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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 12 - 16, 2008

(9) Jie Wang/Man Zuo, China

Jie Wang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 4, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Xing Jiang

Height:

187 cm (6'3")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$376,175.00

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	Money
FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	US$44,750.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	12	7th	300	US$7,000.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 1	Elizabeth Maloney / Katherine Zakrzewski, Canada (24)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:39
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 2	Tamsin Hinchley / Becchara Palmer, Australia (8)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:33
Fri, 11/14/2008	Winner 3	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Won 24-22, 21-16	0:47
Fri, 11/14/2008	Winner 4	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (13)	Won 22-24, 21-19, 15-10	1:05
Sun, 11/16/2008	Semi-Finals	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Lost 25-23, 15-21, 11-15	1:01
Sun, 11/16/2008	Bronze Medal	Nicole Branagh / Tyra Turner, United States (2)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 9-15	0:49

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$44,750.00
Total	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$44,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jie 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
16	1	4	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	$141,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$14,650.00
34	2	7	6	2	7	5	3	1	0	$209,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	0	2	5	8	4	3	0	$70,425.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Challenger
53	4	13	9	3	9	5	4	2	0	$376,175.00	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
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00	8	4	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jie 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	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$9,500.00	2003	FIVB
13	2	2	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	$119,300.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	3	$19,400.00
15	1	6	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	$150,300.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	1	3	$42,650.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2007	FIVB C&S
12	0	4	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	$80,950.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	$14,900.00
50	4	12	9	3	9	4	4	1	4	$362,550.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	2	5	10	6	3	6	$76,950.00

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	12	75.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	12-5	70.6%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	15-9	62.5%
2007-2008	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-2	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	8-4	66.7%
Against the Field	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	18-2	90.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	11-4	73.3%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	15	9
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	15	9

Head to Head Results
Wang/Zuo lead the series against the field 8-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-1
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Wang/Zuo	9	23-25, 21-15, 15-11	1:01
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Wang/Zuo	9	Kessy/Ross	1	24-22, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Turner, United States 0-1
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Bronze Medal	Branagh/Turner	2	Wang/Zuo	9	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 3 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 1-0
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 3	Wang/Zuo	12	Antonelli/Leao	4	26-24, 14-21, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 5 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 0-1
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	5	Wang/Zuo	12	21-16, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 4	Wang/Zuo	12	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Hinchley/Palmer, Australia 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Wang/Zuo	9	Hinchley/Palmer	8	21-17, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Wang/Zuo	9	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	13	22-24, 21-19, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 20 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 1-0
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 2	Wang/Zuo	12	Brzostek/Marciniak	22	21-12, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 21 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-0
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	12	Blundell/Harrison	21	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 Maloney/Zakrzewski, Canada 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	9	Maloney/Zakrzewski	24	21-15, 21-14	0:39