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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Acapulco Open
October 25 - 29, 2005

(23, Q13) Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China

Penggen Wu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nanjing

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$385,525.00

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

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007
Most Inspirational 2010

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	74	2	6	4	3	14	5	24	3	5	1	5	1	1	US$739,000.00

Previous Acapulco Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q11	33rd	20	US$0.00

Acapulco Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/25/2005	Qualifier 1	Anton Hauser / Jessi Lelliott, Canada (Q20)	Won By Forfeit
Tue, 10/25/2005	Qualifier 2	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (19, Q4)	Won 24-22, 21-10	0:43
Wed, 10/26/2005	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (10, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:44
Wed, 10/26/2005	Contender 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (26, Q8)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:44
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 2	Lombardo Ontiveros / Ulises Ontiveros, Mexico (9)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:02
Thu, 10/27/2005	Contender 3	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (16)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:44

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	1	1	1	1	9	0	11	0	3	4	0	$349,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	1	5	3	2	4	5	12	3	1	1	0	$364,450.00
Total	74	2	6	4	3	14	5	24	3	6	5	0	$739,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Penggen Wu												Linyin 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$16,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$17,650.00
39	1	1	1	1	9	11	4	6	0	$181,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	1	1	1	1	9	12	5	7	0	$187,750.00
48	1	5	3	2	9	16	2	4	0	$188,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	5	3	3	10	19	2	1	0	$202,025.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
92	2	6	4	3	19	28	9	10	0	$385,525.00	Total	101	2	6	4	4	20	33	9	9	0	$407,425.00

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
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,500.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,500.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Penggen Wu													Linyin Xu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	$3,750.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	$12,625.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	$4,750.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	12	$14,625.00

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	150	68.8%	37	17.0%	31	14.2%	187-31	85.8%	45	31.0%	32	22.1%	68	46.9%	45-100	31.0%	150-68	68.8%	82-63	56.6%	3	4	235-135	63.5%
2004-2005	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-3	40.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	32	74.4%	7	16.3%	4	9.3%	39-4	90.7%	9	23.7%	10	26.3%	19	50.0%	9-29	23.7%	64-32	66.7%	32-28	53.3%	2	1	50-31	61.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	61	26	0	0	27	24	2	2	1	1	1	1	95	56
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	70	31	6	5	3	2	1	5	131	71
Total	0	0	6	2	68	31	0	0	99	58	8	7	4	3	2	6	235	135

Head to Head Results
Wu/Xu lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 9 Ontiveros/Ontiveros, Mexico 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	Ontiveros/Ontiveros	9	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 10, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	21-18, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 16 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	16	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	24-22, 21-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 26, Q8 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	Gosch/Strauss	26, Q8	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # Q9 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	29, Q6	Wu/Xu	Q11	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q17 Ellingson/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Wu/Xu	Q11	Ellingson/Montgomery	Q22	21-13, 13-21, 21-19	1:00
Lead the series against # Q20 Hauser/Lelliott, Canada 1-0
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 1	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	Hauser/Lelliott	Q20	By Forfeit