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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 29 - July 3, 2005

(20) 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

Resides:

Nieuwegein

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 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Boxmeer

Resides:

Utrecht

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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Max Backer - 57th
2002	Did not play	Max Backer - 57th
2003	Gijs Ronnes - 57th	Jochem De Gruijter - 57th
2004	Gijs Ronnes - 41st	Jochem De Gruijter - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	15	25	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	17	13	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	23	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	20	17	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	21	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/27-29/2004	France Satellite	2	1	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	32, Q19	5	324	US$13,500.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	28, Q9	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	Q19	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	Q24	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q26	41	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	31, Q25	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q22	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q21	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q21	33	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q17	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q21	41	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q16	57	4	US$0.00

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/30/2005	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (13)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:46
Thu, 6/30/2005	Contender 1	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (29, Q3)	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:44
Fri, 7/1/2005	Contender 2	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (19)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:42
Fri, 7/1/2005	Contender 3	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (6)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:40
Sat, 7/2/2005	Contender 4	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (17)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:09
Sat, 7/2/2005	Contender 5	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (7)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 7/2/2005	Contender 6	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (3, Q1)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:38

Head to Head Results
De Gruijter/Ronnes trail the series against the field 13-17

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
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 # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
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, Q1 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 6 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Heyer/Laciga	6	21-18, 22-20	0:40
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Heyer/Laciga	9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 7 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-1
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	7	By Forfeit
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 1	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	12	De Gruijter/Ronnes	28, Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Series tied with # 10 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
Series tied with # 11 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
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
Trail the series against # 13 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-3
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
6/30/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q24	24-22, 21-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
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 # 17 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Berger/Doppler	17	19-21, 21-16, 22-20	1:09
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	23	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Series tied with # 19 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Leinemann/VanHuizen	19	21-18, 23-21	0:42
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q22	21-19, 31-29	0:58
Trail the series against # 21 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 0-1
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Depiaggio	14	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 28 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Gartmayer/Nowotny	9	28-30, 21-19, 17-15	1:08
Lead the series against # 29, Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q3	23-21, 21-18	0:44
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q3	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # Q10 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 # Q15 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	15	Morikawa/Shiratori	45	21-16, 21-19	0:40
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Morikawa/Shiratori	29, Q13	17-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # Q16 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