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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2001

(8) Rong Chi/Zi Xiong, China

Rong Chi
China

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Xylokastro 2001)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Dalian 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$72,350.00

Zi Xiong
China

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 8, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Xylokastro 2001)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Dalian 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$72,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
FIVB	35	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	14	2	1	1	US$140,700.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,000.00
Overall	36	1	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	14	2	1	1	US$144,700.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Zi Xiong - 41st	Rong Chi - 41st
1999	Zi Xiong - 25th	Rong Chi - 25th
2000	Zi Xiong - 17th	Rong Chi - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	11	7th	226	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	9	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2001	Greece Challenger	1	1st	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	16	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	6	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/16-25/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	12	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	China Open	4	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Japan Open	10	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2000	Portugal Open	15	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/26/2001	Winner 1	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (25)	Won 17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:51
Thu, 7/26/2001	Winner 2	Cristina Pereira / Maria Schuller, Portugal (9)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:42
Thu, 7/26/2001	Contender 2	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (26)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 3	Dianne DeNecochea / Liz Masakayan, United States (16, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:46

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$14,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	4	13	2	0	$103,700.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
Total	36	1	0	1	1	2	4	4	5	14	2	0	$144,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rong Chi												Zi Xiong
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,250.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,500.00
29	0	0	1	1	3	7	13	2	0	$51,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	1	1	3	7	13	2	0	$51,850.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
36	1	0	1	1	6	9	14	2	0	$72,350.00	Total	36	1	0	1	1	6	9	14	2	0	$72,350.00

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
1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	$20,500.00	4	3	57.1 %
2000	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	0	$42,500.00	1	3	25.0 %
2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	$29,500.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	5	8	2	0	$92,500.00	19	16	54.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rong Chi													Zi Xiong
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,600.00	1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,600.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$3,000.00	1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$3,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$10,250.00	1999	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$10,250.00
12	0	0	1	0	1	4	5	1	0	$21,250.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	4	5	1	0	$21,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$14,750.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$14,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
31	1	0	1	0	4	8	13	2	2	$52,850.00	Total	Total	31	1	0	1	0	4	8	13	2	2	$52,850.00

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	16	76.2%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	8	30.8%	1	3.8%	17	65.4%	8-18	30.8%	16-17	48.5%	11-3	78.6%	0	0	32-26	55.2%
2000-2001	16	76.2%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	8	30.8%	1	3.8%	17	65.4%	8-18	30.8%	16-17	48.5%	11-3	78.6%	0	0	28-23	54.9%
Against the Field	14	70.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	7	25.0%	1	3.6%	20	71.4%	7-21	25.0%	28-34	45.2%	20-6	76.9%	0	0	25-23	52.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	17	15
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	13	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	32	26

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 13-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Chi/Xiong	9	21-9, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
9/21/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	1	Chi/Xiong	12	15-2	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 Arce/McPeak, United States 0-2
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 5	Arce/McPeak	5	Chi/Xiong	11	21-12, 21-16	0:29
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Arce/McPeak	4	Chi/Xiong	16	21-15, 21-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Chi/Xiong	11	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Pereira/Schuller, Portugal 1-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Pereira/Schuller	9	Chi/Xiong	8	21-19, 21-18	0:42
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Chi/Xiong	16	Pereira/Schuller	18	21-17, 21-19	0:36
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Pereira/Schuller	13	Chi/Xiong	12	15-5	0:28
Trail the series against # 11 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Oliveira/Silva	11, Q6	Chi/Xiong	6	21-16, 21-12	0:27
Series tied with # 13 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Chi/Xiong	11	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	21-16, 21-19
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	15	Chi/Xiong	9	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 15, Q5 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/7/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Chi/Xiong	9	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	21-15, 22-20	0:30
Trail the series against # 16, Q1 DeNecochea/Masakayan, United States 0-3
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Masakayan	16, Q1	Chi/Xiong	8	21-18, 21-15	0:46
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Masakayan	17	Chi/Xiong	16	21-16, 21-18	0:36
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	DeNecochea/Masakayan	19	Chi/Xiong	6	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
9/18/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Chi/Xiong	12	15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 3-0
7/20/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Chi/Xiong	11	Kadijk/Leenstra	24, Q5	11-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:42
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Chi/Xiong	16	Kadijk/Leenstra	26, Q7	15-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:53
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Chi/Xiong	6	Kadijk/Leenstra	27	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Chi/Xiong	11	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	21-17, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Chi/Xiong	11	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Chi/Xiong	6	Glesnes/Maaseide	21, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Chi/Xiong	8	Garcia/Gaxiola	25	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 26 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 2-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Chi/Xiong	8	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Chi/Xiong	25	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-6	0:30
Lead the series against # Q6 Seike/Torii, Japan 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Chi/Xiong	9	Seike/Torii	24, Q2	21-9, 19-21, 15-9	0:45