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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open
June 8 - 12, 2005

(18) 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 Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/9/2005	Winner 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (15)	Lost 21-19, 22-24, 8-15	1:02
Thu, 6/9/2005	Contender 1	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (31, Q19)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:38

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$11,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$13,500.00	8	8	50.0 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,500.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$6,750.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	2	$17,500.00

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	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	7	43.8%	4	25.0%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	2	16.7%	5	41.7%	5	41.7%	2-10	16.7%	14-10	58.3%	12-20	37.5%	0	0	13-15	46.4%

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 5-7 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Luciani/Solazzi, Italy 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Hu/Zhang	6, Q4	Luciani/Solazzi	27	13-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-2
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
Series tied with # 15 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
Series tied with # 19 Gerlic/Kloeden, Australia 1-1
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Gerlic/Kloeden	21	Hu/Zhang	6, Q4	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:58
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Hu/Zhang	10	Gerlic/Kloeden	23	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 31, Q19 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Baburina/Osheyko	31, Q19	Hu/Zhang	18	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # Q2 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 # Q16 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