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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Spanish Masters
April 17 - 20, 2008

(Q2) 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:

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 (48 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 Gran Canaria Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	8/23-25/2007	European Championship	21	9th	320	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	21, Q2	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	4	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
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
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	11	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q12	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q10	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	19	13th	180	US$4,500.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	5	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters	13	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	26	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/17/2008	Qualifier 2	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (15, Q15)	Lost 16-21, 21-23	0:40

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$95,400.00	Total	130	2	0	1	0	3	14	30	19	0	$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	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 %
2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	$4,775.00	5	10	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	$41,100.00	17	23	42.5 %
2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$11,325.00	10	10	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	3	13	$66,000.00	39	49	44.3 %
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	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	5	0	1	$23,350.00	18	29	38.3 %

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1999	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2000	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age
											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
											2004	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00
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
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
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
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
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$5,662.50	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$5,662.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
55	1	1	2	0	6	15	12	3	15	$48,800.00	Total	Total	99	2	2	1	0	7	19	20	10	38	$72,535.00

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	28	58.3%	10	20.8%	10	20.8%	38-10	79.2%	9	14.8%	10	16.4%	42	68.9%	9-52	14.8%	28-42	40.0%	19-20	48.7%	0	0	47-62	43.1%
2007-2008	12	50.0%	6	25.0%	6	25.0%	18-6	75.0%	5	21.7%	3	13.0%	15	65.2%	5-18	21.7%	12-15	44.4%	11-9	55.0%	0	0	23-24	48.9%
Against the Field	13	46.4%	9	32.1%	6	21.4%	22-6	78.6%	6	18.2%	3	9.1%	24	72.7%	6-27	18.2%	26-48	35.1%	30-18	62.5%	0	0	28-33	45.9%

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
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 20-28 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-3
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	11	Jursone/Minusa	14	21-10, 21-19	0:36
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	6	Jursone/Minusa	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
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 # 3 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-3
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	19	Kadijk/Mooren	14	22-24, 27-25, 15-13	1:03
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
Lead the series against # 4 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 2-1
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	21	Moiseeva/Uryadova	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:50
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	19	Moiseeva/Uryadova	13	21-15, 21-10	0:32
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Moiseeva/Uryadova	20	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	34-32, 16-21, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 6 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	6	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-14, 21-12	0:35
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Jursone/Minusa	13	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 0-1
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Hajeckova/Novotna	7	Jursone/Minusa	13	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 8 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 3-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	19	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	21-14, 21-12	0:39
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	Montagnolli/Swoboda	9	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	12	Jursone/Minusa	11	22-20, 14-21, 16-14	1:05
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Jursone/Minusa	13	Montagnolli/Swoboda	5	21-18, 18-21, 16-14	1:17
Trail the series against # 10, Q5 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-2
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
Trail the series against # 11, Q6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14, Q13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Jursone/Minusa	19	21-18, 23-21	0:43
Trail the series against # 15, Q15 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-2
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	15, Q15	Jursone/Minusa	Q2	21-16, 23-21	0:40
8/25/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Jursone/Minusa		21-10, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-2
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Claasen/Roder	4	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-13, 21-13	0:31
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	4	Jursone/Minusa	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	8	Claasen/Roder	11	21-18, 21-14	0:38
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
Lead the series against # Q3 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 # Q4 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Van Iersel/Wesselink	15	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-11, 21-10	0:25
Lead the series against # Q7 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-1
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 1	Jursone/Minusa	4	Gschweidl/Hansel	5	21-14, 21-14	0:33
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Jursone/Minusa	13	Gschweidl/Hansel		21-14, 23-25, 15-13
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Gschweidl/Hansel		Jursone/Minusa		21-12, 16-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # Q8 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	21	Prokopeva/Ukolova	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # Q9 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-1
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 # Q10 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
Series tied with # Q14 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 # Q17 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