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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Open
October 25 - 29, 2006

(24, Q9) 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 Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	25, Q6	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	29, Q8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/17-19/2006	Turku Satellite	3	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q28	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q27	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/25-29/2006	Cyprus Challenger	6	5th	48	US$2,000.00
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
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q20	57th	6	US$0.00

Mexico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/25/2006	Qualifier 1	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (Q24)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
Wed, 10/25/2006	Qualifier 2	Hiromi Suzuki / Satoko Urata, Japan (Q8)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:40
Thu, 10/26/2006	Winner 1	Diana Estrada / Vanessa Virgen, Mexico (9)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:36
Thu, 10/26/2006	Winner 2	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (8)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:50
Fri, 10/27/2006	Winner 3	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-14, 19-21, 9-15	1:02
Fri, 10/27/2006	Contender 4	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (11)	Lost 16-21, 23-25	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	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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	$18,400.00	15	14	51.7 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	11	$22,400.00	21	24	46.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	12	3	80.0 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$9,200.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	$9,200.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
21	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	12	$14,250.00	Total	Total	58	1	0	1	0	1	4	7	9	35	$29,335.00

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	16	48.5%	8	24.2%	9	27.3%	24-9	72.7%	8	16.3%	7	14.3%	34	69.4%	8-41	16.3%	32-64	33.3%	32-32	50.0%	1	1	33-49	40.2%

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 12-16 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:02
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-18, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	8	Jursone/Minusa	25, Q6	21-15, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Jursone/Minusa	25, Q6	21-18, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Branagh/Youngs, United States 1-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	Branagh/Youngs	8	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Estrada/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	Estrada/Virgen	9	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	21-16, 25-23	0:48
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
8/19/06	FIVB C&S	Turku Satellite	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	1	21-19, 26-24	0:45
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Series tied with # 13 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-1
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	21-11, 21-14	0:31
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Contender 4	Petrova/Skalnikova	1	Jursone/Minusa	6	26-24, 25-23	0:45
Trail the series against # 21 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 # 22 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 # 26, Q4 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 # 27, Q10 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 # 29, Q14 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-1
9/13/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Campisi/Lozano	28, Q11	Jursone/Minusa	25, Q6	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 30, Q18 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 3	Mouha/Van Breedam	15, Q7	Jursone/Minusa	6	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q1 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
Trail the series against # Q2 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 # Q8 Suzuki/Urata, Japan 1-0
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	Suzuki/Urata	Q8	21-11, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q15 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
Lead the series against # Q20 Andreasen/Hove, Denmark 1-0
8/17/06	FIVB C&S	Turku Satellite	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	3	Andreasen/Hove	6	28-26, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q24 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 1	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	Martins/Santanna	Q24	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47