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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(24, Q2) 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 Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	11	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q1	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	22	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	16	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 2	Tomasz Sinczak / Rafal Szternel, Poland (Q34)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:34
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 3	Francisco Alvarez / Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba (Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:46
Thu, 5/8/2008	Winner 1	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (9)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:39
Thu, 5/8/2008	Winner 2	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (8)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:37
Fri, 5/9/2008	Contender 2	Petr Benes / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (10)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 5/9/2008	Contender 3	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (15)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:54

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	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	2	3	$66,500.00	29	31	48.3 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$6,400.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	55	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	8	11	11	16	$196,000.00	94	99	48.7 %
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
15	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	2	3	$33,250.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	2	3	$33,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$3,200.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$3,200.00
59	1	0	2	1	3	12	11	13	16	$102,300.00	Total	Total	73	1	0	2	1	3	12	14	12	28	$104,620.00

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%
2007-2008	31	66.0%	9	19.1%	7	14.9%	40-7	85.1%	7	14.3%	8	16.3%	34	69.4%	7-42	14.3%	31-34	47.7%	16-15	51.6%	0	1	47-50	48.5%
Against the Field	21	60.0%	7	20.0%	7	20.0%	28-7	80.0%	3	6.8%	6	13.6%	35	79.5%	3-41	6.8%	42-64	39.6%	20-26	43.5%	2	1	33-46	41.8%

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 25-38 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 13 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-6
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25	25-23, 21-11	0:43
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	Rego/Santos	1	23-21, 21-18	0:47
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 # 3 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 0-2
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 # 6, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-3
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 9 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	Kubala/Pavlas	9	21-15, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Benes/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	Benes/Tichy	10	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 11 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25	Brink/Dieckmann	8	21-15, 24-22	0:43
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 # 12 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 # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-2
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	15	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:54
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	1:00
Trail the series against # 16 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Boersma/Ronnes	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25	21-19, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-2
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	24-22, 17-21, 15-10	1:12
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Deulofeu/Salvetti	30, Q8	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Series tied with # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-2
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	1:03
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
Trail the series against # 19 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
Series tied with # 20 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
Series tied with # 21 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 # 22 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 2-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	11	Cadieux/Heese	22	21-17, 11-21, 15-12	0:54
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 # 23, Q10 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	27, Q17	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q1	21-10, 25-27, 21-19	1:12
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25	Dugrip/Gagliano	24	21-17, 21-8	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	Ces/Ces	27, Q3	22-20, 13-21, 16-14	0:54
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes	18, Q2	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 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 # Q6 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
Series tied with # Q9 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
Series tied with # Q15 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-1
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q15	21-18, 21-17	0:46
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-17, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # Q19 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # Q25 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	10	21-14, 21-16	0:30
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 # Q34 Sinczak/Szternel, Poland 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	Sinczak/Szternel	Q34	21-15, 21-19	0:34