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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 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cape Town, South Africa

Resides:

Cape Town

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 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Washago, Ontario

Resides:

Washago, ON

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	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	Q13	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q19	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q23	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q18	41	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

Head to Head Results
Kruger/Simek lead the series against the field 6-2

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