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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 1 - 5, 2006

(14) 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 Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/19-22/2006	St. Petersburg Open	7, Q1	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	8, Q3	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	14, Q4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	40	US$0.00
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

Thailand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (19, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:44
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 2	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Lost 21-17, 16-21, 11-15	0:53
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 2	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (13)	Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:58
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 3	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (11)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 4	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (8)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:40

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	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	3	$56,800.00	27	20	57.4 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	3	4	$69,350.00	39	29	57.4 %

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
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	3	$28,400.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	3	$28,400.00
35	1	1	0	0	2	7	7	4	13	$51,925.00	Total	Total	54	0	1	0	2	2	17	16	7	9	$115,885.00

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	13	81.3%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	26-14	65.0%	6-8	42.9%	0	1	16-12	57.1%

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 16-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 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 0-2
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Ji/Wang	15	21-16, 21-11	0:28
6/4/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Gold Medal	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Series tied with # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 1-1
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	3	Ji/Wang	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Xue/Zhang	16, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-2
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	13	Ji/Wang	15	21-19, 21-19	0:47
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Ji/Wang	8, Q3	Hakedal/Torlen	14	21-16, 21-19	0:39
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Hakedal/Torlen	11	Ji/Wang	28	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Series tied with # 5 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-1
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Ji/Wang	14	19-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:54
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Ji/Wang	14, Q4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-14, 18-21, 15-7	0:51
Trail the series against # 8 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 4	Branagh/Youngs	8	Ji/Wang	14	21-15, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-2
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 3	Ji/Wang	14	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	21-17, 21-13	0:34
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	26	Ji/Wang	7, Q1	21-15, 12-10 Retired
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Petrova/Skalnikova	31, Q22	Ji/Wang	Q6	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 12 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Ji/Wang	14	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 3	Ji/Wang	14, Q4	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 2-0
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 2	Ji/Wang	14	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	17-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:58
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Ji/Wang	8, Q3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	6-21, 21-13, 18-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Cook/Sanderson	18	Ji/Wang	15	21-17, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Ji/Wang	8, Q3	Lessard/Maxwell	9	21-14, 21-18	0:41
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Lessard/Maxwell	23	21-9, 21-17	0:40
Series tied with # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	8	Ji/Wang	14, Q4	21-17, 23-25, 15-11	0:50
6/3/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Kadijk/Mooren	11	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 19, Q5 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Ji/Wang	14	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Ji/Wang	14, Q4	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	21-17, 21-13	0:36
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Ji/Wang	28	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-0
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Ji/Wang	15	Faure/Sarpaux	31, Q13	21-18, 21-19	0:33
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 1	Ji/Wang	14	Faure/Sarpaux	30	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # Q14 Andreasen/Hove, Denmark 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Ji/Wang	7, Q1	Andreasen/Hove	Q16	21-13, 21-11	0:41