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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 5 - 9, 2005

(13, Q2) Ying Li/Lu Wang, China

Ying Li
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 2, 1980 (46 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/5/2005	Qualifier 2	Teresa Galindo / Martha Revuelta, Mexico (Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:36
Wed, 7/6/2005	Winner 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Satoko Urata, Japan (20)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Wed, 7/6/2005	Winner 2	Eiko Koizumi / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (29, Q9)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:41
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 3	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (5, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:42
Thu, 7/7/2005	Contender 4	Susanne Lahme / Danja Musch, Germany (8)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:40

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	$33,500.00	12	11	52.2 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	$35,500.00	14	15	48.3 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	$16,750.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	$16,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	4	$18,500.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	2	1	13	12	4	6	$77,485.00

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	6	50.0%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	8	61.5%	2-11	15.4%	12-12	50.0%	8-14	36.4%	0	2	10-15	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
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 trail the series against the field 8-9 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 5, 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Lahme/Musch	8	Li/Wang	13, Q2	21-14, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 20 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 # 21, Q3 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 # 22, 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
Trail the series against # 25 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
Series tied with # 29, Q9 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
Trail the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Li/Wang	Q2	21-13, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q15 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