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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 15 - 20, 2003

(14) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Suhong Zhou - 41st	Did not play
1999	Bo Han - 41st	Did not play
2000	Jingkun Zhang - 13th	Did not play
2001	Fei Wang - 9th	Jia Tian - 9th
2002	Fei Wang - 25th	Jia Tian - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	8	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	8	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	11	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	6	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	7	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	8	5th	180	US$6,675.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2003	Pool C	Annika Granstrom / Angelica Ljungquist, Sweden (30, Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:42
Wed, 7/16/2003	Pool C	Holly McPeak / Elaine Youngs, United States (3)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool C	Angela Clarke / Tania Gooley, Australia (19)	Won 21-9, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 7/17/2003	Winner 1	Susanne Lahme / Danja Musch, Germany (29, Q14)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:47
Fri, 7/18/2003	Winner 2	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (11)	Lost 23-21, 21-23, 13-15	1:02

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	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	$41,100.00	23	15	60.5 %
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$29,000.00	12	8	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	6	2	7	1	5	2	0	$118,350.00	57	41	58.2 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	$20,550.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	$20,550.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$14,500.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$14,500.00
47	0	0	0	0	9	13	9	8	8	$77,025.00	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	0	8	10	5	2	2	$61,125.00

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%
2002-2003	48	84.2%	5	8.8%	4	7.0%	53-4	93.0%	8	21.6%	10	27.0%	19	51.4%	8-29	21.6%	48-19	71.6%	13-14	48.1%	0	0	61-33	64.9%
Against the Field	56	77.8%	10	13.9%	6	8.3%	66-6	91.7%	16	25.8%	10	16.1%	36	58.1%	16-46	25.8%	112-66	62.9%	52-32	61.9%	0	3	82-52	61.2%

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 34-25 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 12 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-4
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Tian/Wang	8	21-13, 17-21, 15-12	0:45
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Tian/Wang	7	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:53
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
Lead the series against # 3 McPeak/Youngs, United States 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Tian/Wang	14	McPeak/Youngs	3	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 11 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	11	Tian/Wang	14	21-23, 23-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 12 Barros/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Barros/Rodrigues	6, Q1	Tian/Wang	11	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 15 DeNecochea/Reynolds, United States 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Reynolds	21, Q2	Tian/Wang	11	21-15, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 3-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	21-14, 15-21, 15-9	0:47
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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Tian/Wang	14	Clarke/Gooley	19	21-9, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 22 Wang/You, China 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Wang/You	24, Q5	Tian/Wang	8	22-20, 22-20	0:44
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 24 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Tian/Wang	8	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:54
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 # 25 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 2-0
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	0:58
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 # 26, Q1 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 3-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	8	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:31
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:43
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	22	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-16, 27-29, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 29, Q14 Lahme/Musch, Germany 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	14	Lahme/Musch	29, Q14	21-19, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 30, Q15 Granstrom/Ljungquist, Sweden 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Tian/Wang	14	Granstrom/Ljungquist	30, Q15	21-18, 21-11	0:42
Lead the series against # Q2 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-2
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25	11-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:51
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Tian/Wang	6	21-14, 11-21, 15-13	0:56
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 # Q3 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 4-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Tian/Wang	8	Gerlic/Lochowicz	24, Q3	21-16, 21-19	0:42
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 # Q6 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-15, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # Q8 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Ji/Wang	27, Q8	Tian/Wang	6	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q10 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 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 # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q18 Boileau/Morin, Canada 1-0
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	7	Boileau/Morin	26, Q6	21-13, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q26 Gintzburger/Skrivan, Switzerland 1-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Tian/Wang	15	Gintzburger/Skrivan	39	21-12, 21-13	0:34