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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Open
May 23 - 27, 2006

(18, Q4) Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand

Jason Lochhead
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tauranga

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$167,875.00

Kirk Pitman
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Whangarei

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$166,125.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	114	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	14	28	24	23	13	1	US$332,250.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Kirk Pitman - 25th	Jason Lochhead - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	19, Q4	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	20, Q2	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	20, Q2	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	19	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	26, Q10	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q6	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	25, Q2	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	41	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q14	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q9	33rd	20	US$0.00

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/23/2006	Qualifier 2	Roberto Rodriguez / Christopher Underwood, Puerto Rico (Q29)	Won 21-8, 21-15	0:29
Tue, 5/23/2006	Qualifier 3	Roberto Lopes / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (26, Q20)	Lost 21-16, 14-21, 14-16	1:03
Wed, 5/24/2006	Winner 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (15)	Lost 21-23, 14-21	0:40
Wed, 5/24/2006	Contender 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (31, Q31)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:35

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$)
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$30,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7	12	0	$117,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	13	19	11	0	$184,350.00
Total	114	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	14	28	24	0	$332,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jason Lochhead												Kirk Pitman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$15,250.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$15,250.00
43	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	13	0	$60,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	12	0	$58,700.00
69	0	0	1	0	1	18	19	11	0	$92,175.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	0	0	1	0	1	18	19	11	0	$92,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
117	0	0	1	1	1	22	29	25	0	$167,875.00	Total	123	0	0	1	1	1	22	30	24	0	$166,125.00

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
2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	$10,000.00	13	16	44.8 %
2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	6	$29,000.00	28	23	54.9 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	6	14	$41,000.00	42	42	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jason Lochhead													Kirk Pitman
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	1	0	0	$0.00
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	$5,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	6	$14,500.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	6	$14,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	14	$20,500.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	6	21	$20,500.00

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	127	69.4%	28	15.3%	28	15.3%	155-28	84.7%	35	16.3%	47	21.9%	133	61.9%	35-180	16.3%	127-133	48.8%	63-75	45.7%	1	2	191-210	47.6%
2005-2006	37	75.5%	5	10.2%	7	14.3%	42-7	85.7%	5	12.5%	7	17.5%	28	70.0%	5-35	12.5%	37-28	56.9%	10-14	41.7%	0	1	47-43	52.2%
Against the Field	14	50.0%	5	17.9%	9	32.1%	19-9	67.9%	4	7.8%	9	17.6%	38	74.5%	4-47	7.8%	28-76	26.9%	18-36	33.3%	0	0	23-56	29.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	33	19	14	49	0	0	5	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	54	81
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	60	20	0	0	0	0	18	50	0	1	1	0	0	0	130	120
Total	0	0	93	39	19	53	0	0	24	64	0	2	1	1	0	0	191	210

Head to Head Results
Lochhead/Pitman trail the series against the field 7-20 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 16 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	4	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-23, 21-11, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 8 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	14	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	24-22, 21-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-2
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	8	Lochhead/Pitman	19	24-22, 24-22	1:07
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	17	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:47
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	41	Schacht/Slack	11	27-25, 21-17	0:56
Trail the series against # 12 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	13	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	21-15, 24-22	0:44
Trail the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	7	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q5	21-19, 21-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 15 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-2
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	23-21, 21-14	0:40
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q11	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 16 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Pettersen	13	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-16, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 20 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-2
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	19	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:34
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	25, Q9	Lochhead/Pitman	Q25	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 22, Q6 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	Lochhead/Pitman	Q9	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 26, Q20 Lopes/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Solberg	26, Q20	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	16-21, 21-14, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # 28, Q12 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	22-20, 21-15	0:48
Trail the series against # 31, Q31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	31, Q31	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # Q8 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-2
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Berg/Svensson	29, Q8	Lochhead/Pitman	Q9	22-20, 21-19	0:49
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Berg/Svensson	23	Lochhead/Pitman	25, Q2	22-20, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # Q9 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	23, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	Q14	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # Q16 Ellingson/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q11	Ellingson/Montgomery	Q22	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q18 Aoki/Hata, Japan 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	25, Q2	Aoki/Hata	Q18	24-22, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q19 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q29 Rodriguez/Underwood, Puerto Rico 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	Rodriguez/Underwood	Q29	21-8, 21-15	0:29