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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Japan Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(24, Q11) Linjun Ji/Xi Zhang, China

Linjun Ji
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanghai

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Bangkok 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Athens 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$65,750.00

Xi Zhang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nantong

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$787,500.00

Awards

Most Outstanding 2008
Best Defensive Player 2010

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	US$13,500.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Jie Wang - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	24	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	20, Q16	17th	72	US$3,000.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/2/2004	Qualifier 1	Toril Oyan / Hilde Schjerven, Norway (Q22)	Won 21-8, 21-9	0:26
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Katerina Nikolaidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (Q6)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (9)	Won 27-25, 11-21, 16-14	1:02
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 2	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (25)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:51
Sat, 6/5/2004	Winner 3	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 11-21, 17-21	0:36
Sat, 6/5/2004	Contender 4	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (14)	Lost 25-23, 16-21, 13-15	1:01

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$13,500.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$13,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Linjun Ji												Xi Zhang
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	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$68,875.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$8,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	5	4	3	4	11	8	3	3	0	$347,975.00
32	0	1	0	0	3	9	6	3	0	$55,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	9	9	6	1	9	13	9	3	0	$368,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
43	1	1	0	0	4	10	8	4	0	$65,750.00	Total	115	15	14	11	7	20	23	12	6	0	$787,250.00

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
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$10,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$10,500.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Linjun Ji													Xi Zhang
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	2001	FIVB
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	$6,275.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	$9,500.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,250.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,250.00
19	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	3	7	$21,025.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$6,500.00

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	4	33.3%	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	4-5	44.4%	5-5	50.0%	0	1	9-11	45.0%
2003-2004	4	36.4%	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	4-5	44.4%	5-3	62.5%	0	1	9-9	50.0%
Against the Field	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	10-4	71.4%	0	1	8-8	50.0%

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	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11
Total	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11

Head to Head Results
Ji/Zhang lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 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
6/5/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	1	Ji/Zhang	24, Q11	21-11, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Tian/Wang	3	Ji/Zhang	20, Q16	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 7 Wang/You, China 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Wang/You	9	Ji/Zhang	24	24-22, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Ji/Zhang	24, Q11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	9	27-25, 11-21, 16-14	1:02
Series tied with # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-1
6/5/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	Ji/Zhang	24, Q11	23-25, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
5/21/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Ji/Zhang	20, Q16	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	25-23, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 19 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	25	Ji/Zhang	24	21-16, 23-21	0:33
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Ji/Zhang	20, Q16	Ahmann/Vollmer	25, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 25 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Ji/Zhang	24, Q11	Clarke/Gerlic	25	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # Q6 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Ji/Zhang	24, Q11	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	Q6	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q14 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Ji/Zhang	20, Q16	Lessard/Maxwell	Q17	21-16, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # Q22 Oyan/Schjerven, Norway 1-0
6/2/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Ji/Zhang	24, Q11	Oyan/Schjerven	Q22	21-8, 21-9	0:26