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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 PAF Open
August 15 - 19, 2007

(14) 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 Åland Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	16	7th	250	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	19	25th	80	US$3,500.00
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

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/16/2007	Winner 1	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (19)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:46
Thu, 8/16/2007	Winner 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (30)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 14-16	1:00
Fri, 8/17/2007	Contender 2	Denis Rovkin / Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan (20, Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:37
Fri, 8/17/2007	Contender 3	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (11)	Lost 21-11, 15-21, 8-15	0:49

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	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	3	$55,500.00	26	25	51.0 %
Total	FIVB	49	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	7	9	10	15	$178,600.00	85	88	49.1 %
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
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
12	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	3	$27,750.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	3	$27,750.00
53	1	0	2	1	3	10	9	12	15	$93,600.00	Total	Total	67	1	0	2	1	3	10	12	11	27	$95,920.00

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	14	66.7%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	4	13.8%	4	13.8%	21	72.4%	4-25	13.8%	28-40	41.2%	16-14	53.3%	0	1	22-28	44.0%

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 13-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
8/11/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Wu/Xu	4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	31-29, 21-12	0:48
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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-2
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-13, 21-17	0:38
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 4	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 11 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-2
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	14	11-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:49
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	21-14, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-1
8/11/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:52
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 # 15 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	Asahi/Shiratori	17	26-24, 21-19	0:48
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 16 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 # 19 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	14	Goranson/Hoidalen	19	21-11, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 20, Q10 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	14	Rovkin/Saulko	20, Q10	21-13, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 22 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q3 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 # 27 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 # 30 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-2
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	30	De Gruijter/Ronnes	14	21-15, 16-21, 16-14	1:00
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 # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q15 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 # 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