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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 France Grand Slam
July 17 - 21, 2002

(13) Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, Australia

Julien Prosser
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bunbury, West Australia

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

145

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$371,993.50

Lee Zahner
Australia

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 13, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$247,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	86	1	0	5	3	16	7	21	14	13	6	US$483,900.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,300.00
Overall	87	1	0	6	3	16	7	21	14	13	6	US$487,200.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Andy Burdin - 9th	Did not play
1995	Lee Zahner - 13th	Julien Prosser - 13th
1996	Lee Zahner - 9th	Julien Prosser - 9th
1997	Lee Zahner - 3rd	Julien Prosser - 3rd
1999	Lee Zahner - 5th	Julien Prosser - 5th
2000	Lee Zahner - 7th	Julien Prosser - 7th
2001	Lee Zahner - 17th	Julien Prosser - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	8	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	9	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	11	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	10	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	12	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	3	5th	0	US$12,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	17	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	15	9th	200	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	13	17th	90	US$3,500.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool M	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (37)	Won 16-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:48
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool M	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (12)	Won 25-23, 21-14	0:53
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool M	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (36)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:40
Fri, 7/19/2002	Winner 1	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (22)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:45
Fri, 7/19/2002	Winner 2	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (20)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 18-16	1:03
Sat, 7/20/2002	Winner 3	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (4)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$25,700.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	3	1	0	$72,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	1	0	5	2	12	5	16	13	10	5	0	$362,500.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00
Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,500.00
Total	87	1	0	6	3	16	7	21	14	13	6	0	$487,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Julien Prosser												Lee Zahner
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	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$19,725.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,850.00
25	0	0	0	0	6	3	8	3	0	$64,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	$36,100.00
108	1	0	7	4	27	41	18	8	0	$252,106.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	1	0	5	2	17	29	10	5	0	$181,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$16,750.00	Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$11,750.00
145	1	0	8	7	35	49	26	11	0	$354,256.00	Total	87	1	0	6	3	23	35	13	6	0	$243,600.00

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
1996	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	$89,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
1997	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	$57,600.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	2	2	1	0	$74,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
2000	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	1	2	1	0	$58,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2001	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	0	0	$81,500.00	27	19	58.7 %
2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	$27,400.00	13	10	56.5 %
Total	FIVB	59	1	0	5	2	12	6	14	8	8	3	0	$389,000.00	51	36	58.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Julien Prosser													Lee Zahner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,543.50	1990	FIVB
6	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	$7,850.00	1991	FIVB
5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	$8,875.00	1992	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,550.00	1993	FIVB
7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$20,187.50	1994	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	1	0	$14,750.00	1995	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	1	0	$13,750.00
12	0	0	1	1	4	5	1	0	0	$45,500.00	1996	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	0	$44,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$28,800.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$28,800.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$30,750.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$30,750.00
12	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	1	0	$37,250.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	1	0	$37,250.00
11	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	$29,250.00	2000	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	$29,250.00
11	1	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$40,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$40,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	$13,700.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	$13,700.00
110	1	0	7	6	31	43	17	5	0	$286,406.00	Total	Total	85	1	0	6	3	23	34	13	5	0	$240,650.00

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	33	67.3%	5	10.2%	11	22.4%	38-11	77.6%	6	20.7%	7	24.1%	16	55.2%	6-23	20.7%	33-16	67.3%	11-18	37.9%	0	0	54-40	57.4%
2001-2002	32	66.7%	5	10.4%	11	22.9%	37-11	77.1%	6	21.4%	7	25.0%	15	53.6%	6-22	21.4%	32-15	68.1%	11-18	37.9%	0	0	43-33	56.6%
Against the Field	21	56.8%	5	13.5%	11	29.7%	26-11	70.3%	3	12.0%	6	24.0%	16	64.0%	3-22	12.0%	42-28	60.0%	16-28	36.4%	0	0	32-30	51.6%

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	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	8	7	0	0	13	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	30	26
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	0	0	14	9	0	0	19	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	54	40

Head to Head Results
Prosser/Zahner lead the series against the field 30-26 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 9 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 2-2
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Contender 6	Ramos/Rego	1	Prosser/Zahner	17	21-17, 21-12	0:30
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 2	Prosser/Zahner	17	Ramos/Rego	1	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	2	Prosser/Zahner	15	21-17, 22-20	0:38
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Prosser/Zahner	14	Ramos/Rego	1	28-26, 14-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-4
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	3	Prosser/Zahner	11	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	1:01
11/30/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	3	Prosser/Zahner	12	21-18, 18-21, 20-18	0:57
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	4	Prosser/Zahner	13	21-18, 23-21	0:53
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	20	Prosser/Zahner	13	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-3
7/20/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Loiola/Santos	4	Prosser/Zahner	13	21-14, 21-18	0:37
8/11/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 4	Loiola/Santos	4	Prosser/Zahner	17	21-13, 22-20	0:39
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Loiola/Santos	2	Prosser/Zahner	12	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 2-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	17	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	9	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-5
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	7	Prosser/Zahner	8	21-17, 21-14	0:35
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	5	Prosser/Zahner	12	21-14, 21-17	0:32
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	2	Prosser/Zahner	15	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Gold Medal	Prosser/Zahner	14	Laciga/Laciga	2	18-21, 28-26, 22-20	1:05
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	2	Prosser/Zahner	14	21-12, 22-24, 15-13	0:47
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	4	Prosser/Zahner	1	15-8	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Alvarez/Rossell	10	Prosser/Zahner	13	15-6	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 0-2
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Ferreira/Marques	8	Prosser/Zahner	9	21-18, 23-25, 20-18	1:03
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool G	Ferreira/Marques	7	Prosser/Zahner	10	17-21, 23-21, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 9 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Canet/Hamel	25	15-6	0:29
Trail the series against # 11 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	4	Prosser/Zahner	13	21-9, 21-19	0:31
Lead the series against # 12 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 3-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Prosser/Zahner	13	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	25-23, 21-14	0:53
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Prosser/Zahner	11	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	23-21, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Zahner	12	Dieckmann/Reckermann	27, Q3	21-18, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 14 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	10	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Series tied with # 15 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	15	Prosser/Zahner	10	21-17, 21-18	0:39
7/24/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Child/Heese	4	15-9	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool H	Fonoimoana/Holdren	9	Prosser/Zahner	8	21-19, 21-19	0:52
Trail the series against # 17 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Gscheidle/Vesti	27	Prosser/Zahner	11	12-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:44
Series tied with # 18 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	24	Prosser/Zahner	9	19-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:55
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	11	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	31-29, 21-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Prosser/Zahner	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	21-19, 15-21, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # 21 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
8/30/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	3	Berg/Dahl	14	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	13	Rogers/Scott	22	21-19, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	13	Bosma/Cotrino	20, Q6	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # 24 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Zahner	13	Brenha/Maia	19	21-10, 21-14	0:35
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	16	Prosser/Zahner	9	21-19, 25-23	0:39
Series tied with # 25 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Holden/Leinemann	19	Prosser/Zahner	13	29-27, 21-14	0:48
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Prosser/Zahner	15	Holden/Leinemann	17	15-3	0:36
Lead the series against # 26 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Prosser/Zahner	12	Gartmayer/Nowotny	22, Q4	23-21, 29-27	0:48
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Prosser/Zahner	13	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q23	22-20, 21-12	0:42
Trail the series against # 28 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Prosser/Zahner	13	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 29 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool H	Prosser/Zahner	8	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	24	21-11, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 30 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Prosser/Zahner	12	Horrem/Maaseide	20	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 32 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Prosser/Zahner	9	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	15	Ahmann/Hager	19	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 35 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool G	Prosser/Zahner	10	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	26	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 36 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Prosser/Zahner	13	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	36	21-13, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 37 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool M	Prosser/Zahner	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	37	16-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 38 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool O	Prosser/Zahner	15	Pedrosa/Teixeira	47	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 40 Amore/Lione, Italy 2-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Prosser/Zahner	11	Amore/Lione	22, Q6	21-16, 23-21	0:39
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool G	Prosser/Zahner	10	Amore/Lione	23, Q5	21-17, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 46 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	12	Ljubicic/Slean	21	21-15, 21-15	0:34