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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
July 28 - August 1, 2004

(Q21) 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 Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	Q11	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	9	13th	108	US$4,000.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 1	Paul Schroffenegger / Thomas Schroffenegger, Austria (Q12)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:36
Wed, 7/28/2004	Qualifier 2	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (30, Q5)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:37

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 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$4,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	$4,000.00	7	9	43.8 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,000.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	$2,000.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	$3,825.00

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%
2003-2004	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	5-7	41.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	7-9	43.8%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	4-12	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-7	30.0%

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	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 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 17 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	8	Xu/Xu	9	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 0-1
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Fonoimoana/Wong	17	Xu/Xu	9	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 30, Q5 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Berg/Dahl	30, Q5	Xu/Xu	Q21	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Xu/Xu	9	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	21-12, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Xu/Xu	9	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	21-17, 21-23, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # Q12 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Xu/Xu	Q21	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	Q12	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # Q14 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
7/22/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q6	Xu/Xu	Q11	21-17, 32-30	0:52