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US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 1 - 5, 2007

(19) 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

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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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Max Backer - 25th
2003	Gijs Ronnes - 33rd	Jochem De Gruijter - 33rd
2004	Gijs Ronnes - 5th	Jochem De Gruijter - 5th
2005	Gijs Ronnes - 25th	Jochem De Gruijter - 25th
2006	Gijs Ronnes - 33rd	Jochem De Gruijter - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	23	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	18, Q2	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	13	4th	420	US$12,000.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/2/2007	Pool C	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (14)	Lost 16-21, 10-21	0:40
Fri, 8/3/2007	Pool C	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 22-24	0:44
Fri, 8/3/2007	Pool C	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (30, Q8)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:45

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	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	$44,000.00	21	21	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	47	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	6	9	10	15	$167,100.00	80	84	48.8 %
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
10	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	3	$22,000.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	3	$22,000.00
51	1	0	2	1	2	9	9	12	15	$87,850.00	Total	Total	65	1	0	2	1	2	9	12	11	27	$90,170.00

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	18	58.1%	6	19.4%	7	22.6%	24-7	77.4%	4	7.3%	6	10.9%	45	81.8%	4-51	7.3%	36-84	30.0%	20-26	43.5%	2	1	30-56	34.9%

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
De Gruijter/Ronnes trail the series against the field 17-32 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 15 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 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Dalhausser/Rogers	5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	20-22, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-3
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Cunha/Neto	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-17, 24-22	0:44
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool O	Cunha/Neto	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-18, 21-13	0:37
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Cunha/Neto	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	18, Q2	21-16, 22-20	0:49
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	Cunha/Neto	4	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-3
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	21-15, 21-11	0:42
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 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
Trail the series against # 7 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	27	21-14, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 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 # 9 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-2
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	19	De Gruijter/Ronnes	18, Q2	25-23, 21-12	0:45
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 3	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-8, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 14 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Klemperer/Koreng	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-16, 21-10	0:40
Series tied with # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25, Q2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 3-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes	18, Q2	Herrera/Mesa	15	21-11, 21-12	0:32
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	24-22, 21-18	0:46
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
Series tied with # 21 "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
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24 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 # 29, Q23 Arkaev/Kuzmichev, Russia 0-1
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool O	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	47	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Deulofeu/Salvetti	30, Q8	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against 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
Series tied with # Q2 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
Series tied with # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Trail the series against # Q12 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 # Q13 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes	18, Q2	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:40