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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Keihan/SMFG Japan Open
May 19 - 24, 2009

(Q11) 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 Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Wenhui You - 9th
2003	Did not play	Wenhui You - 17th
2004	Did not play	Wenhui You - 17th
2005	Lu Wang - 17th	Ying Li - 17th
2008	Did not play	Man Zuo - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	23, Q1	9th	240	US$5,500.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2009	Qualifier 1	Ilke Meertens / Margo Wiltens, Netherlands (Q22)	Won 19-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:46
Wed, 5/20/2009	Qualifier 2	Heike Jensen / Becchara Palmer, Australia (22, Q6)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 13-15	0:51

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	$43,000.00	13	17	43.3 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$6,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	3	4	$56,500.00	21	26	44.7 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	3	$21,500.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	3	$26,750.00
											2006	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	3	$28,400.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	1	3	$42,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$8,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	5	$29,000.00	Total	Total	76	0	1	0	2	6	27	18	9	13	$170,435.00

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%
2008-2009	7	77.8%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	7-3	70.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	9-7	56.3%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3-6	33.3%	8-6	57.1%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	8-7	53.3%

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 6-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	2	Li/Wang	15	21-17, 19-21, 15-6	0:46
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q15	Li/Wang	Q2	21-13, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Leao/Ribeiro	4	Li/Wang	15	22-20, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 9 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 # 22, Q6 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 0-1
5/20/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Jensen/Palmer	22, Q6	Li/Wang	Q11	18-21, 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
Lead the series against # 29, Q9 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Li/Wang	15	Boulton/Johns	17	22-20, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Barsuk/Boyko, Russia 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Li/Wang	15	Barsuk/Boyko	18, Q2	21-19, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # Q8 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Li/Wang	15	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25	21-19, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q22 Meertens/Wiltens, Netherlands 1-0
5/20/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Li/Wang	Q11	Meertens/Wiltens	Q22	19-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:46