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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Spanish Masters
April 17 - 20, 2008

(Q14) 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:

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 (48 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 Gran Canaria Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters	14	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	20	13th	180	US$4,500.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/16/2008	Country Quota	Bart Bolsterlee / Tim Lokerse, Netherlands	Won 21-10, 21-17
Thu, 4/17/2008	Qualifier 1	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy (Q19)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 4/17/2008	Qualifier 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (Q3)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:45

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
Confederation Championship	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$16,500.00
Total	68	1	1	2	1	2	2	5	9	12	13	0	$239,100.00

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
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$8,925.00
71	1	1	2	1	4	14	12	16	0	$124,000.00	Total	86	1	1	2	1	4	16	15	14	0	$127,195.00

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 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
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 %
2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,500.00	10	8	55.6 %
2004	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	6	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 %
2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	$37,300.00	19	15	55.9 %
2006	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	2	3	$66,500.00	29	31	48.3 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00	0	2	0.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	53	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	7	10	11	16	$189,600.00	89	95	48.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00	9	1	90.0 %
Total	CEV	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1	1	$20,800.00	20	17	54.1 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	6	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jochem De Gruijter													Gijs Ronnes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$337.50
											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
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
											2002	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$412.50
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$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
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,250.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2004	CEV 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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2006	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
68	2	1	2	1	4	12	15	14	17	$110,500.00	Total	Total	85	2	1	2	1	5	13	19	13	29	$114,245.00

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	12	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	5	26.3%	3	15.8%	11	57.9%	5-14	26.3%	12-11	52.2%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	20-17	54.1%
2007-2008	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	6
Total	0	0	36	20	8	19	0	0	33	42	1	2	2	1	1	1	122	120

Head to Head Results
De Gruijter/Ronnes trail the series against the field 18-23 (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 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Klemperer/Koreng	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-16, 21-10	0:40
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 2	Klemperer/Koreng		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-2
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	25	Brink/Dieckmann	8	21-15, 24-22	0:43
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	9	21-13, 21-13	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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 3-1
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
Series tied with # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	14	21-10, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 15, Q18 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 # 16, Q22 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 Bolsterlee/Lokerse, Netherlands 1-0
4/16/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Country Quota	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q14	Bolsterlee/Lokerse		21-10, 21-17
Lead the series against # Q3 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 2-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q14	21-16, 21-14	0:45
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:01
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	9	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # Q6 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
Trail the series against # Q7 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 # Q9 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
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 # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q17 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 # Q19 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q14	Amore/Bizzotto	Q19	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # Q29 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