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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 26 - 31, 2009

(9) 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 Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Minmin Zhou - 25th	Jialu Li - 4th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/28/2009	Winner 1	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (24, Q2)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:41
Wed, 10/28/2009	Winner 2	Emiel Boersma / Joppe Paulides, Netherlands (8)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:43
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 3	Thomas Kaczmarek / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (17, Q4)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:42
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 4	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (4)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 10/30/2009	Semi-Finals	Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (16)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:38
Sat, 10/31/2009	Gold Medal	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (1)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:35

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	13	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	1	2	1	1	$88,350.00	33	26	55.9 %
2007	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	$140,200.00	46	25	64.8 %
2008	FIVB	12	0	5	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	$172,800.00	51	20	71.8 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	41	0	6	2	1	11	4	10	2	2	1	2	$426,850.00	140	75	65.1 %

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
13	0	0	1	1	1	6	2	1	1	$44,175.00	2006	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	1	6	2	1	1	$44,175.00
13	0	0	1	0	9	3	0	0	0	$70,100.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	9	3	0	0	0	$70,100.00
13	0	5	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	$87,300.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	5	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$91,650.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$20,525.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	$26,950.00
57	0	6	2	1	15	13	4	5	11	$226,850.00	Total	Total	66	0	6	2	2	16	17	4	5	14	$247,500.00

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	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%
2008-2009	41	77.4%	7	13.2%	5	9.4%	48-5	90.6%	7	30.4%	3	13.0%	13	56.5%	7-16	30.4%	41-13	75.9%	14-8	63.6%	1	0	56-21	72.7%
Against the Field	25	67.6%	8	21.6%	4	10.8%	33-4	89.2%	10	52.6%	5	26.3%	4	21.1%	10-9	52.6%	50-6	89.3%	36-18	66.7%	0	1	43-13	76.8%

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 18-4 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 6-4
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Wu/Xu	9	21-13, 21-14	0:35
6/14/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	4	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	22-20, 21-19	0:47
5/25/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	4	Wu/Xu	3	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Wu/Xu	4	23-21, 16-21, 15-9	0:53
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Wu/Xu	5	21-13, 21-17	0:36
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	7	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:48
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	12	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	21-14, 12-21, 15-13	0:45
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:06
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-18, 21-13	0:43
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	8	Nummerdor/Schuil	32, Q36	21-16, 24-22	0:37
Lead the series against # 3 Ces/Ces, France 4-0
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Wu/Xu	5	Ces/Ces	28	21-15, 21-11	0:39
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	4	Ces/Ces	29, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:37
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	4	Ces/Ces	29, Q7	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:50
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	5	Ces/Ces	28	19-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:04
Lead the series against # 4 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	9	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	9	Boersma/Paulides	8	21-14, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 11 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	3	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Wu/Xu	9	Bogatov/Prokopiev	16	21-12, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 17, Q4 Kaczmarek/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	9	Kaczmarek/Urbatzka	17, Q4	21-13, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 24, Q2 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	9	Henriquez/Mussa	24, Q2	21-19, 21-15	0:41