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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
March 28 - 31, 2024

(Q6) Shuting Cao/Lingdi Zhu, China

Shuting Cao
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 2000 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tsingdao

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qingdao 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$15,618.70

Lingdi Zhu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wen Chang

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Ljubljana 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$24,966.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	US$11,423.76

Previous Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	20, Q7	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	17, Q5	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	11, Q1	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	20, Q4	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2023	Futures Mallorca	5	4th	280	€ 400.00

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 1	Natasha Bastos / Giulia Gavio, Brazil (Q27)	Won 23-25, 21-17, 15-10	0:54
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 2	Heleene Hollas / Liisa Remmelg, Estonia (24, Q22)	Lost 16-21, 21-12, 11-15	0:49

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	$11,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
Total	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	$11,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Shuting Cao												Lingdi Zhu
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	$8,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	5	0	$15,125.00
17	1	0	0	1	1	3	9	2	0	$6,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	3	1	4	3	1	4	1	0	$8,350.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
34	1	1	0	1	2	6	15	6	0	$15,525.00	Total	41	1	4	1	4	5	5	10	6	0	$24,475.00

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
2023	FIVB	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$10,400.00	11	9	55.0 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$11,400.00	14	12	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Shuting Cao													Lingdi Zhu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,300.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$4,050.00	2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	$4,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	2020	FIVB
											2022	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	$6,475.00
6	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	$5,300.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	3	0	1	0	1	4	0	2	$7,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$500.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$500.00
27	0	1	0	1	2	5	13	5	0	$12,900.00	Total	Total	36	1	3	1	4	4	5	10	4	4	$23,975.00

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	9	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	9	60.0%	2-13	13.3%	9-9	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	14-14	50.0%
2023-2024	9	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	9	60.0%	2-13	13.3%	9-9	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	14-14	50.0%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	6-10	37.5%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	6-9	40.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	3	1	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	11
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	7	3	2	8	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	14	14

Head to Head Results
Cao/Zhu trail the series against the field 6-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 McBain/Pavan, Canada 1-0
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Cao/Zhu	20, Q4	McBain/Pavan	10	21-18, 19-21, 18-16	0:57
Trail the series against # 5 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 0-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Borger/Ittlinger	5	Cao/Zhu	20, Q7	21-17, 25-23	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool E	Placette/Richard	8	Cao/Zhu	17, Q5	21-11, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 0-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Alvarez/Moreno	8	Cao/Zhu	20, Q7	21-18, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Mader/Verge-Depre	5	Cao/Zhu	20, Q4	14-21, 23-21, 22-20	1:01
Trail the series against # 19, Q4 Hasegawa/Ishii, Japan 0-1
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool E	Hasegawa/Ishii	20, Q8	Cao/Zhu	17, Q5	21-18, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 24, Q22 Hollas/Remmelg, Estonia 0-1
3/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Hollas/Remmelg	24, Q22	Cao/Zhu	Q6	21-16, 12-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # Q2 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 1-0
11/5/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Semi-Finals	Cao/Zhu	20, Q4	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	11	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q12 Flores/Gutierrez, Mexico 1-0
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 2	Cao/Zhu	20, Q7	Flores/Gutierrez	Q10	21-13, 21-11	0:29
Series tied with # Q13 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 1-1
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool B	Sliwka/Wachowicz	14	Cao/Zhu	11, Q1	21-19, 21-14	0:37
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Cao/Zhu	20, Q4	Sliwka/Wachowicz	8	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q26 Ciezkowska/Lunio, Poland 1-0
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 1	Cao/Zhu	20, Q7	Ciezkowska/Lunio	Q26	21-18, 17-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # Q27 Bastos/Gavio, Brazil 1-0
3/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Cao/Zhu	Q6	Bastos/Gavio	Q27	23-25, 21-17, 15-10	0:54