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June 5 - 10, 2007

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 Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Mark Ellingson - 57th
2006	Did not play	Mark Ellingson - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	29, Q10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q16	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

Zagreb Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/5/2007	Country Quota	Paul Podstawka / Chris Simek, Canada (Q39)	Lost 15-11 Retired	0:21

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$5,000.00	7	10	41.2 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00
21	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	14	$7,525.00	Total	Total	26	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	19	$5,450.00

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	4-16	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	3-11	21.4%

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
Kruger/Montgomery trail the series against the field 2-7 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	4, Q1	Kruger/Montgomery	29, Q10	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	14	Kruger/Montgomery	29, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:41
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 # 27, Q11 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 2-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Kruger/Montgomery	29, Q10	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	20, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:41
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 # 29, 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
Trail the series against # Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q3	Kruger/Montgomery	Q30	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # Q39 Podstawka/Simek, Canada 0-1
6/5/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Country Quota	Podstawka/Simek	Q39	Kruger/Montgomery		15-11 Retired	0:21