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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 25 - July 4, 2009

(24) 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:

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 (47 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 41st
2005	Inguna Minusa - 41st	Inese Jursone - 41st
2006	Inguna Minusa - 31st	Inese Jursone - 31st
2007	Inguna Minusa - 41st	Inese Jursone - 41st
2008	Inguna Minusa - 25th	Inese Jursone - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	13	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	10	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	23	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool A

Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (25)

Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-10

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Inese Jursone	Total	42	26	4	0.524	0	13	2	2
	1	14	8	1	0.500	0	5	1	1
	2	18	12	2	0.556	0	6	0	1
	3	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	1	0
Inguna Minusa	Total	29	13	5	0.276	0	5	0	6
	1	9	5	2	0.333	0	2	0	3
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	0	2
	3	6	2	0	0.333	0	1	0	1

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool A

Ragnhild Aas / Siri Bjorkesett, Norway (48)

Won 21-13, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Inese Jursone	Total	17	14	2	0.706	0	7	0	3
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	4	0	0
	2	12	10	1	0.750	0	3	0	3
Inguna Minusa	Total	29	22	1	0.724	1	13	1	0
	1	19	13	1	0.632	1	7	0	0
	2	10	9	0	0.900	0	6	1	0

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool A

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)

Lost 13-21, 14-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Inese Jursone	Total	17	10	2	0.471	0	1	0	4
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	0	0	3
	2	5	3	0	0.600	0	1	0	1
Inguna Minusa	Total	21	10	2	0.381	0	5	1	1
	1	10	4	0	0.400	0	2	0	1
	2	11	6	2	0.364	0	3	1	0

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (17)

Lost 19-21, 11-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Inese Jursone	Total	14	7	3	0.286	0	5	0	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	2	0	0
	2	7	1	3	-0.286	0	3	0	1
Inguna Minusa	Total	41	15	2	0.317	0	11	3	5
	1	24	9	1	0.333	0	6	3	4
	2	17	6	1	0.294	0	5	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Inese Jursone	90	57	11	0.511	0	26	2	10
Inguna Minusa	120	60	10	0.417	1	34	5	12
Total	210	117	21	0.457	1	60	7	22
Opponents	182	102	13	0.489	7	61	10	15

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Inguna Minusa - 17th	Inese Jursone - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Inguna Minusa - 37th	Inese Jursone - 37th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Inga Ikauniece - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	26	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	24	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	35	37th	40	US$3,400.00

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 15-38 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 15 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-4
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Jursone/Minusa	24	21-13, 21-14	0:35
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kessy/Ross	8	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	21-14, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Kessy/Ross	8	Jursone/Minusa	25	21-14, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Jursone/Minusa	Q12	23-25, 21-14, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool B	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Jursone/Minusa	26	21-19, 21-13	0:40
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:02
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-18, 21-11	0:30
Series tied with # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 1-1
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 3	Branagh/Youngs	4	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-17, 21-14	0:36
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	Branagh/Youngs	8	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-7
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	4	Jursone/Minusa	13	21-17, 21-17	0:34
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Salgado/Salgado	2	Jursone/Minusa	10	21-13, 23-21	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-4
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-16, 21-19	0:37
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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
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
Trail the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-3
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	Jursone/Minusa	24	21-19, 21-11	0:41
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Mouha/Van Breedam	7	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
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 # 18 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 # 19 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 # 22 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 # 25 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	24	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	25	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 31 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 0-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Lubetz/Sude	30, Q15	Jursone/Minusa	13	23-21, 26-24	0:45
Trail the series against # 32 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 0-1
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Jensen/Palmer	20	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-13, 16-21, 16-14	0:48
Series tied with # 33 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 # 34 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 0-2
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Candelas/Garcia	12	Jursone/Minusa	21	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Candelas/Garcia	23	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	19-21, 22-20, 17-15	0:58
Series tied with # 37 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-1
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	13	Baburina/Osheyko	20	22-20, 21-19	0:41
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 # 39 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 # 43 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
Lead the series against # 44 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Jursone/Minusa	19	Boulton/Johns	30, Q8	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 45 Dampney/Mullin, England 2-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	11	Dampney/Mullin	21	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:44
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	Q4	Dampney/Mullin	Q29	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 47 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	22-24, 21-18, 20-18	1:06
Lead the series against # 48 Aas/Bjorkesett, Norway 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	24	Aas/Bjorkesett	48	21-13, 21-11	0:35