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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Open
August 7 - 9, 2005

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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	16	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	19	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	13	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	20	5th	336	US$13,750.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	15	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	17	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	23	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	20	17th	80	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	21	13th	108	US$4,000.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		5th	52	€ 2,250.00
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	2	1st	20	US$2,000.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 1	Holhos Adrian / Nicolae-Daniel Todoran, Romania	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:38
Sun, 8/7/2005	Qualifier 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (15)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 10-15	0:56

Head to Head Results
De Gruijter/Ronnes lead the series against the field 15-11 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-2
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	By Forfeit
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
Trail the series against # 4 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
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 # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-3
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-15, 19-21, 15-7	0:55
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-17, 21-13	0:37
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Heuscher/Kobel	1	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:04
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Series tied with # 12 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Horrem/Pettersen	18	De Gruijter/Ronnes	15	21-10, 21-16	0:37
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Horrem/Pettersen	16	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 14 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	Gscheidle/Schnider	31	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-4
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	15	De Gruijter/Ronnes		15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	23-21, 21-18	0:46
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-17, 21-11	0:47
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 Adrian/Todoran, Romania 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Adrian/Todoran		21-19, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against Beck/Bleiker, Switzerland 1-0
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	2	Beck/Bleiker	15, Q8	21-14, 21-15	0:38
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 Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 1-0
8/8/04	CEV C&S	Slavkov Challenger	Gold Medal	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Biza/Stejskal		21-15, 23-25, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against 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 Pavlas/Svoboda, Czech Republic 2-0
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final		De Gruijter/Ronnes		Pavlas/Svoboda		15-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		De Gruijter/Ronnes		Pavlas/Svoboda		22-20, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against Vasilevsky/Zhloba, Russia 1-0
8/8/04	CEV C&S	Slavkov Challenger	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Vasilevsky/Zhloba		21-16, 22-20	0:38