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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 26 - 30, 2006

(28, Q8) 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 Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Kirk Pitman - 33rd	Jason Lochhead - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	26, Q3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	25, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	24, Q3	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q4	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q4	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	18, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 2	Hannes Brinkborg / Mattias Magnusson, Sweden (Q25)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:38
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 3	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (Q24)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:47
Thu, 7/27/2006	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (5)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:40
Thu, 7/27/2006	Contender 1	Eugenio Amore / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (21)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 7/28/2006	Contender 2	David Klemperer / Kjell Schneider, Germany (6)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 18-16	1:08
Fri, 7/28/2006	Contender 3	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (19)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:37

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	$19,500.00	17	15	53.1 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	7	18	$58,500.00	58	54	51.8 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	$9,750.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	$9,750.00
35	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	7	18	$29,250.00	Total	Total	44	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	7	25	$29,250.00

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	18	58.1%	7	22.6%	6	19.4%	25-6	80.6%	4	5.6%	12	16.7%	56	77.8%	4-68	5.6%	36-108	25.0%	22-36	37.9%	1	1	30-73	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 12-28 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 17 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	5	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	21-15, 21-13	0:40
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	8	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q3	24-26, 21-19, 15-11	0:59
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	7	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q5	21-19, 21-11	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	Klemperer/Schneider	6	21-14, 16-21, 18-16	1:08
Lead the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q14	Ces/Dugrip	Q19	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 11 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	Kais/Vesik	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:55
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 # 12 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 # 13 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	Lochhead/Pitman	Q8	22-20, 21-18	0:44
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 # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-3
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	12	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	1:02
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 # 16 Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 0-1
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q3	21-18, 21-8	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 18 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 # 19 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 3	Heyer/Laciga	19	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	21-15, 21-14	0:37
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	Heyer/Laciga	15	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:53
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	13	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	21-15, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Amore/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	Amore/Tomatis	21	21-13, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Lochhead/Pitman	Q14	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 26 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 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 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 # Q3 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	9	Lochhead/Pitman	25, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # Q4 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 # Q9 "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 # Q10 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-3
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Berg/Svensson	30, Q10	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
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 # Q15 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Prosser/Richardson	24	Lochhead/Pitman	41	22-20, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # Q16 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Lochhead/Pitman	Q4	21-19, 18-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # Q21 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 # Q24 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q24	21-16, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # Q25 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 2-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q25	21-16, 21-19	0:38
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	Q10	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q23	21-18, 21-18	0:37