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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 30 - September 3, 2005

(28, Q10) Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia

Inese Jursone
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Limbazi

Resides:

Limbazi

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Turku 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$83,525.00

Inguna Minusa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 17, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Latvia

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Turku 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Klagenfurt 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$99,710.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	31	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	72	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	19	11	1	14	1	16	1	US$159,750.00
FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,200.00
Overall	75	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	5	19	11	1	14	1	16	1	US$164,950.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q23	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	Q25	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	France Satellite	6	3	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q21	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q18	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q20	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	28, Q15	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q12	33	20	US$0.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/30/2005	Qualifier 2	Tatiana Barrera / Deborah Giaoui, France (Q7)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
Wed, 8/31/2005	Winner 1	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (5)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 17-19	0:48
Wed, 8/31/2005	Contender 1	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (12)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:44

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 5-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	19-21, 21-14, 19-17	0:48
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Kadijk/Mooren	12	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	24-22, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	12	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	6	Arjona/Kadjo	2	15-21, 20-22	0:46
Series tied with # Q4 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-1
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jursone/Minusa	Q23	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q10	18-21, 32-30, 15-12	1:03
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q12	Jursone/Minusa	Q21	21-17, 21-23, 15-13	0:57
Series tied with # Q5 Mandana/Pol, Spain 1-1
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	6	Mandana/Pol	3	21-9, 21-16	0:29
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Mandana/Pol	Q13	Jursone/Minusa	Q20	10-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # Q7 Barrera/Giaoui, France 1-0
8/30/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	Barrera/Giaoui	Q7	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q8 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Bronze Medal	Jursone/Minusa	6	Faure/Sarpaux	10	21-16, 21-16	0:39