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October 31 - November 4, 2007

(7) 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 Phuket Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Linjun Ji - 9th	Ying Zhang - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	12	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	8	13th	150	US$3,800.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	18	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	8	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	13	25th	80	US$3,500.00
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

Phuket Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/1/2007	Winner 1	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (26)	Lost 25-27, 19-21	0:46
Thu, 11/1/2007	Contender 1	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (23)	Won 21-9, 21-15	0:27
Fri, 11/2/2007	Contender 2	Deborah Giaoui / Eva Hamzaoui, France (24, Q9)	Won 21-9, 21-14	0:30
Fri, 11/2/2007	Contender 3	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (16)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 11/2/2007	Contender 4	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (6)	Won 21-23, 21-17, 20-18	1:05
Sat, 11/3/2007	Contender 5	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:39

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	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	0	1	3	$85,300.00	36	28	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	0	1	3	$85,300.00	36	28	56.3 %

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
15	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	1	3	$42,650.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	1	3	$42,650.00
69	0	1	0	2	6	24	16	8	12	$158,535.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	1	4	9	4	2	6	$62,050.00

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	14	60.9%	3	13.0%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	5	23.8%	3	14.3%	13	61.9%	5-16	23.8%	28-24	53.8%	16-18	47.1%	1	0	23-21	52.3%

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 19-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 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 0-1
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Wang/Zuo	16	18-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-4
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	3	Wang/Zuo	12	16-21, 40-38, 15-12	1:14
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 # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
11/3/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 5	Branagh/Youngs	4	Wang/Zuo	7	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Wang/Zuo	12	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 6 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-1
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Wang/Zuo	7	Kessy/Ross	6	21-23, 21-17, 20-18	1:05
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 # 11 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Wang/Zuo	8	Salgado/Salgado	5	21-17, 21-19	0:42
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 # 16 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 3-1
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 3	Wang/Zuo	7	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	16	21-13, 21-14	0:33
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	Wang/Zuo	8	11-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:51
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	18	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	21	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:55
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 # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Wang/Zuo	8	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	23	21-12, 21-18	0:37
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 # 19 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 # 21 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	12	Jursone/Minusa	21, Q2	14-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:48
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	16	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 22 Cooke/Martin, Canada 2-1
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Wang/Zuo	8	Cooke/Martin	24	21-15, 21-18	0:45
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
Series tied with # 23 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-1
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 1	Wang/Zuo	7	Martins/Santanna	23	21-9, 21-15	0:27
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	25, Q3	Wang/Zuo	8	24-22, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 24, Q9 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 2	Wang/Zuo	7	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	24, Q9	21-9, 21-14	0:30
Trail the series against # 26 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	26	Wang/Zuo	7	27-25, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool G	Wang/Zuo	18	Lessard/Maxwell	31	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 29 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
Lead the series against # Q4 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	8	Gattelli/Perrotta	25, Q2	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q20 Shun Thing/Teck Hua, Malaysia 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 2	Wang/Zuo	Q2	Shun Thing/Teck Hua	Q31	21-11, 21-19	0:33