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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(14) 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Rui Yin - 41st	Qiang Xu - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	21, Q9	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	17	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q7	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	9	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	23, Q13	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q11	33rd	20	US$0.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Thanassis Michalopoulos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (19)	Won 23-21, 21-15	1:02
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (3)	Lost 19-21, 24-26	0:49
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (20)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:35
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 3	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (22, Q2)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 4	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (8)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 11-15	0:58

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 %
2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	1	$42,650.00	20	17	54.1 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	2	$47,150.00	25	20	55.6 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	$21,325.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	$21,325.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	2	9	$26,075.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	3	13	$35,950.00

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%
2005-2006	22	73.3%	5	16.7%	3	10.0%	27-3	90.0%	10	28.6%	8	22.9%	17	48.6%	10-25	28.6%	22-17	56.4%	15-11	57.7%	1	1	38-29	56.7%
Against the Field	43	76.8%	7	12.5%	6	10.7%	50-6	89.3%	13	31.7%	12	29.3%	16	39.0%	13-28	31.7%	86-28	75.4%	40-36	52.6%	1	1	64-33	66.0%

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
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 14-11 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Wu/Xu	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:57
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Wu/Xu	17	21-14, 21-18	0:39
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Wu/Xu	9	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Wu/Xu	18	21-17, 21-18	0:44
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Wu/Xu	15	21-10, 17-21, 15-6	0:58
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Wu/Xu	14	21-19, 26-24	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 7 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	9	Kais/Vesik	8	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	8	Wu/Xu	14	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:58
Lead the series against # 9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	18	Arkaev/Barsuk	19	19-21, 21-17, 20-18	1:02
Trail the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	11	Wu/Xu	9	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	8	Horrem/Pettersen	7	21-14, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 2-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	14	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	19	23-21, 21-15	1:02
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Wu/Xu	18	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q11	21-14, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-0
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	14	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	21-13, 21-12	0:35
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	15	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	21-13, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 21 Bosma/Lario, Spain 1-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	17	Bosma/Lario	15	22-20, 21-17	0:45
Series tied with # 22, Q2 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	14	Ces/Dugrip	22, Q2	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Ces/Dugrip	9	Wu/Xu	8	27-25, 18-21, 15-13	1:14
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	Lochhead/Pitman	Q8	22-20, 21-18	0:44
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 # 29, Q9 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q24	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # Q8 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	12	Lelliott/Reader	27, Q9	21-16, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # Q10 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	12	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	22-20, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # Q14 Kalinine/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Kalinine/Kolodinsky	31, Q39	Wu/Xu	Q7	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:51