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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2007

(13) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Wenhui You - 9th	Did not play
2004	Wenhui You - 17th	Did not play
2005	Ying Li - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	11	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	40	US$0.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool D	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (20)	Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:49
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool D	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (29)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:42
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool D	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (4)	Lost 21-23, 23-21, 11-15	1:00

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	3	$36,500.00	18	15	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	3	$36,500.00	18	15	54.5 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	$18,250.00	2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	$18,250.00
63	0	1	0	2	3	21	16	8	12	$134,135.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	6	$37,650.00

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	19	57.6%	5	15.2%	9	27.3%	24-9	72.7%	5	17.2%	5	17.2%	19	65.5%	5-24	17.2%	38-36	51.4%	20-28	41.7%	1	0	30-32	48.4%

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 trail the series against the field 12-13 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 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
Series tied with # 4 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Wang/Zuo	13	23-21, 21-23, 15-11	1:00
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 # 5 Xue/Zhang, China 0-3
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	6	Wang/Zuo	11	21-17, 21-12	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 11, Q3 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
Trail the series against # 16, Q8 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
Lead the series against # 20 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Wang/Zuo	13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22, Q1 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	Wang/Zuo	11	17-21, 31-29, 17-15	1:09
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
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 25 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
Series tied with # 27 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
Trail the series against # 29 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Moiseeva/Uryadova	29	Wang/Zuo	13	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 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 # Q19 Jensen/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	11	Jensen/Lochowicz	22, Q4	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q21 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Wang/Zuo	11	Boulton/Johns	28	21-14, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # Q27 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
Trail the series against # Q28 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Van Iersel/Wesselink	30, Q31	Wang/Zuo	Q2	25-23, 16-21, 15-9	0:48