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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 3 - 8, 2007

(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 Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Fei Wang - 9th	Did not play
2006	Jie Wang - 3rd	Jia Tian - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	3	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	3	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	1	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	1	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	1	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	2	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	1	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	2	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
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

Montréal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 1	Becchara Palmer / Eileen Romanowski, Australia (31, Q12)	Won 2-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:56
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 2	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (15)	Won 21-15, 21-10	0:36
Fri, 7/6/2007	Winner 3	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (7)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 12-15	0:55
Fri, 7/6/2007	Contender 4	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (12)	Lost 20-22, 20-22	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	13	2	2	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	$238,600.00	60	20	75.0 %
2007	FIVB	8	1	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$159,000.00	36	11	76.6 %
Total	FIVB	21	3	6	4	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	$397,600.00	96	31	75.6 %

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
8	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$79,500.00	2007	FIVB	8	1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$79,500.00
96	5	7	8	4	19	21	15	9	8	$427,325.00	Total	Total	30	3	6	4	1	6	3	3	0	4	$208,300.00

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%
2006-2007	91	77.1%	17	14.4%	10	8.5%	108-10	91.5%	21	41.2%	6	11.8%	24	47.1%	21-30	41.2%	91-24	79.1%	38-16	70.4%	2	0	131-40	76.6%
Against the Field	58	79.5%	10	13.7%	5	6.8%	68-5	93.2%	12	30.0%	4	10.0%	24	60.0%	12-28	30.0%	116-46	71.6%	44-18	71.0%	1	0	81-32	71.7%

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 45-22 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 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 2-3
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	21-19, 21-19	0:47
6/24/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Gold Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Tian/Wang	3	21-15, 21-12	0:42
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
Series tied with # 3 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 1-1
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-18, 21-13	0:43
6/3/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Cook/Hinchley	14	Tian/Wang	1	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 4-5
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Barros/Connelly	5	19-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:55
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	1	Barros/Connelly	5, Q1	21-19, 21-16	0:37
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	1	Barros/Connelly	3	21-15, 21-18	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-2
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	5	Tian/Wang	1	21-17, 21-14	0:40
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	3	Tian/Wang	2	21-18, 21-17	0:50
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 Xue/Zhang, China 10-2
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	1	Xue/Zhang	4	21-13, 21-16	0:30
5/26/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	4	24-22, 21-19	0:51
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	1	Xue/Zhang	2	21-12, 32-30	0:51
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 # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 5-3
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	7	Tian/Wang	2	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18	Tian/Wang	1	25-23, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	21-16, 21-18	0:40
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
Series tied with # 8 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 4-4
5/27/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Gold Medal	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Tian/Wang	2	21-15, 21-19	0:43
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-18, 21-14	0:40
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Tian/Wang	1	24-22, 21-16	0:39
9/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Tian/Wang	2	21-17, 23-21	0:35
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 # 11 Wang/Zuo, China 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	1	Wang/Zuo	16	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 12 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 2-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	12	Tian/Wang	2	22-20, 22-20	0:37
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 # 13 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 # 14 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 5-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-11, 21-12	0:39
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 # 15 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-15, 21-10	0:36
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	24, Q1	Tian/Wang	1	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
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 # 16 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 # 19 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	1	Faure/Sarpaux	16	21-13, 21-19	0:42
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 # 28 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 # 31, Q12 Palmer/Romanowski, Australia 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	2	Palmer/Romanowski	31, Q12	2-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Tian/Wang	3	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q8	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	1:01
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Salgado/Salgado	6	22-20, 21-13	0:40