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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 25 - 29, 2006

(Q27) 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 Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Inguna Minusa - 41st	Inese Jursone - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	11	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	32, Q25	31st	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q29	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	8	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29th	30	€ 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
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final		17th	40	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	7	13th	30	€ 1,300.00
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

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/25/2006	Qualifier 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Satoko Urata, Japan (Q6)	Won 21-10, 21-15	0:39
Tue, 7/25/2006	Qualifier 2	Geeske Banck / Susanne Lahme, Germany (31, Q11)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:32

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	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 %
2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$7,250.00	3	8	27.3 %
2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$3,400.00	3	6	33.3 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$3,775.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$7,400.00	9	16	36.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00	7	2	77.8 %
Total	CEV	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$11,025.00	6	15	28.6 %

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
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
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,625.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,625.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$1,700.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$1,887.50	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$1,887.50
25	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	2	12	$11,787.50	Total	Total	69	0	0	1	0	6	8	10	9	35	$33,947.50

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	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	13	46.4%	6	21.4%	9	32.1%	19-9	67.9%	7	13.2%	6	11.3%	40	75.5%	7-46	13.2%	26-78	25.0%	26-30	46.4%	1	0	27-54	33.3%

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 11-20 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 13 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-3
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	19-21, 21-14, 19-17	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Series tied with # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	1	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	10	Pohl/Rau	7	21-8, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 19 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Jursone/Minusa		21-10, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 21, Q3 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 # 23, Q2 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 # 25 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, 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 # 28, Q13 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	8	Claasen/Roder	11	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 30 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 # 31, Q11 Banck/Lahme, Germany 0-1
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Banck/Lahme	31, Q11	Jursone/Minusa	Q27	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against Eckl/Kaup, Germany 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Eckl/Kaup	6	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-23, 21-17, 18-16	1:00
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
Lead the series against # Q6 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jursone/Minusa	Q27	Kusuhara/Urata	Q6	21-10, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # Q7 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 # Q15 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
Series tied with # Q19 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-1
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Baburina/Osheyko	10	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-16, 21-12	0:34
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	8	Baburina/Osheyko	9	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q26 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
Trail the series against # Q28 Giaoui/Giordano, France 0-2
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Jursone/Minusa	11	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Jursone/Minusa	11	26-24, 18-21, 16-14	1:04
Lead the series against # Q32 Castelli/Gemise Fareau, France 1-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	8	Castelli/Gemise Fareau	9	19-21, 21-14, 22-20	0:53