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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 12 - 16, 2005

(24, Q7) Xiaoyan Hu/Xi Zhang, China

Xiaoyan Hu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Shanghai 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$17,900.00

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	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	3	US$34,300.00

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	17	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	28, Q8	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	28	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q11	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	18	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	6, Q4	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	10	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/12/2005	Qualifier 2	Miwa Asao / Rii Seike, Japan (Q26)	Won 22-24, 21-10, 15-9	0:47
Tue, 7/12/2005	Qualifier 3	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (Q23)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:30
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 1	Juliana Antunes / Sandra Castro, Portugal (9)	Won 21-9, 21-9	0:29
Wed, 7/13/2005	Winner 2	Ana Paula Connelly / Alexandra Fonseca, Brazil (8)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:38
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 2	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (10)	Lost 23-21, 13-21, 7-15	0:47

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	0	0	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$9,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$21,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	$34,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Xiaoyan Hu												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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	World Championships	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$68,875.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	5	4	3	4	11	8	3	3	0	$347,975.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$10,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	9	9	6	1	9	13	9	3	0	$368,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	$17,900.00	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
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	$28,550.00	15	15	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	$31,050.00	18	17	51.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Xiaoyan Hu													Xi Zhang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	$10,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	$14,275.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	$14,275.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	$15,525.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2	4	$26,275.00

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	11	47.8%	5	21.7%	7	30.4%	16-7	69.6%	5	27.8%	5	27.8%	8	44.4%	5-13	27.8%	11-8	57.9%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	21-20	51.2%
2004-2005	10	47.6%	4	19.0%	7	33.3%	14-7	66.7%	4	26.7%	4	26.7%	7	46.7%	4-11	26.7%	10-7	58.8%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	18-18	50.0%
Against the Field	6	42.9%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	12-14	46.2%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	11-14	44.0%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	1	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	13
Total	0	0	11	2	1	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	20

Head to Head Results
Hu/Zhang trail the series against the field 9-12 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-3
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Hu/Zhang	28, Q8	21-14, 21-14	0:29
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Hu/Zhang	6, Q4	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:46
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	20	Hu/Zhang	10	21-16, 21-11	0:28
Trail the series against # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Hu/Zhang	10	21-15, 24-22	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Connelly/Fonseca, Brazil 0-1
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Connelly/Fonseca	8	Hu/Zhang	24, Q7	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 Antunes/Castro, Portugal 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Hu/Zhang	24, Q7	Antunes/Castro	9	21-9, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 10 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	10	Hu/Zhang	24, Q7	21-23, 21-13, 15-7	0:47
Trail the series against # 11 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Bednarczuk/Pires	7	Hu/Zhang	28	22-20, 26-24	0:58
Series tied with # 13 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	Hu/Zhang	18	19-21, 24-22, 15-8	1:02
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Hu/Zhang	10	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-16, 23-25, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	19, Q4	Hu/Zhang	28, Q8	14-21, 21-15, 19-17	0:48
Trail the series against # 21 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Keizer/Leenstra	16	Hu/Zhang	17	14-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Hu/Zhang	17	Arjona/Kadjo	15	21-12, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 23 Bruschini/Lunardi, Italy 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Hu/Zhang	10	Bruschini/Lunardi	17, Q3	22-24, 23-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q3 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Hu/Zhang	28, Q8	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-15, 15-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # Q6 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool A	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	Hu/Zhang	32, Q26	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q14 Mandana/Pol, Spain 1-0
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hu/Zhang	28, Q8	Mandana/Pol	Q9	21-15, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q22 Barry/Lukiw, Canada 1-0
5/25/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Hu/Zhang	6, Q4	Barry/Lukiw	Q13	21-13, 21-15	0:29
Series tied with # Q23 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-1
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Hu/Zhang	24, Q7	Baburina/Osheyko	Q23	21-14, 21-12	0:30
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Baburina/Osheyko	31, Q19	Hu/Zhang	18	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q26 Asao/Seike, Japan 1-0
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Hu/Zhang	24, Q7	Asao/Seike	Q26	22-24, 21-10, 15-9	0:47