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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Italian Open
May 12 - 16, 2004

Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia

Kristjan Kais
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paikuse, Parnumaa

Resides:

Tartu

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

129

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$297,293.44

Rivo Vesik
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 15, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Parnu

Resides:

Pârnu

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$320,363.72

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	20	0	2	2	2	0	4	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	US$82,226.83
FIVB	75	1	0	0	3	8	7	17	9	12	1	11	3	1	2	US$459,325.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,500.00
Overall	96	1	2	3	5	8	11	23	10	13	3	11	3	1	2	US$544,051.83

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q5	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	29, Q7	13	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	41	37	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	29, Q10	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	30, Q5	25	30	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		9	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	3	3	48	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q14	33	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q8	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q16	33	32	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		9	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q14	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	30, Q21	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	30, Q21	25	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	30, Q23	25	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	28, Q17	25	30	US$1,650.00
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	22	17	20	€ 450.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/14/2004	Pool D	Dmitry Karasev / Anton Kulikovsky, Russia	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 5/14/2004	Pool D	Andreas Gortsianiouk / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:36
Sat, 5/15/2004	Pool D	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:30
Sat, 5/15/2004	Winner 1	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:38

Head to Head Results
Kais/Vesik trail the series against the field 13-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 2-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Beligratis/Michalopoulos		21-16, 21-10	0:37
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	3	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	6	21-9, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Berg/Dahl	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-3
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Kais/Vesik	41	25-23, 21-14	0:39
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Berger/Doppler		Kais/Vesik		17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:55
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	21-16, 30-28	0:52
Lead the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 3-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	Brink/Schneider	20, Q15	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:55
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Brink/Schneider	19, Q6	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-16, 21-9	0:38
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	Brink/Schneider	Q12	21-16, 22-20	0:36
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	12	Kais/Vesik	22	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	29, Q10	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q7	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
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 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Kais/Vesik	29, Q7	21-10, 29-27	0:36
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	21-18, 21-10	0:32
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Kais/Vesik		16-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer		Kais/Vesik		21-9, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against Fenili/Galli, Italy 0-1
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Semi-Finals	Fenili/Galli	13	Kais/Vesik	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kais/Vesik	30, Q5	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q21	21-16, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against Gortsianiouk/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Gortsianiouk/Xenakis		21-12, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kais/Vesik	3	Gosch/Strauss	5	24-22, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Grinbergs/Stals		21-13, 21-19	0:30
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals		Kais/Vesik		19-21, 27-25, 15-7	0:55
Trail the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud		Kais/Vesik		21-19, 21-13	0:38
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against Karasev/Kulikovsky, Russia 1-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Karasev/Kulikovsky		21-13, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against Peric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool A	Kais/Vesik		Peric/Trimcevski		21-16, 21-12	0:35