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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(21) Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand

Jason Lochhead
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1984 (40 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 (42 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	27	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	24	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	25	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	26	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	19	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	13	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	10	3rd	480	US$14,000.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/27/2009	Winner 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (12)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 16-18	0:53
Thu, 8/27/2009	Contender 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (28)	Won 23-21, 17-21, 15-13	0:58
Fri, 8/28/2009	Contender 2	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (6)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 8/28/2009	Contender 3	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (20)	Lost 13-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:48

Head to Head Results
Lochhead/Pitman trail the series against the field 17-25 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Lochhead/Pitman	24	21-18, 21-14	0:39
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	23-21, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-3
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	2	Lochhead/Pitman	27	21-17, 21-14	0:36
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	15	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-11, 21-12	0:36
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Gavira/Herrera	13	Lochhead/Pitman	19	17-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:51
Series tied with # 5 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 1-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Neto	6, Q1	Lochhead/Pitman	27	21-17, 26-28, 17-15	1:12
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Insfran/Neto	3	21-18, 21-23, 15-13	1:06
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-3
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	21	Heuscher/Heyer	6	21-19, 21-15	0:34
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	27	23-21, 21-17	0:43
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q6	21-13, 21-16	0:34
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-2
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Lochhead/Pitman	10	21-10, 23-21	0:45
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	17	21-17, 21-16	0:44
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	16, Q2	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Laciga	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-3
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	6	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-12, 21-15	0:37
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Lochhead/Pitman	23	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 4-2
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Lochhead/Pitman	10	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	2	25-23, 24-22	0:53
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	21-19, 19-21, 15-6	0:57
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	16, Q2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	21-15, 21-10	0:39
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	23	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	9	21-13, 21-14	0:47
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q5	24-22, 21-16	0:46
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 # 12 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Lochhead/Pitman	21	21-19, 17-21, 18-16	0:53
Series tied with # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 3-3
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	9	Lochhead/Pitman	24	21-15, 21-19	0:53
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	15	Gosch/Horst	18	21-12, 19-21, 15-9	1:06
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Bronze Medal	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Gosch/Horst	13	21-19, 22-24, 15-12	1:13
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-19	0:46
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	21-17, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 16, Q15 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	Q16	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q17	22-20, 21-9	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Lario/Mesa	19	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 19 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	12	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	28, Q6	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 20 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Benes/Kubala	20	Lochhead/Pitman	21	21-13, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 23 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 0-1
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Doppler/Mellitzer	28, Q10	Lochhead/Pitman	21	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	28	21-17, 21-19	0:45
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	25	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	40, Q13	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 28 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	21	Hoyer/Soderberg	28	23-21, 17-21, 15-13	0:58
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	21-19, 25-23	0:48
Trail the series against # Q3 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Lochhead/Pitman	30, Q21	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:53