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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 23 - 27, 2003

(Q23) Linyin Xu/Qiang Xu, China

Linyin Xu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 20, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hebei

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$407,425.00

Qiang Xu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 24, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanghai

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$16,450.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007
Most Inspirational 2010

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	3	3	US$24,750.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Shengwei Han - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q30	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q40	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q35	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q30	57th	4	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2003	Qualifier 1	Oleg Kiselev / Sergey Sinkevich, Kazakhstan (Q42)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:33

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$16,000.00
Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$24,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Linyin Xu												Qiang Xu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$17,650.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00
41	1	1	1	1	9	12	5	7	0	$187,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,625.00
53	1	5	3	3	10	19	2	1	0	$202,025.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	$12,075.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
101	2	6	4	4	20	33	9	9	0	$407,425.00	Total	27	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	$16,450.00

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
2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Linyin Xu													Qiang Xu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$0.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$1,825.00

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	18	75.0%	2	8.3%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	2	9.5%	2	9.5%	17	81.0%	2-19	9.5%	18-17	51.4%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	22-23	48.9%
2002-2003	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	9	100.0%	0-9	0.0%	2-18	10.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-9	18.2%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	15
Total	0	0	13	11	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	23

Head to Head Results
Xu/Xu trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q1 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	Xu/Xu	Q30	21-17, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # Q7 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q3	Xu/Xu	Q35	21-14, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # Q20 Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico 0-1
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q35	Xu/Xu	Q30	21-14, 25-23	0:44
Trail the series against # Q42 Kiselev/Sinkevich, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/23/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 1	Kiselev/Sinkevich	Q42	Xu/Xu	Q23	21-16, 21-14	0:33