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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam
June 20 - 24, 2006

(4) Jia Tian/Jie 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

Jie Wang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 4, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Xing Jiang

Height:

187 cm (6'3")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$376,175.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	38	3	12	9	2	4	3	2	0	2	1	US$683,600.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,000.00
Overall	39	4	12	9	2	4	3	2	0	2	1	US$688,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Jingkun Zhang - 13th	Did not play
2001	Fei Wang - 9th	Did not play
2002	Fei Wang - 25th	Did not play
2003	Fei Wang - 9th	Linjun Ji - 17th
2004	Xi Zhang - 17th	Did not play
2005	Fei Wang - 2nd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	4	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	3	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	22	3rd	480	US$16,000.00

Switzerland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/21/2006	Winner 1	Geeske Banck / Susanne Lahme, Germany (29)	Won 21-11, 21-11	0:33
Wed, 6/21/2006	Winner 2	Jennifer Kessy / Nancy Reynolds, United States (13)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Thu, 6/22/2006	Winner 3	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (21)	Won 21-15, 15-21, 23-21	1:00
Fri, 6/23/2006	Winner 4	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:40
Fri, 6/23/2006	Contender 6	Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs, United States (3)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:46
Sat, 6/24/2006	Semi-Finals	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-18, 28-30, 14-16	1:25
Sat, 6/24/2006	Bronze Medal	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (21)	Won 21-19, 21-14	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	1	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	$282,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	2	6	6	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	$356,000.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	39	4	12	9	2	4	3	2	0	2	1	0	$688,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jia Tian												Jie 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$43,875.00	World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
25	1	4	6	2	4	1	4	3	0	$205,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	1	4	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	$141,300.00
80	4	7	6	3	17	20	9	7	0	$322,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	2	7	6	2	7	5	3	1	0	$209,875.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,950.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
115	6	13	13	5	21	23	16	10	0	$574,775.00	Total	53	4	13	9	3	9	5	4	2	0	$376,175.00

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
2006	FIVB	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$68,100.00	19	7	73.1 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$68,100.00	19	7	73.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jia Tian													Jie 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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	0	$15,000.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	$24,125.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2001	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	$20,550.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
12	2	0	0	1	3	2	4	0	0	$55,250.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$9,500.00
9	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	$18,750.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	1	4	1	4	2	0	0	0	$92,000.00	2005	FIVB
4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$34,050.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$34,050.00
79	2	2	6	3	15	20	14	9	8	$262,575.00	Total	Total	13	0	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	4	$43,550.00

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	120	76.4%	24	15.3%	13	8.3%	144-13	91.7%	28	37.3%	7	9.3%	40	53.3%	28-47	37.3%	120-40	75.0%	52-20	72.2%	3	0	175-60	74.5%
2005-2006	37	68.5%	10	18.5%	7	13.0%	47-7	87.0%	12	48.0%	4	16.0%	9	36.0%	12-13	48.0%	37-9	80.4%	22-11	66.7%	1	0	60-20	75.0%
Against the Field	87	74.4%	19	16.2%	11	9.4%	106-11	90.6%	23	36.5%	6	9.5%	34	54.0%	23-40	36.5%	174-62	73.7%	84-34	71.2%	3	0	132-48	73.3%

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	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	25	8	0	0	25	4	5	4	3	1	1	4	60	22
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	14	8	7	6	1	2	6	102	36
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	0	0	0	0	31	8	0	0	96	18	16	11	9	2	4	12	180	60

Head to Head Results
Tian/Wang lead the series against the field 19-7 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 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
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Tian/Wang	4	21-17, 21-17	0:40
5/13/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Tian/Wang	22	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Tian/Wang	4	18-21, 30-28, 16-14	1:25
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Tian/Wang	22	15-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 3 Scott/Youngs, United States 2-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	4	Scott/Youngs	3	21-16, 21-19	0:46
5/14/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Bronze Medal	Tian/Wang	22	Scott/Youngs	4	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 5 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	3	Bede/Behar	2	21-19, 25-23	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 2-0
5/13/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	22	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-15, 21-19	0:39
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	22	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 7 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-1
6/3/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Tian/Wang	4	22-20, 15-21, 23-21	1:01
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	22	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	29-27, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Kessy/Reynolds, United States 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	4	Kessy/Reynolds	13	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Tian/Wang	4	Hakedal/Torlen	14	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 16 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	16-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:43
Lead the series against # 17 Zhang/Zuo, China 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	3	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	21-15, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Xue/Zhang, China 2-1
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Tian/Wang	4	Xue/Zhang	21	21-19, 21-14	0:45
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	4	Xue/Zhang	21	21-15, 15-21, 23-21	1:00
5/28/06	FIVB	China Open	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	25	Tian/Wang	3	23-21, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	21-13, 25-27, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 29 Banck/Lahme, Germany 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Banck/Lahme	29	21-11, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Salgado/Salgado	6	22-20, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # Q1 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	22	Keizer/Leenstra	11	21-19, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # Q7 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Tian/Wang	4	Kusuhara/Urata	28, Q2	21-11, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q9 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Tian/Wang	4	Koizumi/Tanaka	20	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # Q12 Gerlic/Kloeden, Australia 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Gerlic/Kloeden	29, Q5	Tian/Wang	4	16-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q25 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	3	Petrova/Skalnikova	30, Q20	22-24, 21-14, 15-8	0:49