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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 27 - July 1, 2006

(Q6) 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 Stavanger Results

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	25, Q4	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
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

Norway Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/27/2006	Qualifier 2	Eva Celbova Rysava / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (Q27)	Won 21-18, 34-32	0:52
Tue, 6/27/2006	Qualifier 3	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (31, Q22)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	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$)
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	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$25,000.00	12	7	63.2 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	$37,550.00	24	16	60.0 %

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
5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$12,500.00	2006	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$12,500.00
29	1	1	0	0	1	5	5	3	13	$36,025.00	Total	Total	48	0	1	0	2	1	15	14	6	9	$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	17	73.9%	3	13.0%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	11	64.7%	4-13	23.5%	34-20	63.0%	14-10	58.3%	0	1	24-16	60.0%

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 12-6 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 13 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Ji/Wang	28	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 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 # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	Ji/Wang	32	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 31, Q22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Petrova/Skalnikova	31, Q22	Ji/Wang	Q6	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 32, Q25 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ji/Wang	Q4	Jursone/Minusa	Q29	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q15 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
Trail the series against # Q20 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 0-1
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Eckl/Kaup	29, Q26	Ji/Wang	Q7	24-22, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q27 Celbova Rysava/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ji/Wang	Q6	Celbova Rysava/Tobiasova	Q27	21-18, 34-32	0:52