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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

(11) Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia

Inese Jursone
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Limbazi

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$137,426.29

Inguna Minusa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 17, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$163,854.08

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
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,296.77
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	108	2	0	2	2	5	5	11	9	23	3	12	1	1	14	1	16	1	US$259,682.35

Previous Valencia Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 5th
2005	Inguna Minusa - 5th	Inese Jursone - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	France Satellite	6	3rd	16	US$1,200.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 2	Kim Renkema / Margo Wiltens, Netherlands	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:44
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 3	Deborah Giaoui / Mathilde Giordano, France (14)	Lost 24-26, 21-18, 14-16	1:04
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 1	Michaela Eckl / Mireya Kaup, Germany (6)	Lost 23-21, 17-21, 16-18	1:00
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 1	Deborah Giaoui / Mathilde Giordano, France (14)	Lost 22-20, 15-21, 13-15	0:57

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 3-13 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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 # 2 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 # 3 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 # 6 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 # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 0-2
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Tychnova/Tychnova	10	Jursone/Minusa	8	28-26, 21-13	0:42
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Tychnova/Tychnova	Q45	Jursone/Minusa	Q20	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 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 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
Trail the series against 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 Renkema/Wiltens, Netherlands 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	11	Renkema/Wiltens		21-16, 21-10	0:44