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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 3 - 8, 2007

(13) Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands

Jochem De Gruijter
Netherlands

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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 Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Gijs Ronnes - 17th	Jochem De Gruijter - 17th
2006	Gijs Ronnes - 25th	Jochem De Gruijter - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	21, Q3	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	25, Q2	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	16	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	20	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	16	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	20	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	25, Q1	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	27	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	24, Q1	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Montréal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (20)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 16-14	0:58
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (4)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:57
Fri, 7/6/2007	Winner 3	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (21)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 7/6/2007	Winner 4	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 25-23, 13-21, 8-15	0:58
Sat, 7/7/2007	Contender 6	Benjamin Insfran / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (15)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 25-23	1:10
Sat, 7/7/2007	Semi-Finals	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (7)	Lost 20-22, 22-20, 10-15	1:04
Sun, 7/8/2007	Bronze Medal	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:40

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	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	$37,300.00	19	15	55.9 %
2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$30,600.00	16	14	53.3 %
Total	FIVB	44	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	6	8	9	14	$153,700.00	75	77	49.3 %
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
10	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	1	$21,350.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	$18,650.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	$15,300.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	$15,300.00
48	1	0	2	1	2	9	8	11	14	$81,150.00	Total	Total	62	1	0	2	1	2	9	11	10	26	$83,470.00

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%
2006-2007	32	69.6%	8	17.4%	6	13.0%	40-6	87.0%	7	14.9%	9	19.1%	31	66.0%	7-40	14.9%	32-31	50.8%	15-15	50.0%	1	0	48-46	51.1%
Against the Field	15	53.6%	7	25.0%	6	21.4%	22-6	78.6%	4	12.1%	5	15.2%	24	72.7%	4-29	12.1%	30-44	40.5%	22-22	50.0%	1	1	27-34	44.3%

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 19-20 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-5
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	23-25, 21-13, 15-8	0:58
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:47
7/23/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Bronze Medal	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 21-19	0:39
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 # 2 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/8/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Bronze Medal	Marques/Solberg	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-17, 21-12	0:40
Series tied with # 4 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-3
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Kais/Vesik	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:57
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	Kais/Vesik	12	28-26, 15-21, 15-10	0:57
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
Trail the series against # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:47
Series tied with # 6 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-15, 21-12	0:40
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-3
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Semi-Finals	Schacht/Slack	7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	22-20, 20-22, 15-10	1:04
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-10, 21-18	0:47
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	24-22, 17-21, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-16, 21-23, 15-8	0:57
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 # 12 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	21-14, 21-19	0:43
Series tied with # 14 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25, Q2	Horrem/Maaseide	24, Q3	23-21, 21-14	0:47
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	15-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # 15 de Paula/Insfran, Brazil 1-0
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Insfran/de Paula	15	17-21, 21-16, 25-23	1:10
Lead the series against # 18 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 3-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Gscheidle/Schnider	20	21-15, 18-21, 16-14	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Brenha/Maia	21	21-15, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 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
Series tied with # 24, Q5 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Henriquez/Hernandez	27, Q15	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25, Q2	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:58
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Henriquez/Hernandez	30, Q22	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 25 Kruger/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q3	Kruger/Montgomery	Q30	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 28, Q4 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q15	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # Q15 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
Lead the series against # Q17 Hellum/Huseby, Norway 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27, Q4	Hellum/Huseby	Q29	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:51