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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(16) 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:

13

Tournaments:

100

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$243,812.50

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:

14

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Zagreb 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$271,325.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
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	76	1	0	1	3	8	7	17	9	12	1	11	3	1	2	US$461,825.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Kaarel Kais - 57th	Did not play
2003	Rivo Vesik - 41st	Kristjan Kais - 41st
2004	Rivo Vesik - 17th	Kristjan Kais - 17th
2005	Rivo Vesik - 13th	Kristjan Kais - 13th
2006	Rivo Vesik - 9th	Kristjan Kais - 9th
2007	Rivo Vesik - 17th	Kristjan Kais - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	17	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	10	4	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	17	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	4	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	13	19	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	12	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	15	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	18	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	6	7	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	16	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	21	13	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	20	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	15	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	19	5	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	4	17	120	US$3,000.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool I

Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (33)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kristjan Kais	Total	25	14	5	0.360	0	2	0	2
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	1	0	1
	2	16	7	4	0.188	0	1	0	1
Rivo Vesik	Total	17	11	1	0.588	1	1	1	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	1	1	3
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	0	0	0

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool I

Fabien Dugrip / Yannick Salvetti, France (40)

Won 21-11, 21-18

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kristjan Kais	Total	23	10	4	0.261	0	10	1	0
	1	8	3	1	0.250	0	6	1	0
	2	15	7	3	0.267	0	4	0	0
Rivo Vesik	Total	22	16	2	0.636	2	5	2	1
	1	15	10	1	0.600	0	4	2	0
	2	7	6	1	0.714	2	1	0	1

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool I

Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (9)

Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-12

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kristjan Kais	Total	25	16	3	0.520	1	10	0	2
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	2	0	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	6	0	0
	3	5	2	1	0.200	1	2	0	1
Rivo Vesik	Total	21	15	2	0.619	3	1	3	2
	1	10	6	1	0.500	0	1	0	1
	2	6	6	0	1.000	1	0	1	0
	3	5	3	1	0.400	2	0	2	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (29)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kristjan Kais	Total	23	14	2	0.522	0	12	1	3
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	7	0	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	5	1	2
Rivo Vesik	Total	24	12	2	0.417	3	7	1	4
	1	10	4	1	0.300	3	2	1	2
	2	14	8	1	0.500	0	5	0	2

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (6)

Lost 12-21, 18-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kristjan Kais	Total	15	4	5	-0.067	0	4	0	3
	1	8	2	4	-0.250	0	0	0	0
	2	7	2	1	0.143	0	4	0	3
Rivo Vesik	Total	30	15	6	0.300	3	1	1	3
	1	14	7	2	0.357	1	0	0	2
	2	16	8	4	0.250	2	1	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kristjan Kais	111	58	19	0.351	1	38	2	10
Rivo Vesik	114	69	13	0.491	12	15	8	13

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Rivo Vesik - 37th	Kristjan Kais - 37th
2005	Berlin	Rivo Vesik - 5th	Kristjan Kais - 5th
2007	Gstaad	Rivo Vesik - 5th	Kristjan Kais - 5th
2011	Rome	Did not play	Karl Jaani - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	41	37	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	17	5	600	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	19	5	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	16	9	400	US$11,000.00

Head to Head Results
Kais/Vesik trail the series against the field 33-37

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Cerutti/Marques	1	Kais/Vesik	17	21-15, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-3
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Kais/Vesik	17	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:56
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Kais/Vesik	15	21-14, 7-0 Retired	0:23
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Dalhausser/Rogers	5	Kais/Vesik	12	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Kais/Vesik	10	21-17, 21-9	0:37
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Kais/Vesik	10	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 4 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
5/3/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Solberg	2	Kais/Vesik	10	18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:51
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	10	Cunha/Solberg	2	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-6
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Kais/Vesik	16	21-18, 24-22	0:47
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Kais/Vesik	19	23-21, 21-12	0:42
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	16	Rego/Santos	1	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Rego/Santos	2	Kais/Vesik	18	29-27, 27-29, 29-27	1:25
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	1	Kais/Vesik	5	21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Kais/Vesik	5	By Forfeit
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Kais/Vesik	15	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-2
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Kais/Vesik	16	21-12, 21-18	0:37
5/30/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Kais/Vesik	17	21-13, 21-17	0:35
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kais/Vesik	12	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-3
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Kais/Vesik	21	21-18, 21-14	0:39
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	19	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-19, 21-11	0:36
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 5	Kais/Vesik	16	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	16-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:48
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Kais/Vesik	16	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	22, Q23	Kais/Vesik	11	21-13, 27-25	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 5-3
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool I	Kais/Vesik	16	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	9	18-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:55
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	17	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	22-24, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Kais/Vesik	17	16-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:52
7/5/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	9	Kais/Vesik	12	23-21, 21-19	0:44
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	18	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	21-9, 21-16	0:34
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool S	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Kais/Vesik	19	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	1:10
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Kais/Vesik	13	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Semi-Finals	Kais/Vesik	16	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-3
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	20	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	22-20, 19-21, 15-13	1:01
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	16	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	23-21, 21-19	0:44
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Kais/Vesik	15	21-19, 21-9	0:43
7/16/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Kais/Vesik	12	21-19, 21-16	0:48
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 7	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Kais/Vesik	17	21-13, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	Kais/Vesik	20, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:35
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q21	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Series tied with # 17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-1
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Fuerbringer/Jennings	20, Q13	Kais/Vesik	21	21-17, 22-20	0:44
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	10	Fuerbringer/Jennings	32, Q38	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 19 Biza/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 2-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	17	Biza/Rotrekl	16	21-12, 21-18	0:39
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	17	Biza/Rotrekl	23, Q11	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Wu/Yin, China 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Wu/Yin	23	21-9, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 22 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 2-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	10	Baracetti/Salema	7	21-11, 21-13	0:32
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	16	Baracetti/Salema	17	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-3
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Kais/Vesik	20	23-21, 21-14	0:39
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Kais/Vesik	13	21-19, 21-13	0:41
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 5	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	Kais/Vesik	10	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 24 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-3
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	13	Kais/Vesik	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Gosch/Horst	24	Kais/Vesik	13	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	23	Kais/Vesik	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-1
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	6	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-12, 21-15	0:37
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Lochhead/Pitman	23	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:55
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	Kais/Vesik	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:55
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	14	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	17	Heuscher/Heyer	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Gold Medal	Kais/Vesik	16	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 29 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	16	Hoyer/Soderberg	29	21-18, 21-18	0:47
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	6	Hoyer/Soderberg	28, Q8	25-23, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 31 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	17	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:37
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Kais/Vesik	4	14-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:53
Series tied with # 33 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-2
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool I	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	33	Kais/Vesik	16	21-19, 21-17	0:40
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	17	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	16	21-17, 21-19	0:42
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q2	Kais/Vesik	15	14-21, 23-21, 18-16	1:07
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	8	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	31, Q31	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 39 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	18	Dyachenko/Kulinich	31, Q23	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 40 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool I	Kais/Vesik	16	Dugrip/Salvetti	40	21-11, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 45 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	21	Horrem/Maaseide	22	21-18, 21-12	0:40
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	14	Kais/Vesik	4	22-20, 21-19	0:41
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	15	Horrem/Maaseide	17	21-12, 21-18	0:49