Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 4 - 8, 2006
(2) Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China
 
Jia Tian
China
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Feb 9, 1981 (43 yrs old)
Home Town: Tian Jin
Height: 177 cm (5'10")
Weight: 68 kg (150 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 115
Career Wins: 6
Career FIVB WT Wins: 5
Career Winnings: US$574,775.00
Jie Wang
China
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Dec 4, 1985 (38 yrs old)
Home Town: Xing Jiang
Height: 187 cm (6'3")
Weight: 72 kg (158 lb)
Seasons: 6
Tournaments: 53
Career Wins: 4
Career FIVB WT Wins: 3
Career Winnings: US$376,175.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
FIVB3831292432021 US$683,600.00
FIVB C&S11000000000 US$5,000.00
Overall3941292432021 US$688,600.00
Previous Marseille Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - 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 Did not play
2002 Fei Wang - 25th Did not play
2003 Fei Wang - 5th Linjun Ji - 33rd
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/27-7/1/2006 Norway Grand Slam 2 5th 480 US$12,800.00
FIVB 6/20-24/2006 Switzerland Grand Slam 4 3rd 640 US$22,100.00
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
France Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 7/5/2006 Winner 1 Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (31, Q11) Won 21-15, 21-11 0:33
Thu, 7/6/2006 Winner 2 Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (15) Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-8 0:50
Thu, 7/6/2006 Winner 3 Leila Barros / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (7, Q1) Lost 16-21, 16-21 0:36
Thu, 7/6/2006 Contender 4 Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (13) Won 21-19, 21-14 0:35
Fri, 7/7/2006 Contender 5 Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (6) Won 21-19, 20-22, 15-10 0:56
Fri, 7/7/2006 Contender 6 Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (5) Won 14-21, 27-25, 15-12 0:48
Sat, 7/8/2006 Semi-Finals Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (3) Lost 18-21, 17-21 0:50
Sat, 7/8/2006 Bronze Medal Leila Barros / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (7, Q1) Lost 19-21, 21-17, 18-20 1:07
Head to Head Results
Tian/Wang lead the series against the field 23-9 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
6/24/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Semi-Finals Felisberta/Maestrini 2 Tian/Wang 4 18-21, 30-28, 16-14 1:25
5/12/06FIVBItalian Open Winner 4 Felisberta/Maestrini 2 Tian/Wang 22 15-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:55
Series tied with # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-1
7/8/06FIVBFrance Open Semi-Finals Bede/Behar 3 Tian/Wang 2 21-18, 21-17 0:50
5/26/06FIVBChina Open Winner 4 Tian/Wang 3 Bede/Behar 2 21-19, 25-23 0:41
Lead the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 2-1
6/24/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Bronze Medal Tian/Wang 4 Xue/Zhang 21 21-19, 21-14 0:45
6/22/06FIVBSwitzerland Grand Slam Winner 3 Tian/Wang 4 Xue/Zhang 21 21-15, 15-21, 23-21 1:00
5/28/06FIVBChina Open Gold Medal Xue/Zhang 25 Tian/Wang 3 23-21, 21-14 0:38
Lead the series against # 5 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-1
7/7/06FIVBFrance Open Contender 6 Tian/Wang 2 Antunes/Ribeiro 5 14-21, 27-25, 15-12 0:48
6/3/06FIVBGreece Open Contender 5 Antunes/Ribeiro 8 Tian/Wang 4 22-20, 15-21, 23-21 1:01
5/12/06FIVBItalian Open Winner 3 Tian/Wang 22 Antunes/Ribeiro 3 29-27, 21-19 0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 3-0
7/7/06FIVBFrance Open Contender 5 Tian/Wang 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou 6 21-19, 20-22, 15-10 0:56
5/13/06FIVBItalian Open Contender 6 Tian/Wang 22 Arvaniti/Karadassiou 6 21-15, 21-19 0:39
5/11/06FIVBItalian Open Winner 2 Tian/Wang 22 Arvaniti/Karadassiou 6 21-15, 21-16 0:39
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
7/8/06FIVBFrance Open Bronze Medal Barros/Connelly 7, Q1 Tian/Wang 2 21-19, 17-21, 20-18 1:07
7/6/06FIVBFrance Open Winner 3 Barros/Connelly 7, Q1 Tian/Wang 2 21-16, 21-16 0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
5/25/06FIVBChina Open Winner 2 Tian/Wang 3 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza 14 16-21, 21-12, 15-8 0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
7/6/06FIVBFrance Open Contender 4 Tian/Wang 2 Cook/Sanderson 13 21-19, 21-14 0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 2-0
7/6/06FIVBFrance Open Winner 2 Tian/Wang 2 Brink-Abeler/Jurich 15 21-16, 18-21, 15-8 0:50
6/29/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool B Tian/Wang 2 Brink-Abeler/Jurich 15 21-17, 15-21, 16-14 0:54
Lead the series against # 16 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
6/29/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool B Tian/Wang 2 Schwaiger/Schwaiger 18 21-14, 21-14 0:32
Trail the series against # 17 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
6/30/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Winner 3 Pohl/Rau 23 Tian/Wang 2 21-17, 21-14 0:37
Lead the series against # 18 Zhang/Zuo, China 1-0
5/27/06FIVBChina Open Semi-Finals Tian/Wang 3 Zhang/Zuo 9, Q15 21-15, 21-12 0:44
Lead the series against # 21, Q5 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
6/1/06FIVBGreece Open Contender 1 Tian/Wang 4 Koizumi/Tanaka 20 21-13, 21-17 0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/2/06FIVBGreece Open Contender 4 Tian/Wang 4 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani 9 21-13, 25-27, 15-12 0:56
Lead the series against # 25 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
5/11/06FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Tian/Wang 22 Keizer/Leenstra 11 21-19, 21-10 0:33
Lead the series against # 29, Q3 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
6/2/06FIVBGreece Open Contender 3 Tian/Wang 4 Kusuhara/Urata 28, Q2 21-11, 21-13 0:38
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Gerlic/Kloeden, Australia 0-1
6/1/06FIVBGreece Open Winner 1 Gerlic/Kloeden 29, Q5 Tian/Wang 4 16-21, 22-20, 15-12 0:58
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/5/06FIVBFrance Open Winner 1 Tian/Wang 2 Glesnes/Maaseide 31, Q11 21-15, 21-11 0:33
Lead the series against Banck/Lahme, Germany 1-0
6/21/06FIVBSwitzerland 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
5/26/06FIVBChina Open Winner 3 Tian/Wang 3 Salgado/Salgado 6 22-20, 21-13 0:40
Lead the series against # Q14 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
6/28/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool B Tian/Wang 2 Petrova/Skalnikova 31, Q22 21-16, 21-18 0:32
5/25/06FIVBChina Open Winner 1 Tian/Wang 3 Petrova/Skalnikova 30, Q20 22-24, 21-14, 15-8 0:49