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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 26 - 30, 2007

(Q5) Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China

Lu Wang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanxi

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Athens 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$171,835.00

Man Zuo
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Shanghai 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$90,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	2	2	2	1	US$97,600.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Linjun Ji - 9th	Did not play
2003	Wenhui You - 41st	Did not play
2004	Wenhui You - 13th	Did not play
2005	Ying Li - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Linjun Ji - 33rd	Ying Zhang - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	16	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	Q2	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	22, Q3	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	21	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/26/2007	Qualifier 2	Isabelle Forrer / Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland (Q28)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:37
Tue, 6/26/2007	Qualifier 3	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (29, Q21)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:42

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$19,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	$67,100.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	2	2	0	$97,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lu Wang												Man Zuo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	4	0	$37,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$14,650.00
55	0	1	0	2	5	19	14	5	0	$113,935.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	0	2	5	8	4	3	0	$70,425.00
77	0	1	0	2	6	27	19	9	0	$171,835.00	Total	35	0	1	0	2	5	11	6	4	0	$90,575.00

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
2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	$28,500.00	15	11	57.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	$28,500.00	15	11	57.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lu Wang													Man Zuo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00	2002	FIVB
12	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	0	2	$28,750.00	2003	FIVB
9	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	$19,250.00	2004	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	3	$26,750.00	2005	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	3	$28,400.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	3	$19,400.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	$14,250.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	$14,250.00
61	0	1	0	2	3	20	16	7	12	$130,135.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	1	6	$33,650.00

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	26	59.1%	8	18.2%	10	22.7%	34-10	77.3%	6	19.4%	5	16.1%	20	64.5%	6-25	19.4%	26-20	56.5%	14-15	48.3%	1	1	41-36	53.2%
2006-2007	21	55.3%	8	21.1%	9	23.7%	29-9	76.3%	6	24.0%	3	12.0%	16	64.0%	6-19	24.0%	21-16	56.8%	14-12	53.8%	1	0	36-28	56.3%
Against the Field	20	55.6%	6	16.7%	10	27.8%	26-10	72.2%	6	19.4%	4	12.9%	21	67.7%	6-25	19.4%	40-38	51.3%	24-28	46.2%	1	1	33-34	49.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	26
Total	0	0	3	3	6	6	0	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	36

Head to Head Results
Wang/Zuo lead the series against the field 11-10 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Wang/Zuo	16	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	1	Wang/Zuo	16	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	6	Wang/Zuo	16	21-13, 21-18	0:38
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	2	Wang/Zuo	21	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-0
6/2/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 5	Wang/Zuo	22, Q3	Bede/Behar	7	27-25, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
Trail the series against # 7 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-1
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	14	Wang/Zuo	22, Q3	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/2/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 6	Barros/Connelly	5, Q1	Wang/Zuo	22, Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Series tied with # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	16	Hakedal/Torlen	15	21-18, 16-21, 15-8	0:58
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Wang/Zuo	21	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Wang/Zuo	16	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	21-17, 21-17	0:37
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	22, Q3	Glesnes/Maaseide	11	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 13, Q8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Salgado/Salgado	8, Q5	Wang/Zuo	16	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Wang/Zuo	16	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Wang/Zuo	22, Q3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	27, Q2	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	16	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 27, Q1 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	21	Petrova/Skalnikova	12	21-17, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # 29, Q21 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Wang/Zuo	Q5	21-17, 22-20	0:42
Series tied with # 31, Q18 Cooke/Martin, Canada 1-1
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Wang/Zuo	16	Cooke/Martin	32, Q20	21-14, 21-16	0:37
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 3	Cooke/Martin	29, Q15	Wang/Zuo	Q2	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q20 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
5/30/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Wang/Zuo	22, Q3	Mouha/Van Breedam	Q14	19-21, 21-9, 16-14	0:48
Lead the series against # Q28 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Wang/Zuo	Q5	Forrer/Schmocker	Q28	21-16, 21-19	0:37