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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(Q13) 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 (43 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 Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Janis Rudzitis / Klavs Zalkalns, Latvia (Q45)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:28
Wed, 5/28/2008	Qualifier 3	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (26, Q4)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:42

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	4	4	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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
32	0	2	1	0	3	1	2	2	21	$11,100.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	7	$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	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-6	25.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 24, Q9 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-2
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q14	Kruger/Simek	Q19	21-14, 21-14	0:41
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q15	Kruger/Simek	Q18	21-13, 24-22	0:45
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	Kruger/Simek	Q13	22-20, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against Ioppi/Zauli, Italy 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 1	Kruger/Simek	Q19	Ioppi/Zauli	Q46	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # Q45 Rudzitis/Zalkalns, Latvia 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Kruger/Simek	Q13	Rudzitis/Zalkalns	Q45	21-15, 21-14	0:28