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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(13) 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	20	5th	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	15	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	17	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	23	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	20	17th	80	US$3,000.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 1	Marvin Polte / Michael Schiewe, Germany (20, Q1)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:35
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (4)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:37
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 2	Pedro Cunha / Luiz Dulinski, Brazil (19, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:47
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 3	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (12)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:44
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 4	Martin Conde / Jose Salema, Argentina (7)	Lost 13-21, 21-19, 13-15	0:54

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	$21,500.00	14	13	51.9 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	4	0	100.0 %
2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	$35,750.00	13	12	52.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	3	11	$57,250.00	32	31	50.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	4	0	100.0 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	$10,750.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	$10,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$17,875.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$17,875.00
22	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	11	$29,625.00	Total	Total	38	1	0	0	0	2	3	5	4	23	$34,645.00

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%
2004-2005	20	69.0%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	8	17.4%	5	10.9%	33	71.7%	8-38	17.4%	20-33	37.7%	13-9	59.1%	2	0	35-42	45.5%
Against the Field	13	65.0%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	7	15.9%	6	13.6%	31	70.5%	7-37	15.9%	26-62	29.5%	20-20	50.0%	0	0	23-41	35.9%

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	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
Series tied against the field 15-15 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	21-15, 21-13	0:40
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 # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	15	21-14, 21-13	0:49
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-17, 21-13	0:37
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 # 6 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-3
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	23-21, 21-18	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 7 Conde/Salema, Argentina 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Conde/Salema	7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-2
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21	21-16, 21-14	0:34
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 10 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Horrem/Pettersen	18	De Gruijter/Ronnes	15	21-10, 21-16	0:37
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Horrem/Pettersen	16	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Series tied with # 11 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Berger/Doppler	17	19-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:09
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Cadieux/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q19	Cadieux/VanHuizen	Q14	21-17, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 19, Q6 Cunha/Dulinski, Brazil 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Cunha/Dulinski	19, Q6	21-18, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 Polte/Schiewe, Germany 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Polte/Schiewe	20, Q1	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q3	23-21, 21-18	0:44
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 # 24 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 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 # Q7 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	15	Morikawa/Shiratori	45	21-16, 21-19	0:40
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 # Q26 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
Lead the series against # Q33 Beck/Bleiker, Switzerland 1-0
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	2	Beck/Bleiker	15, Q8	21-14, 21-15	0:38