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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Acapulco Open
October 25 - 29, 2005

(22) 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 Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	23	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	10/12-16/2005	Argentina Satellite	3	3rd	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	14	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	6	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	16	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	19	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	13	9th	160	US$6,000.00
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

Acapulco Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/26/2005	Winner 1	Nalbert Bitencourt / Luiz Dulinski, Brazil (11)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-13	1:19
Wed, 10/26/2005	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Lost 25-23, 17-21, 11-15	0:56
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 2	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (28, Q3)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:49
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 3	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Lost 9-21, 17-21	0:46

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	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	3	0	$62,300.00	21	26	44.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	4	5	11	$83,800.00	40	45	47.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00	9	1	90.0 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$31,150.00	2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$31,150.00
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
30	1	0	1	0	2	6	4	5	11	$43,500.00	Total	Total	46	1	0	1	0	2	6	7	6	23	$48,520.00

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	16	64.0%	6	24.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	6	11.5%	6	11.5%	40	76.9%	6-46	11.5%	32-74	30.2%	24-18	57.1%	2	1	30-47	39.0%

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 17-23 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 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 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	21-9, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-4
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	23-25, 21-17, 15-11	0:56
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-15, 19-21, 15-7	0:55
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
Series tied with # 11 Bitencourt/Dulinski, Brazil 1-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	Bitencourt/Dulinski	11	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	1:19
10/14/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Winner 2	Bitencourt/Dulinski	6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	3	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-4
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	10	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-17, 21-15	0:37
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	6	21-16, 21-18	0:35
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	22-20, 21-14	0:39
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
Series tied with # 13 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Heyer/Laciga	6	21-18, 22-20	0:40
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Heyer/Laciga	9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-2
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	Kais/Vesik	13	By Forfeit
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 # 15 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	20	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # 16 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Leinemann/VanHuizen	19	21-18, 23-21	0:42
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q22	21-19, 31-29	0:58
Trail the series against # 17 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	18	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-16, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 18, Q7 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	27, Q7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	6	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 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 # 20 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 # 21, Q6 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q5	27-25, 14-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 24 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 3-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	Gartmayer/Nowotny	26	21-12, 21-15	0:37
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	6	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:46
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, Q5 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
10/16/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Bronze Medal	De Gruijter/Ronnes	3	Gscheidle/Schnider	4	21-19, 22-20	0:43
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 26, Q8 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	32	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-18, 21-6	0:36
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	Cadieux/Heese	28, Q3	22-20, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # Q9 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