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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 18 - 22, 2005

(20) Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands

Jochem De Gruijter
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1978 (46 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 (47 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 Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	21	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	2	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	32, Q19	5th	324	US$13,500.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/19/2005	Winner 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (13)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 17-19	0:59
Thu, 5/19/2005	Contender 1	Taichi Morikawa / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (29, Q13)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
Fri, 5/20/2005	Contender 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (14)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:47

Head to Head Results
De Gruijter/Ronnes trail the series against the field 6-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 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 # 3 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 # 11 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 # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	0:59
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 # 14 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-2
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-17, 21-11	0:47
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q24	24-22, 21-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q3 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 # 28, Q11 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 # 29, Q13 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Morikawa/Shiratori	29, Q13	17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # Q30 Bourne/Lyne, Australia 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q16	Bourne/Lyne	Q49	23-21, 18-21, 15-7	0:56