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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 China Open
August 15 - 19, 2001

(9) Jia Tian/Fei Wang, China

Jia Tian
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 9, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tian Jin

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$574,775.00

Fei Wang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Henan

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,825.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	48	2	1	4	3	11	2	10	4	8	3	US$406,750.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$900.00
Overall	49	2	1	4	3	11	2	11	4	8	3	US$407,650.00

Previous Maoming Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Japan Open	17	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	13	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	12	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	13	9th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	7	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2001	Greece Challenger	2	9th	24	US$900.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	11	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	7	5th	216	US$9,000.00

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/17/2001	Winner 1	Inga Ikauniece / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (24)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:38
Fri, 8/17/2001	Winner 2	Chun Ying Liu / Jingkun Zhang, China (8)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Sat, 8/18/2001	Winner 3	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 9-21, 18-21	0:39
Sat, 8/18/2001	Contender 4	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (14)	Won 23-25, 21-12, 15-9	1:08
Sat, 8/18/2001	Contender 5	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (4)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 6-15	0:49

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$42,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	$121,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	2	1	0	2	9	2	8	4	4	2	0	$243,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	49	2	1	4	3	11	2	11	4	8	3	0	$407,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jia Tian												Fei Wang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$43,875.00	World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$21,375.00
25	1	4	6	2	4	1	4	3	0	$205,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	3	1	2	1	2	1	0	$60,500.00
80	4	7	6	3	17	20	9	7	0	$322,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	2	1	0	2	11	13	5	3	0	$125,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,950.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
115	6	13	13	5	21	23	16	10	0	$574,775.00	Total	54	2	1	4	3	13	16	9	4	0	$207,825.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	$41,250.00	18	16	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	$41,250.00	18	16	52.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jia Tian													Fei Wang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$1,400.00	1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	0	$15,000.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$20,625.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$20,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
32	0	0	0	0	3	8	7	6	8	$38,475.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	2	$22,575.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	101	77.1%	20	15.3%	10	7.6%	121-10	92.4%	23	23.2%	15	15.2%	61	61.6%	23-76	23.2%	101-61	62.3%	43-25	63.2%	3	3	147-89	62.3%
2000-2001	13	61.9%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	5	26.3%	2	10.5%	12	63.2%	5-14	26.3%	13-12	52.0%	9-6	60.0%	0	0	22-18	55.0%
Against the Field	24	75.0%	4	12.5%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	8	27.6%	4	13.8%	17	58.6%	8-21	27.6%	48-34	58.5%	24-16	60.0%	0	0	36-25	59.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	11	7	0	0	13	6	0	4	3	1	0	0	36	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	31	10	0	0	34	29	3	2	0	2	2	1	102	61
Total	0	0	0	0	46	21	0	0	50	39	3	7	4	3	2	1	147	89

Head to Head Results
Tian/Wang trail the series against the field 8-10 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Tian/Wang	9	21-9, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Minello/Pires, Brazil 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Minello/Pires	4	Tian/Wang	13	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-2
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Cook/Pottharst	1	Tian/Wang	11	21-15, 21-14	0:34
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	2	Tian/Wang	7	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	Tian/Wang	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	16	Tian/Wang	17	16-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:19
Series tied with # 8 Liu/Zhang, China 1-1
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	9	Liu/Zhang	8	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Liu/Zhang	15	Tian/Wang	17	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 10 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Tian/Wang	12	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Tian/Wang	13	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	12, Q8	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 12 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Tian/Wang	12	21-15, 21-15	0:39
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	Tian/Wang	7	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 14 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	9	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	23-25, 21-12, 15-9	1:08
Lead the series against # 15 Pereira/Schuller, Portugal 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	13	Pereira/Schuller	20	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Tian/Wang	13	Koelliker/Trussel	30, Q10	22-20, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	9	Ikauniece/Minusa	24	21-13, 22-20	0:38
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool M	Tian/Wang	13	Ikauniece/Minusa	45	21-18, 21-13	0:33