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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 World Series 13
July 20 - 25, 2010

(2) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Linyin Xu - 9th	Penggen Wu - 9th
2007	Linyin Xu - 9th	Penggen Wu - 9th
2008	Linyin Xu - 2nd	Penggen Wu - 2nd
2009	Rui Yin - 33rd	Jialu Li - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	5	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	13	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	19	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	26	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	10	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2009	Sanya Open	9	2nd	540	US$21,000.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/22/2010	Winner 1	Georgios Kotsilianos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (31, Q24)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:34
Thu, 7/22/2010	Winner 2	Jonathan Erdmann / Marcus Popp, Germany (15)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 15-10	0:48
Fri, 7/23/2010	Winner 3	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (23, Q1)	Won 23-21, 21-11	0:43
Fri, 7/23/2010	Winner 4	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (6)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:56
Sat, 7/24/2010	Semi-Finals	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (3)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
Sun, 7/25/2010	Gold Medal	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (8)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:40

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 %
2010	FIVB	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	$114,450.00	28	13	68.3 %
Total	FIVB	49	2	6	2	2	11	4	13	3	2	2	2	$541,300.00	168	88	65.6 %

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
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
8	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	$57,225.00	2010	FIVB	8	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	$57,225.00
65	2	6	2	2	15	17	4	6	11	$284,075.00	Total	Total	74	2	6	2	3	16	21	4	6	14	$304,725.00

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%
2009-2010	34	72.3%	6	12.8%	7	14.9%	40-7	85.1%	8	36.4%	5	22.7%	9	40.9%	8-14	36.4%	34-9	79.1%	14-12	53.8%	0	2	48-23	67.6%
Against the Field	36	67.9%	11	20.8%	6	11.3%	47-6	88.7%	15	55.6%	5	18.5%	7	25.9%	15-12	55.6%	72-12	85.7%	52-22	70.3%	0	1	62-18	77.5%

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 28-7 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Wu/Xu	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 3 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Wu/Xu	2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Wu/Xu	26	21-16, 13-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	7	Wu/Xu	10	17-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 5-1
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	2	Gosch/Horst	6	15-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:56
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool M	Gosch/Horst	20	Wu/Xu	4	21-17, 21-15	0:42
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	19	Gosch/Horst	13	21-16, 21-16	0:40
8/10/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Wu/Xu	1	Gosch/Horst	24	21-16, 21-15	0:45
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	1	Gosch/Horst	17	21-14, 21-16	0:35
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Wu/Xu	8	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/25/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Gold Medal	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	8	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 13 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool P	Wu/Xu	26	Jaani/Vesik	23	21-23, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 15 Erdmann/Popp, Germany 1-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	2	Erdmann/Popp	15	21-19, 15-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 6-0
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	21-17, 21-13	0:38
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	13	21-19, 21-18	0:45
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Wu/Xu	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21	21-16, 8-21, 15-12	0:56
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	12	21-18, 21-14	0:39
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
Series tied with # 17 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 3-3
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	26	Heuscher/Heyer	18	21-16, 21-16	0:34
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	24-22, 21-11	0:37
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	Heuscher/Heyer	11	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:01
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Wu/Xu	12	21-23, 24-22, 15-9	1:02
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Wu/Xu	3	21-18, 23-21	0:47
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Wu/Xu	5	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 18, Q3 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Wu/Xu	4	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q13	21-12, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 22 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Bellaguarda/Laciga	29	Wu/Xu	4	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	2	Lario/Mesa	23, Q1	23-21, 21-11	0:43
Lead the series against # 26 de Paula/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Wu/Xu	13	Magalhaes/de Paula	29	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 31, Q24 Kotsilianos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	2	Kotsilianos/Xenakis	31, Q24	21-18, 21-11	0:34