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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open
August 30 - September 3, 2006

(29, Q8) 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 Warsaw Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/25-28/2006	European Championship Final	15	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/17-19/2006	Turku Satellite	3	1st	20	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
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
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

Warsaw Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/30/2006	Qualifier 1	Ewa Kalinowska / Dorota Wrzochol, Poland (Q25)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:36
Wed, 8/30/2006	Qualifier 2	Becchara Palmer / Alice Rohkamper, Australia (Q24)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:33
Thu, 8/31/2006	Winner 1	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (4)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:42
Thu, 8/31/2006	Winner 2	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (20)	Lost 32-34, 21-16, 11-15	1:03
Fri, 9/1/2006	Contender 2	Katarzyna Urban / Joanna Wiatr, Poland (30)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:34
Fri, 9/1/2006	Contender 3	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czechia (22)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:31
Fri, 9/1/2006	Contender 4	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (23)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:37

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	$9,400.00	9	9	50.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	$4,775.00	5	10	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	$13,400.00	15	19	44.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	12	3	80.0 %
Total	CEV	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	1	$12,025.00	8	18	30.8 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,700.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,700.00
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$2,387.50	2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$2,387.50
30	1	0	1	0	4	5	4	2	13	$16,287.50	Total	Total	74	1	0	1	0	6	9	12	9	36	$38,447.50

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	16	61.5%	5	19.2%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	5	13.2%	3	7.9%	30	78.9%	5-33	13.2%	32-60	34.8%	20-16	55.6%	0	0	26-38	40.6%

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 12-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-2
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Jursone/Minusa	15	26-24, 21-9	0:40
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q5	Jursone/Minusa	Q28	21-14, 21-17	0:32
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Jursone/Minusa	Q18	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 17 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 # 18 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 # 19 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 # 20 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Moiseeva/Uryadova	20	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	34-32, 16-21, 15-11	1:03
Series tied with # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 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 # 23 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 24, Q3 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 1-1
8/19/06	FIVB C&S	Turku Satellite	Gold Medal	Jursone/Minusa	3	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	2	24-22, 21-18	0:39
8/18/06	FIVB C&S	Turku Satellite	Winner 3	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	2	Jursone/Minusa	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	15	Baburina/Osheyko	18	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 0-1
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 2	Labee/de Vries		Jursone/Minusa		12-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 30 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-0
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	Urban/Wiatr	30	21-17, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # Q5 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 0-1
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Gschweidl/Hansel		Jursone/Minusa		21-12, 16-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # Q13 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 # Q14 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
Lead the series against # Q24 Palmer/Rohkamper, Australia 1-0
8/30/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	Palmer/Rohkamper	Q24	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q25 Kalinowska/Wrzochol, Poland 1-0
8/30/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 1	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	Kalinowska/Wrzochol	Q25	21-15, 21-19	0:36