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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Brno Challenger
July 3 - 6, 2008

(4) Jason Kruger/Chris Simek, Canada

Jason Kruger
Canada

/ South Africa

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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 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 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 Brno Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q13	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	Q13	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

Brno Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 2	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic (13)	Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:51
Sat, 7/5/2008	Winner 3	Alison Cerutti / Bernardo Romano, Brazil (12)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:37
Sat, 7/5/2008	Contender 3	Martin Reader / Ben Saxton, Canada (18)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:40
Sat, 7/5/2008	Contender 4	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (1)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:03
Sat, 7/5/2008	Contender 5	Alexey Sidorenko / Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan (10)	Won 21-19, 21-10	0:38
Sun, 7/6/2008	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Bernardo Romano, Brazil (12)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:39
Sun, 7/6/2008	Bronze Medal	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:45

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
34	0	2	2	0	3	1	2	2	22	$12,600.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	8	$3,500.00

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	9	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	9-5	64.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	1	12-7	63.2%
2007-2008	9	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	9-5	64.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	1	12-7	63.2%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	12-8	60.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	8-4	66.7%

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 lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 4	Kruger/Simek	4	Gabathuler/Wenger	1	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # 6 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/6/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kruger/Simek	4	Maciel/Schmidt	6	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Sidorenko/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 5	Kruger/Simek	4	Sidorenko/Yakovlev	10	21-19, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 12 Cerutti/Romano, Brazil 0-2
7/6/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Romano	12	Kruger/Simek	4	21-13, 21-13	0:39
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 3	Cerutti/Romano	12	Kruger/Simek	4	21-13, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 2	Kruger/Simek	4	Benes/Benes	13	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 18 Reader/Saxton, Canada 1-0
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 3	Kruger/Simek	4	Reader/Saxton	18	21-17, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 22, Q5 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