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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Seoul Open
May 27 - 31, 2009

(10) 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 Seoul Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Jia Tian - 2nd	Lu Wang - 5th
2008	Jia Tian - 7th	Lu Wang - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	8	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Seoul Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2009	Winner 1	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (23)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 5/28/2009	Winner 2	Vanilda Leao / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (7, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 17-19	0:58
Thu, 5/28/2009	Contender 2	Heike Jensen / Becchara Palmer, Australia (25, Q7)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:32
Sat, 5/30/2009	Contender 3	Chen Xue / Ying Zhang, China (18)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 15-17	0:50

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$27,250.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$44,750.00	15	9	62.5 %

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
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$13,625.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$13,625.00
53	4	13	9	3	9	5	4	2	4	$376,175.00	Total	Total	35	0	1	0	2	5	11	6	4	6	$90,575.00

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	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	14-8	63.6%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	9-7	56.3%

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 9-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 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 # 7, Q1 Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Leao/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Wang/Zuo	10	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	0:58
Lead the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 18 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	18	Wang/Zuo	10	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 21, Q3 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 # 23 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	10	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	21-18, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 25, Q7 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Wang/Zuo	10	Jensen/Palmer	25, Q7	21-15, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 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 # 30, Q9 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
Trail the series against # Q10 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