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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(28, 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Hayden Jones - 41st
2003	Did not play	Hayden Jones - 57th
2004	Kirk Pitman - 33rd	Jason Lochhead - 33rd
2005	Kirk Pitman - 33rd	Jason Lochhead - 33rd
2006	Kirk Pitman - 17th	Jason Lochhead - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	22	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	22	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	23	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	27, Q6	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	28, Q8	13th	240	US$6,500.00
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

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 2	Jody Gooding / Steve Grotowski, England (Q36)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:27
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 3	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q13)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:38
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (5)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:53
Thu, 6/14/2007	Contender 1	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (12)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:42

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	4	$24,900.00	19	20	48.7 %
2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$10,000.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	11	19	$73,900.00	65	68	48.9 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	$12,450.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	$12,450.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$5,000.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$5,000.00
42	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	11	19	$36,950.00	Total	Total	51	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	11	26	$36,950.00

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	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%
2006-2007	31	67.4%	6	13.0%	9	19.6%	37-9	80.4%	8	16.3%	12	24.5%	29	59.2%	8-41	16.3%	31-29	51.7%	14-21	40.0%	0	0	45-50	47.4%
Against the Field	26	61.9%	7	16.7%	9	21.4%	33-9	78.6%	9	14.1%	15	23.4%	40	62.5%	9-55	14.1%	52-80	39.4%	32-48	40.0%	0	0	42-64	39.6%

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 15-22 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q4	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q11	21-15, 21-15	0:47
Series tied with # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Lochhead/Pitman	Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:47
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q3	Brenha/Maia	9	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-5
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 1	Schacht/Slack	12	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:42
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-17, 21-13	0:41
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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	Lochhead/Pitman	22	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	22-20, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 17 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Cadieux/Heese	24, Q3	18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 18 "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
Lead the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 22 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
5/20/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	30, Q21	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 24, Q3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	24	Lochhead/Pitman	23	21-17, 21-18	0:57
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 29 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q5	Kubala/Pavlas	Q28	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Alvarez/Munder, Cuba 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q7	18-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:47
Lead the series against # Q9 Nishimura/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	22	Nishimura/Watanabe	27, Q4	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:08
Series tied with # Q13 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q4	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q13	21-15, 21-13	0:38
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	10	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # Q17 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 2-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	Babich/Nikolaev	Q27	21-16, 21-17	0:32
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # Q18 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Smedins	Q61	Lochhead/Pitman	Q4	22-20, 13-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # Q27 Beck/Bleiker, Switzerland 1-0
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Beck/Bleiker	29, Q12	21-14, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # Q36 Gooding/Grotowski, England 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q4	Gooding/Grotowski	Q36	21-14, 21-14	0:27