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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 2 - 6, 2007

(26) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 33rd
2005	Inguna Minusa - 33rd	Inese Jursone - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	24, Q9	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/3/2007	Winner 1	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (7)	Won 27-25, 21-18	0:45
Thu, 5/3/2007	Winner 2	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (10)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 10-15	0:55
Fri, 5/4/2007	Contender 2	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (24)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:44

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 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	11	$25,400.00	22	26	45.8 %
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
22	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	12	$15,750.00	Total	Total	59	1	0	1	0	1	4	8	9	35	$30,835.00

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%
2006-2007	23	67.6%	3	8.8%	8	23.5%	26-8	76.5%	6	17.1%	5	14.3%	24	68.6%	6-29	17.1%	23-24	48.9%	9-13	40.9%	0	0	32-37	46.4%
Against the Field	20	51.3%	7	17.9%	12	30.8%	27-12	69.2%	7	12.5%	10	17.9%	39	69.6%	7-49	12.5%	40-72	35.7%	28-44	38.9%	2	1	36-59	37.9%

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 9-19 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 6 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 # 7 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	26	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	27-25, 21-18	0:45
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Jursone/Minusa	25, Q6	21-18, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-3
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	10	Jursone/Minusa	26	18-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:55
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 # 12 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 # 13 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
Series tied with # 14 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 # 15 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 # 18 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 # 24 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-1
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Faure/Sarpaux	24	Jursone/Minusa	26	21-19, 21-16	0:44
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 # 30, Q8 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q26 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
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q4 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 # Q7 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
Trail the series against # Q12 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