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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 5 - 9, 2005

(2) 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	3	3rd	448	US$21,500.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	5	3rd	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	6	2nd	360	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	8	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	8	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	9	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	7	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2004	Spain Open	15	13th	108	US$4,000.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/6/2005	Winner 1	Galina Boyko / Yulia Veselova, Russia (31)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:38
Wed, 7/6/2005	Winner 2	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (15)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 3	Agatha Bednarczuk / Sandra Pires, Brazil (7)	Lost 23-25, 20-22	0:55
Thu, 7/7/2005	Contender 4	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (14)	Won 21-9, 18-21, 15-7	0:55
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 5	Wen Feng Lu / Zhengqing Ren, China (22, Q13)	Won 14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 6	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (5, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:45

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	12	2	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	$110,500.00	38	18	67.9 %
2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	$29,500.00	14	16	46.7 %
2005	FIVB	7	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$120,500.00	32	14	69.6 %
Total	FIVB	44	2	1	2	3	10	2	10	3	8	3	0	$349,850.00	129	81	61.4 %

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
12	2	0	0	1	3	2	4	0	0	$55,250.00	2003	FIVB	12	2	0	0	1	3	2	4	0	0	$55,250.00
9	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	$18,750.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	$14,750.00
7	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$60,250.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	$60,250.00
70	2	1	2	3	13	18	14	9	8	$196,775.00	Total	Total	48	2	1	2	3	12	15	8	3	2	$176,875.00

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%
2004-2005	38	74.5%	11	21.6%	2	3.9%	49-2	96.1%	10	24.4%	2	4.9%	29	70.7%	10-31	24.4%	38-29	56.7%	21-4	84.0%	3	3	62-36	63.3%
Against the Field	38	84.4%	4	8.9%	3	6.7%	42-3	93.3%	7	31.8%	1	4.5%	14	63.6%	7-15	31.8%	76-24	76.0%	22-8	73.3%	2	0	51-16	76.1%

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 39-13 (Lead 21 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-6
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 5	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Tian/Wang	5	21-19, 21-15	0:47
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Tian/Wang	6	17-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:57
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Tian/Wang	8	21-17, 21-16	0:39
7/1/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	4	Tian/Wang	13	21-15, 21-17	0:40
3/14/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Bronze Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	28, Q13	Tian/Wang	4	24-22, 21-9	0:42
3/12/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	28, Q13	Tian/Wang	4	15-21, 24-22, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # 3 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	6	Barros/Connelly	4	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 5	Tian/Wang	8	Moiseeva/Uryadova	32, Q40	21-9, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 5, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	5, Q1	Tian/Wang	2	21-18, 22-20	0:45
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	6	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	21-15, 21-15	0:39
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	9	Antunes/Ribeiro	13, Q1	21-9, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 6 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	9	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Series tied with # 7 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 1-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	Tian/Wang	2	25-23, 22-20	0:55
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	9	Bednarczuk/Pires	19	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 8 Lahme/Musch, Germany 2-1
7/8/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Lahme/Musch	2	Tian/Wang	15	21-15, 21-18	0:36
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	4	Lahme/Musch	7	21-10, 22-20	0:34
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 # 11 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 3-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	29-27, 18-21, 15-11	1:04
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-17, 21-11	0:34
8/23/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 3-2
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Bronze Medal	Tian/Wang	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	21-13, 21-17	0:40
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	21-18, 21-15	0:43
5/29/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Tian/Wang	5	24-22, 21-15	0:38
8/24/03	FIVB	Bali Open	Gold Medal	Tian/Wang	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	5	21-17, 21-19	0:45
8/18/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	4	Tian/Wang	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:49
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Li/Wang, China 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	7	Li/Wang	26, Q8	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 4-2
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	21-9, 18-21, 15-7	0:55
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 # 15 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Arjona/Kadjo	15	21-17, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 3-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	5	Lessard/Maxwell	37	21-13, 21-19	0:39
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	6	Lessard/Maxwell	27, Q6	21-15, 21-10	0:37
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Lessard/Maxwell	29, Q10	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	8	Kusuhara/Urata	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 6-0
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Tian/Wang	7	Garcia/Gaxiola	19	21-19, 21-15	0:44
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-17, 21-10	0:35
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Garcia/Gaxiola	15	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:50
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 # 22, Q13 Lu/Ren, China 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Tian/Wang	2	Lu/Ren	22, Q13	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 23 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 1-0
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 5	Tian/Wang	8	Maaseide/Wiig	23	21-15, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 28 Martin/Pruneau, Canada 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	3	Martin/Pruneau	30	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 31 Boyko/Veselova, Russia 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	2	Boyko/Veselova	31	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	3	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # Q4 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 2-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	8	Gschweidl/Hansel	25	21-15, 21-19	0:39
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	9	Gschweidl/Hansel	24	21-11, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # Q5 Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	8	Erni/Trussel	25, Q4	21-10, 21-17	0:41