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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(Q11) John Byron/Martin Suan, Australia

John Byron
Australia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 16, 1983 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Australia

Resides:

Adelaide

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U21 World Championships Saint Quay Portrieux 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Shanghai 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$2,587.50

Martin Suan
Australia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 17, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Coventry

Resides:

Perth

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Shanghai 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$2,587.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	1	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,175.00
Overall	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	4	10	1	US$5,175.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Martin Suan - 41st	John Byron - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	Q8	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q13	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q21	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q25	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q14	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q26	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q20	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	29, Q17	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/5-7/2005	Italy Satellite	5	9	8	US$350.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	5	13	18	US$675.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q30	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q22	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q25	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	14	9	24	US$950.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q34	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q32	41	12	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 2	Krzysztof Hajbowicz / Norbert Okun, Poland (Q22)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 3	Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (25, Q6)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:36

Head to Head Results
Byron/Suan trail the series against the field 5-7

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	20	Byron/Suan	29, Q17	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 1	Byron/Suan	Q25	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q40	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Byron/Suan	14	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Dugrip	Q8	Byron/Suan	Q25	21-17, 18-21, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	25, Q6	Byron/Suan	Q11	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q8	Byron/Suan	Q25	21-15, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Dahl/Gunnarsson	29, Q36	Byron/Suan	Q20	25-23, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 31, Q20 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Byron/Suan	Q26	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q39	21-18, 18-21, 18-16	1:06
Trail the series against # Q8 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 0-1
7/12/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Lelliott/Reader	27, Q9	Byron/Suan	Q8	21-17, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # Q15 Saulko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Contender 2	Byron/Suan	5	Saulko/Sidorenko	22	21-15, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # Q22 Hajbowicz/Okun, Poland 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Byron/Suan	Q11	Hajbowicz/Okun	Q22	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q27 Bachorski/Dybka, Poland 1-0
7/12/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 1	Byron/Suan	Q8	Bachorski/Dybka	Q25	21-17, 21-18	0:37