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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(11) 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 Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	21, Q1	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	24, Q2	13th	180	US$3,900.00
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

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2008	Winner 1	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (22)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:37
Thu, 5/29/2008	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (6)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 8-15	1:00
Fri, 5/30/2008	Contender 2	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (5)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:02
Fri, 5/30/2008	Contender 3	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (14)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:56

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	$17,300.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	58	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	9	11	11	17	$206,900.00	102	104	49.5 %
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
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	$8,650.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	$8,650.00
62	1	0	2	1	4	13	11	13	17	$107,750.00	Total	Total	76	1	0	2	1	4	13	14	12	29	$110,070.00

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	20	69.0%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	3	9.1%	6	18.2%	24	72.7%	3-30	9.1%	40-48	45.5%	16-20	44.4%	0	0	28-34	45.2%

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 26-30 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	21-16, 14-21, 17-15	1:04
Trail the series against # 5 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-4
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	11	Schacht/Slack	5	17-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:02
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	11	21-18, 26-24	0:51
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
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-5
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	11	21-18, 16-21, 15-8	1:00
5/24/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q1	21-15, 27-25	0:50
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
Lead the series against # 9 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 3-2
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	11	21-15, 21-18	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 14 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-3
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	11	21-17, 21-12	0:56
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
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16, Q2 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 # 17 "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
Lead the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	11	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	21-16, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 24, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 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 # 26, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Pedrosa/Rosas	28, Q14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q3	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with # 29, Q7 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 Correa/Insfran, Brazil 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q1	Correa/Insfran	Q16	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q26 Lulla/Murs, Estonia 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q1	Lulla/Murs	Q33	21-18, 21-17	0:34