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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Japan Open
August 7 - 11, 2002

(8) 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 Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Suhong Zhou - 25th	Did not play
1999	Bo Han - 37th	Did not play
2000	Jingkun Zhang - 13th	Did not play
2001	Fei Wang - 17th	Jia Tian - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	15	5th	240	US$8,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	23	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	21	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2002	Canada Open	9	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	19	9th	120	US$3,900.00
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

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool H	Kylie Gerlic / Summer Lochowicz, Australia (24, Q2)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:39
Fri, 8/9/2002	Pool H	Milagros Crespo / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (9)	Lost 11-21, 18-21	0:35
Sat, 8/10/2002	Pool H	Nancy Gougeon / Marie-Andree Lessard, Canada (25, Q1)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:53
Sat, 8/10/2002	Winner 1	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (7)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:30
Sat, 8/10/2002	Winner 2	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-23, 9-21	0:41

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	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	0	$34,425.00	19	14	57.6 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	1	3	2	0	$82,675.00	41	32	56.2 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	$17,212.50	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	$17,212.50
41	0	0	0	0	6	12	7	8	8	$59,187.50	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	5	9	3	2	2	$43,287.50

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	41	75.9%	9	16.7%	4	7.4%	50-4	92.6%	10	19.2%	11	21.2%	31	59.6%	10-42	19.2%	82-58	58.6%	38-30	55.9%	0	2	60-46	56.6%

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 lead the series against the field 25-22 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-4
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Tian/Wang	8	23-21, 21-9	0:41
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	2	Tian/Wang	15	21-17, 21-14	0:37
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 # 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 0-4
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Connelly/Minello	4	Tian/Wang	21	21-10, 17-21, 15-11	0:51
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
Lead the series against # 5 Barros/Pires, Brazil 1-0
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool H	Tian/Wang	9	Barros/Pires	8	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-2
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	8	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	21-13, 21-13	0:30
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	23	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	21-19, 23-21	0:49
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	7	Tian/Wang	9	21-15, 20-22, 15-11	1:07
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
Trail the series against # 9 Crespo/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Crespo/Larrea Peraza	9	Tian/Wang	8	21-11, 21-18	0:35
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Crespo/Larrea Peraza	28	Tian/Wang	21	21-16, 24-22	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-2
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	14	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-18, 21-18	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 16 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	15	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	21-19, 21-13	0:41
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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 19 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool H	Tian/Wang	9	Glesnes/Maaseide	24	21-18, 21-15	0:39
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 # 22 Galindo/Serrano Ochoa, Mexico 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Tian/Wang	15	Galindo/Serrano Ochoa	34	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24, Q2 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 3-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Gerlic/Lochowicz	24, Q2	21-18, 21-16	0:39
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	15	Gerlic/Lochowicz	31	22-20, 21-14	0:42
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 # 25, Q1 Gougeon/Lessard, Canada 2-0
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Gougeon/Lessard	25, Q1	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:53
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, Q20 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 # 31, Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q4 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 3-0
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Tian/Wang	16	Ikauniece/Minusa	17, Q2	21-13, 21-13	0:30
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
Lead the series against # Q11 Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou, Greece 1-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	23	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	10	21-14, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	23	Hakedal/Torlen	26, Q26	22-20, 21-12	0:39