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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 1 - 5, 2006

(2) 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 (40 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 Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	2	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2006	Warsaw Open	2	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	5	1st	800	US$42,300.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$14,400.00
FIVB	7/19-22/2006	St. Petersburg Open	3	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	3	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	2	4th	420	US$12,000.00
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

Thailand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 1	Lucy Boulton / Denise Johns, England (31, Q17)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 2	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (18)	Won 21-7, 21-14	0:28
Fri, 11/3/2006	Winner 3	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (26, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:40
Fri, 11/3/2006	Winner 4	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Won 21-16, 10-21, 20-18	1:02
Sat, 11/4/2006	Semi-Finals	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (4)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-9	1:03
Sun, 11/5/2006	Gold Medal	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:48

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	13	2	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	$238,600.00	60	20	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	2	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	$238,600.00	60	20	75.0 %

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
13	2	2	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	$119,300.00	2006	FIVB	13	2	2	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	$119,300.00
88	4	3	8	4	17	20	15	9	8	$347,825.00	Total	Total	22	2	2	4	1	4	2	3	0	4	$128,800.00

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	57	81.4%	11	15.7%	2	2.9%	68-2	97.1%	15	45.5%	2	6.1%	16	48.5%	15-18	45.5%	114-30	79.2%	52-8	86.7%	1	0	84-19	81.6%

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	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 34-5 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 1 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 1-2
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	21-19, 22-20	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 7-2
11/5/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	3	Tian/Wang	2	21-18, 21-15	0:48
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	3	21-16, 10-21, 20-18	1:02
9/3/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Gold Medal	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	3	22-20, 21-17	0:37
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	3	21-15, 25-23	0:40
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	4	Xue/Zhang	5	21-15, 21-17	0:38
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	3	Xue/Zhang	4	By Forfeit
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 # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 4-0
11/4/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	2	Hakedal/Torlen	4	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	1:03
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	2	Hakedal/Torlen	10	17-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:55
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Hakedal/Torlen	14	16-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:51
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 # 5 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	5	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	21-15, 21-19	0:40
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	14	Tian/Wang	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 6 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 2-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	21-16, 18-21, 15-8	0:50
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Tian/Wang	2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 7 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 4-0
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	2	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	17-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:49
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	4	Glesnes/Maaseide	29, Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:41
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q6	27-25, 21-17	0:44
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	2	Glesnes/Maaseide	31, Q11	21-15, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-0
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Tian/Wang	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	21	21-19, 21-14	0:37
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 # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Tian/Wang	2	Petrova/Skalnikova	31, Q22	21-16, 21-18	0:32
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	3	Petrova/Skalnikova	30, Q20	22-24, 21-14, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q5	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	2	Cook/Sanderson	13	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 2-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Kadijk/Mooren	18	21-7, 21-14	0:28
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Kadijk/Mooren	18	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 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 # 22 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	2	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 31, Q17 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	2	Boulton/Johns	31, Q17	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	3	Holtwick/Semmler	30, Q19	21-17, 21-12	0:32