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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(Q23) Jason Kruger/Chris Simek, 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

Chris Simek
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Washago, Ontario

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$5,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,800.00
Overall	8	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	US$6,800.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Rich VanHuizen - 13th	Did not play
2007	Wes Montgomery - 17th	Paul Podstawka - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 1	Michal Litva / Peter Varga, Slovakia (Q42)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:39
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 2	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (29, Q10)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:48

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
Total	8	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jason Kruger												Chris Simek
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
22	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$6,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,075.00	Challenger	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00
6	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,925.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00
36	0	2	3	0	4	1	2	2	0	$14,500.00	Total	16	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	$5,400.00

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
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jason Kruger													Chris Simek
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
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,525.00	2006	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
30	0	2	1	0	3	1	2	2	19	$11,100.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	5	$2,000.00

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	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2007-2008	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	9	4
Satellite	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	17	12

Head to Head Results
Kruger/Simek trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 29, Q10 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	29, Q10	Kruger/Simek	Q23	21-14, 21-14	0:48
Trail the series against # Q19 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-1
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q15	Kruger/Simek	Q18	21-13, 24-22	0:45
Lead the series against # Q42 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Kruger/Simek	Q23	Litva/Varga	Q42	21-16, 21-15	0:39