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US$200,000 Infote Athens Open
May 31 - June 4, 2006

(25, Q4) Linjun Ji/Lu Wang, China

Linjun Ji
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanghai

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Bangkok 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Athens 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$65,750.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	3	3	1	US$69,350.00

Previous Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Wenhui You - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	28	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q7	41st	18	US$0.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 2	Anja Gunther / Jana Kohler, Germany (Q36)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:40
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 3	Daniela Gioria / Diletta Lunardi, Italy (Q13)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:34
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 1	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (8)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:36
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 2	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (9)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:38
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 2	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (23)	Won 21-9, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 3	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (16, Q3)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 4	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (22)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:34
Sat, 6/3/2006	Contender 5	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (11)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:36
Sat, 6/3/2006	Contender 6	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (5)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
Sat, 6/3/2006	Semi-Finals	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Won 16-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:46
Sun, 6/4/2006	Gold Medal	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:30

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$16,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	$52,550.00
Total	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	3	0	$69,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Linjun Ji												Lu Wang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$8,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	4	0	$37,400.00
32	0	1	0	0	3	9	6	3	0	$55,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	0	1	0	2	5	19	14	5	0	$113,935.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Challenger
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
43	1	1	0	0	4	10	8	4	0	$65,750.00	Total	77	0	1	0	2	6	27	19	9	0	$171,835.00

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
2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	$12,550.00	12	9	57.1 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$25,000.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	$37,550.00	22	14	61.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Linjun Ji													Lu Wang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	$6,275.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$9,500.00	2003	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	0	2	$28,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$6,750.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	$19,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	3	$26,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$12,500.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$12,500.00
27	1	1	0	0	1	5	5	3	11	$36,025.00	Total	Total	46	0	1	0	2	1	15	14	6	7	$99,985.00

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	28	77.8%	4	11.1%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	7	23.3%	3	10.0%	20	66.7%	7-23	23.3%	28-20	58.3%	11-7	61.1%	0	2	39-29	57.4%
2005-2006	20	76.9%	3	11.5%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	13	68.4%	4-15	21.1%	20-13	60.6%	7-5	58.3%	0	2	27-20	57.4%
Against the Field	14	87.5%	1	6.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	12	80.0%	1-14	6.7%	28-22	56.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	1	16-15	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	5	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	2	2	4	0	0	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	30	19
Total	0	0	13	4	7	8	0	0	6	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	39	29

Head to Head Results
Ji/Wang lead the series against the field 10-4 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 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
6/4/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Gold Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
6/3/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Semi-Finals	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	16-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Bede/Behar, Brazil 1-0
6/3/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Bede/Behar	5	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Ji/Wang	28	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 11 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
6/3/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Kadijk/Mooren	11	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Hakedal/Torlen	11	Ji/Wang	28	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 16, Q3 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Xue/Zhang	16, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Ji/Wang	28, Q24	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q41	23-21, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Lessard/Maxwell	23	21-9, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q13 Gioria/Lunardi, Italy 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Gioria/Lunardi	Q13	21-15, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q36 Gunther/Kohler, Germany 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Gunther/Kohler	Q36	21-17, 21-12	0:40