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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 21 - 26, 2008

(20) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 33rd
2002	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 41st
2003	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 33rd
2004	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 33rd
2005	Inguna Minusa - 41st	Inese Jursone - 41st
2006	Inguna Minusa - 41st	Inese Jursone - 41st
2007	Inguna Minusa - 17th	Inese Jursone - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	21	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	26, Q4	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	24, Q9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	25	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	21	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	22	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	21	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	19	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	21, Q2	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	24, Q7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	26	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool D	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (13)	Won 21-23, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool D	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (4)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:33
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool D	Isabelle Forrer / Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland (29)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 7/24/2008	Winner 1	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (19)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:39

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	$41,100.00	17	23	42.5 %
2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	$26,500.00	11	20	35.5 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	11	6	15	$90,000.00	49	67	42.2 %
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
12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	$20,550.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	$20,550.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	$13,250.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	$13,250.00
43	1	0	1	0	1	7	11	6	16	$48,050.00	Total	Total	80	1	0	1	0	1	8	17	13	39	$63,135.00

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%
2007-2008	22	56.4%	4	10.3%	13	33.3%	26-13	66.7%	6	14.0%	8	18.6%	29	67.4%	6-37	14.0%	22-29	43.1%	10-21	32.3%	2	0	34-50	40.5%
Against the Field	9	47.4%	3	15.8%	7	36.8%	12-7	63.2%	3	7.7%	5	12.8%	31	79.5%	3-36	7.7%	18-56	24.3%	12-24	33.3%	2	1	17-41	29.3%

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
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 13-26 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	3	Jursone/Minusa	26	21-16, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Bede/Connelly	11	Jursone/Minusa	22	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-3
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Jursone/Minusa	20	21-14, 21-16	0:33
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Jursone/Minusa	19	21-17, 15-21, 15-8	0:52
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 # 5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-5
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q1	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	Jursone/Minusa	19	21-17, 21-17	0:34
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 # 7 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-1
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Jursone/Minusa	25	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	9	By Forfeit
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 # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Jursone/Minusa	20	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:51
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-19, 21-16	0:43
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	Jursone/Minusa	25	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Jursone/Minusa	20	Hakedal/Torlen	13	21-23, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-3
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	21-13, 21-18	0:34
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	19	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
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 # 16 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-1
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Martins/Santanna	31, Q23	Jursone/Minusa	Q10	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
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 # 18 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 # 19 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	19	Jursone/Minusa	20	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 22 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Baburina/Osheyko	30, Q20	Jursone/Minusa	Q4	21-10, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Jursone/Minusa	25	Faure/Sarpaux	24	21-13, 23-21	0:40
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 # 24, Q3 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
6/17/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	Q24	Jursone/Minusa	Q9	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-1
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	Nystrom/Nystrom	25, Q4	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 1-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Jursone/Minusa	21	Keizer/de Vries	28, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 3-1
7/1/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q20	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	0:49
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	14	Petrova/Skalnikova	19	21-14, 21-18	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 29 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Jursone/Minusa	20	Forrer/Schmocker	29	21-16, 21-19	0:39