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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Swiss Masters
May 22 - 25, 2008

(4) 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 Lucerne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Inguna Minusa - 13th	Inese Jursone - 13th
2006	Inguna Minusa - 21st	Inese Jursone - 21st
2007	Inguna Minusa - 7th	Inese Jursone - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	11, Q11	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q2	21st	60	€ 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
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

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 1	Kim Renkema / Margo Wiltens, Netherlands (13, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:30
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 2	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (5)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:35
Fri, 5/23/2008	Contender 2	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (15, Q12)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:31
Sat, 5/24/2008	Contender 3	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (11)	Won 23-21, 15-21, 15-11	1:04
Sat, 5/24/2008	Contender 4	Lenka Hajeckova / Petra Novotna, Czech Republic (3)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Sat, 5/24/2008	Semi-Finals	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (5)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 14-16	1:01
Sun, 5/25/2008	Bronze Medal	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (2)	Lost 21-16, 15-21, 10-15	1:01

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2008	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	7	3	14	$66,000.00	40	50	44.4 %
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	18	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	5	0	1	$28,350.00	22	34	39.3 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,250.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2008	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$2,500.00
58	1	1	2	1	6	16	12	3	16	$51,300.00	Total	Total	102	2	2	1	1	7	20	20	10	39	$75,035.00

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	12	54.5%	6	27.3%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	9	60.0%	3-12	20.0%	24-18	57.1%	18-14	56.3%	0	0	21-16	56.8%

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 12-17 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-5
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Jursone/Minusa	11, Q11	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:58
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	21-18, 21-17	0:39
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Jursone/Minusa	14	21-8, 21-17	0:35
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 # 2 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-3
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Bronze Medal	Hakedal/Torlen	2	Jursone/Minusa	4	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:01
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
Series tied with # 3 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 1-1
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Jursone/Minusa	4	Hajeckova/Novotna	3	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Hajeckova/Novotna	7	Jursone/Minusa	13	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-4
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Jursone/Minusa	4	18-21, 21-15, 16-14	1:01
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-13, 21-17	0:35
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 # 6 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 0-1
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Alcon/Matveeva	14, Q5	Jursone/Minusa	11, Q11	23-21, 16-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 7 Gemise Fareau/Giordano, France 1-0
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	11	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	8	13-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-2
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Baburina/Osheyko	30, Q20	Jursone/Minusa	Q4	21-10, 21-19	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 11 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Jursone/Minusa	4	Prokopeva/Ukolova	11	23-21, 15-21, 15-11	1:04
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 # 13, Q1 Renkema/Wiltens, Netherlands 2-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	4	Renkema/Wiltens	13, Q1	21-17, 21-13	0:30
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	11	Renkema/Wiltens		21-16, 21-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 15, Q12 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	4	Kolocova/Slukova	15, Q12	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q9 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	Q4	Dampney/Mullin	Q29	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52