	2	9	20	11	0	$83,525.00	Total	118	1	0	1	0	2	10	25	18	0	$99,710.00

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$4,000.00	6	10	37.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$3,400.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	$7,400.00	8	15	34.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	0	100.0 %

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
											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
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	$7,685.00
											2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,000.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,000.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$1,700.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$1,700.00
14	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	10	$4,750.00	Total	Total	51	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	9	33	$19,835.00

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%
2005-2006	12	57.1%	5	23.8%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	4	16.7%	4	16.7%	16	66.7%	4-20	16.7%	12-16	42.9%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	21-24	46.7%
Against the Field	17	54.8%	6	19.4%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	7	13.0%	5	9.3%	42	77.8%	7-47	13.0%	34-82	29.3%	26-26	50.0%	1	0	31-54	36.5%

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
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
Total	0	0	42	32	11	28	0	0	22	38	2	0	1	0	1	0	97	127

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 5-11 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-18, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 7 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	19-21, 21-14, 19-17	0:48
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Kadijk/Mooren	12	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	24-22, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	12	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 16 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	16	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-12, 21-10	0:29
Trail the series against # 17 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 27, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Bronze Medal	Jursone/Minusa	6	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against 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 # Q6 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ji/Wang	Q4	Jursone/Minusa	Q29	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q8 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-1
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q8	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
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
Lead the series against # Q9 Gerlic/Kloeden, Australia 1-0
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	Gerlic/Kloeden	Q9	21-18, 21-12	0:39