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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 12 - 16, 2005

(14) Ying Li/Lu Wang, China

Ying Li
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 2, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Yang Quan Shanxi

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$30,400.00

Lu Wang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 8, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanxi

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Athens 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$171,835.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	4	3	1	US$60,800.00

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	13, Q2	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	26	5th	600	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q12	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	Q6	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	14, Q2	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	27	13th	120	US$4,500.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 1	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (19)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:38
Wed, 7/13/2005	Contender 1	Tamsin Hinchley / Stacey Kloeden, Australia (30, Q20)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (4)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:38

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	0	$34,300.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	4	0	$60,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ying Li												Lu Wang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	4	0	$37,400.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	$17,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	0	1	0	2	5	19	14	5	0	$113,935.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	4	0	$30,400.00	Total	77	0	1	0	2	6	27	19	9	0	$171,835.00

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
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$36,500.00	13	13	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	3	$38,500.00	15	17	46.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ying Li													Lu Wang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
											2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$9,485.00
											2003	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	0	2	$28,750.00
											2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	$19,250.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$18,250.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$18,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	$20,000.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	0	2	1	13	13	4	6	$78,985.00

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	15	55.6%	5	18.5%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	14	60.9%	4-19	17.4%	15-14	51.7%	9-12	42.9%	0	2	24-28	46.2%
2004-2005	7	50.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	10	71.4%	2-12	14.3%	7-10	41.2%	6-5	54.5%	0	2	13-17	43.3%
Against the Field	8	53.3%	4	26.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	16-12	57.1%	12-10	54.5%	0	2	14-13	51.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	5	0	0	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	21
Total	0	0	8	6	0	0	0	0	10	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	28

Head to Head Results
Li/Wang lead the series against the field 13-10 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	19	Li/Wang	26	21-18, 21-8	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	7	Li/Wang	26, Q8	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 4 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Li/Wang	14	21-17, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	5, Q1	Li/Wang	13, Q2	21-14, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Li/Wang	26	Kadijk/Mooren	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Li/Wang	26	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	21-18, 15-21, 19-17	1:01
Lead the series against # 13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Li/Wang	26	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	23	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Li/Wang	27	Hakedal/Torlen	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-7	0:50
Trail the series against # 19 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-2
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	Li/Wang	14	21-17, 21-15	0:38
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	Li/Wang	26	21-17, 21-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	6	Li/Wang	27	21-18, 21-14	0:31
Series tied with # 28, Q12 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Li/Wang	13, Q2	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q9	21-19, 21-17	0:41
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q11	Li/Wang	Q6	21-10, 14-21, 21-19	0:52
Lead the series against # 30, Q20 Hinchley/Kloeden, Australia 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Li/Wang	14	Hinchley/Kloeden	30, Q20	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 31, Q15 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Li/Wang	14, Q2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	19, Q8	19-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:45
Trail the series against # Q2 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	Li/Wang	14, Q2	21-15, 13-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q3 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Li/Wang	27	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q5 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Li/Wang	13, Q2	Kusuhara/Urata	20	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # Q6 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 1	Garcia/Gaxiola	23	Li/Wang	26, Q8	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # Q13 Lu/Ren, China 1-0
5/25/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Li/Wang	14, Q2	Lu/Ren	Q15	12-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q16 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Li/Wang	26	Campisi/Lozano	39	22-20, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # Q24 Galindo/Revuelta, Mexico 1-0
7/5/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Li/Wang	13, Q2	Galindo/Revuelta	Q15	21-18, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q33 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Li/Wang	Q6	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker	Q38	21-17, 21-13	0:39