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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 27 - 31, 2005

(Q7) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q6	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	22	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	17, Q5	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	20	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q17	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	9	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	28	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 1	Taichi Morikawa / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (Q26)	Won 21-15, 21-10	0:39
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 2	Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong, United States (25, Q10)	Lost 20-22, 14-21	0:43

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 %
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	$17,500.00	13	12	52.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	11	$21,500.00	20	21	48.8 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	$8,750.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	$8,750.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	11	$10,750.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	16	$12,575.00

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%
2004-2005	16	76.2%	2	9.5%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	13	81.3%	1-15	6.3%	16-13	55.2%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	19-18	51.4%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	14-20	41.2%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	9-13	40.9%

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 8-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	13	Xu/Xu	20	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	6	Xu/Xu	22	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 2-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Xu/Xu	Q14	Ces/Dugrip	Q19	22-20, 21-23, 15-13	0:55
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Xu/Xu	20	Ces/Dugrip	47	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	12	Xu/Xu	22	21-17, 21-9	0:32
Trail the series against # 17 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Pettersen	24	Xu/Xu	9	19-21, 28-26, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # 18 Conde/Salema, Argentina 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Xu/Xu	22	Conde/Salema	11	22-20, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 23 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	16	Xu/Xu	9	21-12, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 25, Q10 Blanton/Wong, United States 0-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Blanton/Wong	25, Q10	Xu/Xu	Q7	22-20, 21-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Berg/Svensson	23	Xu/Xu	17, Q5	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Xu/Xu	9	Ferreira/Ferreira	23, Q2	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # Q9 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
Series tied with # Q14 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q3	Xu/Xu	Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:43
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Xu/Xu	9	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	21-12, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # Q15 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 2	Engvik/Goranson	34	Xu/Xu	20	12-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # Q16 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 0-1
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Rossell/Villar	27, Q11	Xu/Xu	Q6	26-24, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q26 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Xu/Xu	Q7	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q26	21-15, 21-10	0:39
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Xu/Xu	20	Morikawa/Shiratori	45	21-18, 21-17	0:34