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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(Q25) John Byron/Martin Suan, Australia

John Byron
Australia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 16, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Australia

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U21 World Championships Saint Quay Portrieux 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Shanghai 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$2,587.50

Martin Suan
Australia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 17, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Coventry

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Shanghai 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$2,587.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	1	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,175.00
Overall	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	4	10	1	US$5,175.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	14	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q34	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q32	41st	12	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/6/2005	Qualifier 1	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q40)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:38
Wed, 7/6/2005	Qualifier 2	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (Q8)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:57

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$2,825.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	$5,175.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

John Byron												Martin Suan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,412.50	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,412.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$175.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	$2,587.50	Total	22	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	$2,587.50

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
2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

John Byron													Martin Suan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	$475.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	$475.00

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	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	11.1%	2	11.1%	14	77.8%	2-16	11.1%	8-14	36.4%	4-3	57.1%	1	0	13-17	43.3%
2004-2005	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	3-4	42.9%	1-2	33.3%	1	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	4-12	25.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-8	27.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	1	13	14	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	25

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	26, Q2	Byron/Suan	Q34	21-18, 21-6	0:36
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 2	Byron/Suan	14	Pedrosa/Rosas	5	19-21, 27-25, 16-14	1:15
Trail the series against # Q8 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Dugrip	Q8	Byron/Suan	Q25	21-17, 18-21, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # Q20 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Byron/Suan	14	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # Q27 Seppanen/Tolonen, Finland 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 1	Byron/Suan	14	Seppanen/Tolonen	13, Q3	21-17, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q40 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 1	Byron/Suan	Q25	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q40	21-16, 21-16	0:38