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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 5 - 9, 2006

(24, Q1) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Max Backer - 57th
2002	Did not play	Max Backer - 17th
2003	Gijs Ronnes - 41st	Jochem De Gruijter - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	27, Q4	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	16	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	22	13th	120	US$4,500.00
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

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 2	Toni Kankaanpaa / Pekka Seppanen, Finland (Q32)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:36
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 3	Michal Biza / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (Q16)	Won 21-17, 28-30, 18-16	1:11
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 1	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (9)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:56
Thu, 7/6/2006	Contender 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (25)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:48
Fri, 7/7/2006	Contender 2	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (23)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:41

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	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	4	4	0	$64,300.00	21	29	42.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	1	83.3 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,900.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	6	6	11	$93,700.00	47	52	47.5 %
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
14	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	0	$32,150.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	0	$32,150.00
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$6,650.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,950.00
35	1	0	1	0	2	6	6	8	11	$51,150.00	Total	Total	49	1	0	1	0	2	6	9	7	23	$53,470.00

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%
2005-2006	23	71.9%	6	18.8%	3	9.4%	29-3	90.6%	8	16.3%	9	18.4%	32	65.3%	8-41	16.3%	23-32	41.8%	14-12	53.8%	3	0	40-44	47.6%
Against the Field	17	63.0%	6	22.2%	4	14.8%	23-4	85.2%	6	11.1%	6	11.1%	42	77.8%	6-48	11.1%	34-78	30.4%	24-20	54.5%	2	1	31-50	38.3%

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 11-20 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-16, 21-13	0:28
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 # 3 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 # 5 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-3
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool F	Kais/Vesik	6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27, Q4	21-13, 21-12	0:33
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
Lead the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-2
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Horrem/Pettersen	9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Ces/Dugrip	9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	22-20, 21-19	0:56
Series tied with # 14 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 # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Berg/Svensson	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	13-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 23 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-3
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	23	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:41
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 # 25 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	Herrera/Mesa	25	21-12, 21-18	0:48
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	20	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q3 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 # Q8 Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27, Q4	Krug/Urbatzka	Q20	19-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # Q11 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool F	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27, Q4	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	22	21-11, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q16 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	Biza/Kubala	Q16	21-17, 28-30, 18-16	1:11
Lead the series against # Q27 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	Indra/Wachter	Q40	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q32 Kankaanpaa/Seppanen, Finland 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	Kankaanpaa/Seppanen	Q32	21-14, 21-13	0:36