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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 3 - 8, 2007

(25) 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 Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Everett Matthews - 41st	Did not play
2005	Did not play	Mark Ellingson - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q25	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
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

Montréal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 1	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (8)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:43
Thu, 7/5/2007	Contender 1	Jessi Lelliott / Martin Reader, Canada (9, Q7)	Won 25-23, 15-21, 15-7	1:00
Fri, 7/6/2007	Contender 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (10)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:40

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$6,000.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	$8,000.00	8	14	36.4 %
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$3,000.00
24	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	16	$9,025.00	Total	Total	29	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	1	21	$6,950.00

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	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	0-12	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	1	1-8	11.1%

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
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 2-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 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 # 5 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 # 8 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Cadieux/Heese	8	Kruger/Montgomery	25	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 9, Q7 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 1	Kruger/Montgomery	25	Lelliott/Reader	9, Q7	25-23, 15-21, 15-7	1:00
Trail the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Kruger/Montgomery	25	21-15, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 32, Q14 Podstawka/Simek, Canada 0-2
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Country Quota	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	Kruger/Montgomery		21-18, 21-14	0:40
6/5/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Country Quota	Podstawka/Simek	Q39	Kruger/Montgomery		15-11 Retired	0:21
Series tied with # Q11 Binstock/Redmann, Canada 1-1
8/20/06	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Contender 4	Binstock/Redmann	7	Kruger/Montgomery	4	By Forfeit
8/12/06	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Winner 3	Kruger/Montgomery	1	Binstock/Redmann	4	21-19, 21-13	0:40