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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(26) 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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Kirk Pitman - 17th	Jason Lochhead - 17th
2010	Kirk Pitman - 41st	Jason Lochhead - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q7	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	19	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	18	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	15	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	19	5th	360	US$9,100.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool B

Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)

Lost 19-21, 18-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	Total	23	15	4	0.478	0	7	1	5
	1	14	11	2	0.643	0	3	1	3
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	4	0	2
Kirk Pitman	Total	26	11	10	0.038	1	0	0	0
	1	8	2	4	-0.250	1	0	0	0
	2	18	9	6	0.167	0	0	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool B

Mykola Babich / Oleksandr Ioisher, Ukraine (47)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	Total	7	5	0	0.714	0	7	2	3
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	3	0	1
	2	1	0	0	0.000	0	4	2	2
Kirk Pitman	Total	29	21	5	0.552	6	2	0	0
	1	16	10	4	0.375	1	2	0	0
	2	13	11	1	0.769	5	0	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool B

Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (23)

Lost 18-21, 21-17, 15-17

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	Total	52	20	7	0.250	0	30	0	2
	1	16	8	4	0.250	0	7	0	0
	2	18	7	0	0.389	0	8	0	1
	3	18	5	3	0.111	0	15	0	1
Kirk Pitman	Total	31	12	7	0.161	8	9	1	1
	1	11	4	1	0.273	2	2	1	0
	2	6	2	1	0.167	5	3	0	1
	3	14	6	5	0.071	1	4	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (20)

Lost 15-21, 14-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	Total	34	13	11	0.059	0	7	0	1
	1	16	6	4	0.125	0	3	0	1
	2	18	7	7	0.000	0	4	0	0
Kirk Pitman	Total	10	4	1	0.300	2	2	0	0
	1	5	3	1	0.400	2	0	0	0
	2	5	1	0	0.200	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	116	53	22	0.267	0	51	3	11
Kirk Pitman	96	48	23	0.260	17	13	1	1
Total	212	101	45	0.264	17	64	4	12
Opponents	220	108	38	0.318	17	49	4	15

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Kirk Pitman - 25th	Jason Lochhead - 25th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Kirk Pitman - 17th	Jason Lochhead - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Kirk Pitman - 9th	Jason Lochhead - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	41	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	46	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	26	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	26	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Lochhead/Pitman trail the series against the field 29-50 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 17 Series, 3 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 0-3
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool B	Cerutti/Rego	2	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-19, 21-18	0:42
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 # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-5
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Lochhead/Pitman	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:53
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Lochhead/Pitman	16	21-17, 21-17	0:39
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Reckermann	2	Lochhead/Pitman	15	21-19, 21-15	0:43
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-19, 21-12	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-4
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool Q	Lochhead/Pitman	24	Klemperer/Koreng	8	21-16, 16-21, 24-22	1:02
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	Klemperer/Koreng	8	21-19, 13-21, 19-17	1:00
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Klemperer/Koreng	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	21-17, 19-21, 20-18	1:04
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-15, 21-16	0:51
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Lochhead/Pitman	15	21-16, 21-13	0:37
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:56
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 # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-6
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Lochhead/Pitman	25	Gavira/Herrera	8	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:56
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	5	Lochhead/Pitman	24	23-21, 21-19	0:39
6/12/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	4	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	21-15, 21-12	0:42
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	4	Lochhead/Pitman	20	21-11, 21-18	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-4
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-17, 21-15	0:40
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 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
Series tied with # 13 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
Trail the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	22-20, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
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 # 19 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 # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	20	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-15, 21-14	0:39
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Erdmann/Matysik	20	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-10, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 21 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 1-0
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	18	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	17	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	18	Boersma/Spijkers	15	13-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 23 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool B	Hoyer/Soderberg	23	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:07
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 # 25 Ces/Ces, France 2-4
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	18	Lochhead/Pitman	15	21-19, 25-23	0:50
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 # 27 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 # 30 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	Fijalek/Prudel	12	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 5-3
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-16, 21-18	0:43
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 # 32 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
Trail the series against # 34 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Jaani/Vesik	17	Lochhead/Pitman	15	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 35 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
Series tied with # 36 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	Dollinger/Windscheif	25	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:03
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-17, 12-21, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 38 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
Lead the series against # 39 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	27	Bogatov/Prokopiev	22, Q12	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 42 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
Trail the series against # 44 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
Trail the series against # 45 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	Lochhead/Pitman	25	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 47 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	26	Babich/Ioisher	47	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 48 Abreu/Silva, Angola 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	26	Abreu/Silva	47	21-14, 21-14	0:37