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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Open
September 22 - 26, 2015

(24, Q2) Sam O'Dea/Michael Watson, New Zealand

Sam O'Dea
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 24, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tauranga

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$10,035.63

Michael Watson
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tauranga

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Shepparton 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$4,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	US$7,200.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	47	33rd	300	US$4,800.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	Q25	33rd	60	US$0.00

Xiamen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/22/2015	Qualifier 1	Masashi Ogawa / Hideki Yoshida, Japan (Q15)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:39
Wed, 9/23/2015	Pool H	Martins Plavins / Haralds Regza, Latvia (9)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:37
Wed, 9/23/2015	Pool H	Jian Bao / Likejiang Ha, China (8)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
Thu, 9/24/2015	Pool H	Grant O'Gorman / Sam Pedlow, Canada (25, Q3)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:33
Fri, 9/25/2015	Winner 1	Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (31, Q12)	Lost 20-22, 21-17, 10-15	0:55

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,400.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sam O'Dea												Michael Watson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$3,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,200.00
17	2	2	1	1	4	3	2	0	0	$3,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$650.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
46	2	2	1	1	5	4	7	1	0	$9,450.00	Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$4,250.00

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
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$6,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$6,000.00	4	7	36.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sam O'Dea													Michael Watson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
											2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$3,000.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$3,000.00
19	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	14	$3,000.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	$3,000.00

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	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	2-6	25.0%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
2014-2015	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	2-5	28.6%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-7	36.4%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
Total	0	0	3	3	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 8 Bao/Ha, China 1-0
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool H	O'Dea/Watson	24, Q2	Bao/Ha	8	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 9 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool H	Plavins/Regza	9	O'Dea/Watson	24, Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
4/21/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	O'Dea/Watson	Q25	Dressler/Kunert	Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 0-1
9/24/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool H	O'Gorman/Pedlow	25, Q3	O'Dea/Watson	24, Q2	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 31, Q12 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	31, Q12	O'Dea/Watson	24, Q2	22-20, 17-21, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # Q15 Ogawa/Yoshida, Japan 1-0
9/22/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 1	O'Dea/Watson	24, Q2	Ogawa/Yoshida	Q15	21-16, 21-16	0:39