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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands

Jochem De Gruijter
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leidschendam

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (The Hague 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$132,490.90

Gijs Ronnes
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Boxmeer

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (The Hague 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$137,103.51

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	US$26,393.51
CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,452.20
FIVB	63	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	9	11	0	0	13	0	10	8	1	US$219,400.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	76	2	1	2	1	3	2	5	10	11	4	1	14	1	10	8	1	US$251,445.71

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	2	1st	20	US$2,000.00
CEV C&S	8/6-8/2004	Slavkov Challenger		1st	20	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	32, Q19	5th	324	US$13,500.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	28, Q9	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	Q19	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	Q24	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q26	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	31, Q25	25th	36	US$2,000.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		19th	20	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q22	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q21	41st	12	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		19th	10	€ 750.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/9/2004		Gregoire Capitaine / Quentin Marion, France	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 9/9/2004		Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France	Won 19-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:53
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool B	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:44
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool B	Agustin Correa / Jesus Ruiz Nunez, Spain	Won 16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:48
Sat, 9/11/2004	Pool B	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:55
Sat, 9/11/2004	Winner 1	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 9-15	1:00

Head to Head Results
De Gruijter/Ronnes lead the series against the field 9-7 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-2
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	24-26, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Ahmann/Hager		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-12, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	Q12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/04	CEV C&S	Slavkov Challenger	Pool C	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Benes/Benes		21-14, 21-9	0:27
Lead the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-1
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Brink/Schneider		18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:55
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q24	24-22, 21-16	0:50
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Brink/Schneider		21-14, 12-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against Capitaine/Marion, France 2-0
9/9/04	CEV	Spanish Open		De Gruijter/Ronnes		Capitaine/Marion		21-13, 21-17	0:40
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	2	Capitaine/Marion	14	24-22, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
9/9/04	CEV	Spanish Open		De Gruijter/Ronnes		Ces/Dugrip		19-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against Correa/Ruiz Nunez, Spain 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Correa/Ruiz Nunez		16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-16, 21-14	0:44
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	28, Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
5/12/04	CEV	Italian Open		De Gruijter/Ronnes		Dyachenko/Kulinich		21-14, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q28	21-13, 21-17	0:38