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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 2 - 6, 2002

(19) 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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	19	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	16	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	14	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2001	China Open	9	7th	180	US$7,000.00
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

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool C	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (3)	Lost 11-21, 14-21	0:31
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool C	Judith Augoustides / Helke Claasen, Germany (30, Q36)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:32
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool C	Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley, United States (14, Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:36
Fri, 7/5/2002	Winner 1	Ana Paula Connelly / Tatiana Minello, Brazil (4)	Lost 9-21, 16-21	0:31

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	3	0	0	$48,250.00	22	18	55.0 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$9,450.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	3	1	0	$57,700.00	26	25	51.0 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	$24,125.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	$24,125.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$4,725.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$4,725.00
36	0	0	0	0	4	10	7	7	8	$46,700.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	1	2	$30,800.00

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%
2001-2002	34	77.3%	4	9.1%	6	13.6%	38-6	86.4%	7	20.6%	7	20.6%	20	58.8%	7-27	20.6%	34-20	63.0%	11-13	45.8%	0	0	45-33	57.7%
Against the Field	42	77.8%	8	14.8%	4	7.4%	50-4	92.6%	11	20.8%	10	18.9%	32	60.4%	11-42	20.8%	84-60	58.3%	38-28	57.6%	0	2	61-46	57.0%

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 12-17 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Bede/Behar	1	Tian/Wang	16	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:56
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 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	3	Tian/Wang	14	21-17, 21-16	0:37
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Tian/Wang	11	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-3
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Tian/Wang	19	21-11, 21-14	0:31
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 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-3
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Minello	4	Tian/Wang	19	21-9, 21-16	0:31
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Connelly/Minello	3	Tian/Wang	19	21-18, 21-14	0:36
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Minello	18	Tian/Wang	16	21-11, 19-21, 15-9	0:43
Series tied with # 8 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Tian/Wang	13	22-20, 11-21, 15-13	0:50
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	7	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	21-14, 15-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-2
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	Tian/Wang	19	21-18, 21-16	0:40
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Tian/Wang	7	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Dodd/McSorley, United States 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Tian/Wang	19	Dodd/McSorley	14, Q6	21-19, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool M	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	Tian/Wang	13	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	0:47
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 20, Q7 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Tian/Wang	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	28, Q11	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:45
Series tied with # 23 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-1
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 3	Tian/Wang	14	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	11	21-18, 21-14	0:41
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Tian/Wang	12	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 24 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 1-0
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	14	Gougeon/Lessard	19	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 27, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q21 Palacio/Quevedo, Cuba 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Palacio/Quevedo	30, Q39	Tian/Wang	19	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 30, Q36 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Tian/Wang	19	Augoustides/Claasen	30, Q36	22-20, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 32 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
Lead the series against # Q4 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	7	Gerlic/Lochowicz	27, Q6	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q8 Nagy/Schlegl, Hungary 2-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Tian/Wang	16	Nagy/Schlegl	32, Q3	21-11, 21-15	0:32
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 2	Tian/Wang	14	Nagy/Schlegl	29	21-11, 23-25, 15-8	0:50