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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 10 - 14, 2008

(6) 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:

125

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$137,426.29

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:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$163,854.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	31	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	31	1	0	1	2	3	4	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$93,435.58
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,296.77
FIVB	72	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	19	0	11	0	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	0	0	US$5,200.00
Overall	108	2	0	2	2	5	5	11	9	23	3	12	1	1	14	1	16	1	US$259,682.35

Previous Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	13	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	10	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	23	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	20	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	21	17	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	7/10-12/2008	European Championship	10	17	160	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	26, Q4	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	24, Q9	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q9	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	25	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	20	17	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	4	7	300	€ 2,200.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	21	25	60	US$1,800.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	4	4	420	€ 3,800.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	11, Q11	13	180	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q4	33	30	US$0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q2	21	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	22	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	21	13	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	20	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	19	13	180	US$4,500.00
CEV	8/23-25/2007	European Championship	21	9	320	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	21, Q2	25	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	4	9	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	24, Q7	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	26	17	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	14	13	180	US$4,500.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	11	7	300	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q12	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q10	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	19	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	19	13	180	US$4,500.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	5	9	240	€ 1,950.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters	13	9	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	26	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	24, Q9	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	25, Q6	17	120	US$3,000.00

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Celine Gemise Fareau / Mathilde Giordano, France (11)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 2	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (3)	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:34
Sat, 9/13/2008	Winner 3	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 9/13/2008	Semi-Finals	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (12, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:41
Sat, 9/13/2008	Bronze Medal	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (8)	Lost 9-21, 16-21	0:34

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 11-23

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Jursone/Minusa	20	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:51
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-19, 21-16	0:43
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-6
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 3	Jursone/Minusa	6	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	24-22, 21-19	0:39
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	21-14, 27-25	0:39
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Jursone/Minusa	11, Q11	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:58
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	21-18, 21-17	0:39
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	3	Jursone/Minusa	14	21-8, 21-17	0:35
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Jursone/Minusa	15	26-24, 21-9	0:40
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-4
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	6	Glesnes/Maaseide	3	21-11, 21-10	0:34
7/10/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Glesnes/Maaseide	7	Jursone/Minusa	10	21-18, 21-16	0:43
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	21-13, 21-18	0:34
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	19	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	21-16, 25-23	0:48
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-3
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	19	Kadijk/Mooren	14	22-24, 27-25, 15-13	1:03
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	19-21, 21-14, 19-17	0:48
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	7	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-13, 21-15	0:32
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 # 7 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 2	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	Jursone/Minusa	4	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-2
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Bronze Medal	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Jursone/Minusa	6	21-9, 21-16	0:34
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	23	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	25-23, 21-17	0:44
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	14	Jursone/Minusa	19	21-18, 23-21	0:43
Series tied with # 9 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-1
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 3	Kolocova/Slukova	14, Q5	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-15, 21-18	0:35
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	4	Kolocova/Slukova	15, Q12	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 11 Gemise Fareau/Giordano, France 2-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	6	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	11	21-17, 21-18	0:39
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	11	Gemise Fareau/Giordano	8	13-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:51
Series tied with # 12, Q1 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-2
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Semi-Finals	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	Jursone/Minusa	6	21-17, 21-17	0:41
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	Nystrom/Nystrom	25, Q4	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
8/19/06	FIVB C&S	Turku Satellite	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	1	21-19, 26-24	0:45
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Montagnolli/Pichler, Austria 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Jursone/Minusa	23	Montagnolli/Pichler	10	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # Q11 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 0-1
9/5/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Lubetz/Sude	30, Q15	Jursone/Minusa	13	23-21, 26-24	0:45