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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open Kristiansand 2010
August 10 - 15, 2010

(19) 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Kirk Pitman - 33rd	Jason Lochhead - 33rd
2008	Kirk Pitman - 3rd	Jason Lochhead - 3rd
2009	Kirk Pitman - 25th	Jason Lochhead - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	25	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	24	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	24, Q5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	22, Q2	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	Q4	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	21, Q4	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	22, Q2	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q2	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	Q1	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2009	Sanya Open	19	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	21	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/12/2010	Winner 1	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (14)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:44
Thu, 8/12/2010	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:41
Fri, 8/13/2010	Winner 3	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (6)	Won 14-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:50
Sat, 8/14/2010	Winner 4	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 15-21, 21-23	0:41
Sat, 8/14/2010	Contender 6	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:43

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	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	6	$40,500.00	26	30	46.4 %
2008	FIVB	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	1	4	$66,700.00	34	31	52.3 %
2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	2	0	$52,150.00	15	26	36.6 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	$42,800.00	24	20	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	92	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	12	23	18	31	$266,050.00	159	166	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
17	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	6	$20,250.00	2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	6	$20,250.00
15	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	1	4	$33,350.00	2008	FIVB	15	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	1	4	$33,350.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0	$26,075.00	2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0	$26,075.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	3	$21,400.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	3	$21,400.00
92	0	0	1	1	1	17	23	18	31	$133,025.00	Total	Total	101	0	0	1	1	1	17	25	18	38	$133,025.00

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%
2009-2010	21	61.8%	9	26.5%	4	11.8%	30-4	88.2%	9	17.0%	16	30.2%	28	52.8%	9-44	17.0%	21-28	42.9%	18-20	47.4%	1	0	40-48	45.5%
Against the Field	18	66.7%	6	22.2%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	8	18.6%	6	14.0%	29	67.4%	8-35	18.6%	36-54	40.0%	28-18	60.9%	1	1	33-37	47.1%

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 lead the series against the field 23-22 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-2
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	21-12, 21-16	0:41
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	26	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	By Forfeit
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q5	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 4	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-15, 23-21	0:41
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Cerutti/Rego	16	Lochhead/Pitman	17	21-15, 21-17	0:41
Series tied with # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-1
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Santos	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-15, 21-18	0:43
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Araujo/Santos	3	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Marques/Solberg	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	26-28, 21-16, 15-11	1:05
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-14, 21-15	0:39
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Marques/Solberg	2	Lochhead/Pitman	23	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 1-3
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Wu/Xu	6	14-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:50
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	19	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	21-12, 21-19	0:38
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 # 8 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 # 9 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-1
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	24	Lochhead/Pitman	25	21-18, 28-26	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	Maia/Rosas	Q15	21-18, 21-10	0:34
Series tied with # 14 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	21-19, 21-17	0:44
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14, Q7	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-13, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 Belov/Daianov, Russia 0-1
6/16/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Belov/Daianov	26, Q29	Lochhead/Pitman	Q4	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 17 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 5-2
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	17-21, 21-6, 15-10	0:53
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 # 18 Ces/Ces, France 2-3
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	20	Ces/Ces	13	21-19, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	12	Lochhead/Pitman	21	22-20, 21-17	0:45
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	12	Lochhead/Pitman	16	21-19, 21-19	0:43
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	21	Lochhead/Pitman	12	21-16, 21-11	0:41
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q1	Ces/Ces	26, Q2	26-24, 17-21, 24-22	1:08
Lead the series against # 20 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	19-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:57
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q9	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 21, Q5 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 3-0
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q12	21-13, 15-21, 15-7	0:50
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 # 31, Q11 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	Boehm/Kapa	Q29	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q3 Gao/Li, China 1-0
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	Gao/Li	Q15	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	Q34	21-12, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # Q21 Binstock/Zbyszewski, Canada 0-1
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Binstock/Zbyszewski	Q32	Lochhead/Pitman	Q1	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:58