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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 23 - 27, 2003

(Q36) Li Hua/Chicheng Zhao, China

Li Hua
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 29, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanghai

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (FIVB Macau 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$750.00

Chicheng Zhao
China

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 30, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jiangsu

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB U21 World Championships Catania 2002)

Career FIVB WT Best:

41st (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	US$0.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Ting Li - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q39	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q43	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q42	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q38	57th	4	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2003	Qualifier 1	Magnus Emmens / Magnus Willner, Sweden (Q29)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:52
Thu, 7/24/2003	Qualifier 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (18, Q4)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Li Hua												Chicheng Zhao
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	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00

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
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1	5	16.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Li Hua													Chicheng Zhao
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	$750.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	$0.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	0-4	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%
2002-2003	0	0	0	0-0	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	0-4	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	0-8	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Total	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

Head to Head Results
Hua/Zhao trail the series against the field 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 18, Q4 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	Hua/Zhao	Q36	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # Q11 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	Hua/Zhao	Q39	23-21, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # Q12 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	Q22	Hua/Zhao	Q43	24-22, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # Q19 Ces/Salvetti, France 0-1
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Ces/Salvetti	Q27	Hua/Zhao	Q38	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # Q22 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 0-1
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q23	Hua/Zhao	Q42	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # Q29 Emmens/Willner, Sweden 1-0
7/23/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 1	Hua/Zhao	Q36	Emmens/Willner	Q29	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:52