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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Keihan/SMFG Japan Open
May 19 - 24, 2009

(8) Jie Wang/Man Zuo, China

Jie Wang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 4, 1985 (40 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 Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Linjun Ji - 17th	Did not play
2008	Jia Tian - 2nd	Lu Wang - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	8	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	9	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	12	7th	300	US$7,000.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2009	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (25)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:35
Thu, 5/21/2009	Contender 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Satoko Urata, Japan (9)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:36

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 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$23,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$40,500.00	13	7	65.0 %

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
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$11,500.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$11,500.00
52	4	13	9	3	9	4	4	2	4	$374,050.00	Total	Total	34	0	1	0	2	5	10	6	4	6	$88,450.00

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%
2008-2009	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%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	14-8	63.6%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-6	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
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 8-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
11/8/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	1	Wang/Zuo	12	21-11, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Huang/Zhang, China 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Wang/Zuo	8	Huang/Zhang	1	21-16, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Wang/Zuo	8	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Wang/Zuo	8	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	21-18, 21-11	0:36
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 # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Wang/Zuo	8	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 9 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Urata	9	Wang/Zuo	8	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 2-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Wang/Zuo	8	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	9	21-18, 21-19	0:39
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Wang/Zuo	9	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	13	22-24, 21-19, 15-10	1:05
Trail the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Wang/Zuo	8	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 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 # Q8 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25	21-19, 21-19	0:33