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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 1 - 5, 2007

(Q10) Jason Kruger/Wes Montgomery, Canada

Jason Kruger
Canada

/ South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 16, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cape Town, South Africa

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Roseto degli Abruzzi 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$14,500.00

Wes Montgomery
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 28, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ottawa

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,925.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	2	US$8,000.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,000.00
Overall	15	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	2	US$15,000.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Mark Ellingson - 41st
2006	Jason Hofer - 57th	Mark Ellingson - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	29, Q10	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2006	Vaduz Satellite	4	5th	12	US$650.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2006	Lausanne Satellite	1	2nd	30	US$2,400.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	Q16	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q30	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/28-30/2006	Casablanca Satellite	2	2nd	26	US$2,000.00

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/1/2007	Qualifier 2	Oliver Indra / Matthias Wachter, Liechtenstein (Q23)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:38
Tue, 5/1/2007	Qualifier 3	Francisco Alvarez / Leonel Munder, Cuba (26, Q7)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 11-15	0:55

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$8,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
Satellite	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,050.00
Total	15	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	$15,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jason Kruger												Wes Montgomery
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$6,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$4,000.00
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,075.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,225.00
6	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,925.00	Satellite	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00
36	0	2	3	0	4	1	2	2	0	$14,500.00	Total	30	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	$7,925.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,050.00	9	4	69.2 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,050.00	9	4	69.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jason Kruger													Wes Montgomery
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	1995	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1996	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,525.00	2006	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
18	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	12	$6,025.00	Total	Total	23	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	17	$3,950.00

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	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10	90.9%	0-11	0.0%	7-10	41.2%	1-2	33.3%	0	2	8-14	36.4%
2006-2007	7	77.8%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	7-10	41.2%	1-1	50.0%	0	2	8-13	38.1%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	0-4	0.0%	0	1	3-8	27.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	4
Total	1	2	5	6	0	0	0	0	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	19	20

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
3/23/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 1	Kais/Vesik	Q5	Kruger/Montgomery	Q28	21-17, 18-21, 15-6	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	20	Kruger/Montgomery	29, Q10	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
10/24/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Kruger/Montgomery	29, Q10	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q7	21-12, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 Alvarez/Munder, Cuba 0-1
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Alvarez/Munder	26, Q7	Kruger/Montgomery	Q10	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # Q23 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 2-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Kruger/Montgomery	Q10	Indra/Wachter	Q23	21-18, 21-12	0:38
8/19/06	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Winner 2	Kruger/Montgomery	4	Indra/Wachter	5	21-11, 21-14	0:31