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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 28 - August 1, 2004

(32, Q19) Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands

Jochem De Gruijter
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leidschendam

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (St. Petersburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$115,750.00

Gijs Ronnes
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Boxmeer

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (St. Petersburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$118,270.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	63	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	9	11	13	10	8	1	US$219,400.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	65	1	0	2	1	2	2	5	9	11	13	10	8	1	US$222,600.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Max Backer - 25th
2003	Gijs Ronnes - 33rd	Jochem De Gruijter - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	28, Q9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	Q19	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	Q24	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q26	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	31, Q25	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q22	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q21	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	32	US$0.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:38
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 2	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (Q3)	Won 17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:54
Thu, 7/29/2004	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (1)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:04
Thu, 7/29/2004	Winner 2	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (17)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:53
Fri, 7/30/2004	Winner 3	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (9)	Won 28-30, 21-19, 17-15	1:08
Sat, 7/31/2004	Winner 4	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (4)	Lost 9-21, 17-21	0:36
Sat, 7/31/2004	Contender 6	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 13-15	0:56

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$10,300.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	5	0	$65,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	8	8	7	0	$143,300.00
Satellite	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Total	65	1	0	2	1	2	2	5	9	11	13	0	$222,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jochem De Gruijter												Gijs Ronnes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,150.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,150.00
21	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	7	0	$36,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	6	0	$35,400.00
43	0	0	1	1	2	13	8	8	0	$72,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	0	0	1	1	2	14	10	7	0	$76,120.00
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
68	1	0	2	1	4	14	11	16	0	$115,750.00	Total	82	1	0	2	1	4	15	14	14	0	$118,270.00

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
2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	5	6	45.5 %
2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	$17,500.00	12	11	52.2 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	11	$17,500.00	17	17	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jochem De Gruijter													Gijs Ronnes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	$5,020.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	$8,750.00	2004	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	$8,750.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	$8,750.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	23	$13,770.00

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	64	66.7%	19	19.8%	13	13.5%	83-13	86.5%	20	16.8%	18	15.1%	81	68.1%	20-99	16.8%	64-81	44.1%	39-31	55.7%	3	1	106-113	48.4%
2003-2004	10	58.8%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	5	23.8%	1	4.8%	15	71.4%	5-16	23.8%	10-15	40.0%	9-4	69.2%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	8	21.1%	5	13.2%	25	65.8%	8-30	21.1%	20-46	30.3%	22-18	55.0%	2	0	23-32	41.8%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	15	8	7	11	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	19	11	0	3	0	0	23	31	0	2	1	1	0	0	72	77
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	1
Total	0	0	34	19	8	16	0	0	30	41	0	2	2	1	1	0	115	114

Head to Head Results
De Gruijter/Ronnes trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Heuscher/Kobel	1	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:04
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	28, Q9	27-25, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 4	Araujo/Insfran	4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	21-9, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Gartmayer/Nowotny	9	28-30, 21-19, 17-15	1:08
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	28, Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 17 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-0
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Blanton/Nygaard	17	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Rossell	15	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	21-12, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q28	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q24	24-22, 21-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 29, Q10 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q22	21-19, 31-29	0:58
Lead the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	24-26, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 0-1
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Magalhaes/Silva	25, Q7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q26	21-15, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q3	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # Q14 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Lochhead/Pitman	Q14	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q18 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
7/22/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	28, Q9	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q8	21-15, 21-18	0:44