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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open
August 30 - September 3, 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 Warsaw Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Warsaw Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/31/2006	Winner 1	Anna Bialobrzeska / Dorota Wojtczak, Poland (31)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Thu, 8/31/2006	Winner 2	Daniela Gattelli / Daniela Gioria, Italy (15)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:35
Fri, 9/1/2006	Winner 3	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (23)	Won 17-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:49
Fri, 9/1/2006	Winner 4	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Won 21-15, 25-23	0:40
Sat, 9/2/2006	Semi-Finals	Leila Barros / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (1)	Won 21-12, 14-21, 15-13	0:51
Sun, 9/3/2006	Gold Medal	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:37

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	11	2	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	$200,600.00	50	18	73.5 %
Total	FIVB	11	2	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	$200,600.00	50	18	73.5 %

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
11	2	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	$100,300.00	2006	FIVB	11	2	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	$100,300.00
86	4	2	7	4	17	20	15	9	8	$328,825.00	Total	Total	20	2	1	3	1	4	2	3	0	4	$109,800.00

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	62	75.6%	13	15.9%	7	8.5%	75-7	91.5%	15	42.9%	5	14.3%	15	42.9%	15-20	42.9%	124-26	82.7%	56-24	70.0%	2	0	92-25	78.6%

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 35-10 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-5
9/2/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	2	Barros/Connelly	1	21-12, 14-21, 15-13	0:51
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 6	Barros/Connelly	6	Tian/Wang	4	21-15, 18-21, 16-14	0:58
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Barros/Connelly	6, Q1	Tian/Wang	3	15-21, 23-21, 15-9	1:05
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Barros/Connelly	6, Q1	Tian/Wang	3	21-18, 21-13	0:32
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Bronze Medal	Barros/Connelly	7, Q1	Tian/Wang	2	21-19, 17-21, 20-18	1:07
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Barros/Connelly	7, Q1	Tian/Wang	2	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 6-1
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 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 3-1
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Tian/Wang	3	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	25-23, 22-24, 15-12	1:32
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	14-21, 27-25, 15-12	0:48
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 # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 4-1
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	21-10, 21-16	0:40
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	12	Tian/Wang	5	22-24, 21-18, 16-14	0:58
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 5	Tian/Wang	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:56
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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-0
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 # 10 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	21-11, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 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 # 14 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 # 15 Gattelli/Gioria, Italy 1-0
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Gattelli/Gioria	15	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Tian/Wang	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	21-14, 21-14	0:32
Series tied with # 18 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Keizer/Leenstra	20	Tian/Wang	3	15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	22	Keizer/Leenstra	11	21-19, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 20 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Tian/Wang	5	Moiseeva/Uryadova	28, Q11	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 23 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 # 31 Bialobrzeska/Wojtczak, Poland 1-0
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	2	Bialobrzeska/Wojtczak	31	21-15, 21-18	0:39