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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 11 - 15, 2008

(9) Jialu Li/Linyin Xu, China

Jialu Li
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shanghai

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Sanya 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$22,700.00

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	25	33	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	US$43,400.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 1	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (24)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:44
Wed, 11/12/2008	Contender 1	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (8)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:40
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 2	Daniel Hupfer / Paul Schroffenegger, Austria (23)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 3	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (15)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 4	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (13)	Won 21-15, 16-21, 15-8	1:00
Fri, 11/14/2008	Contender 5	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (28, Q7)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:44
Fri, 11/14/2008	Contender 6	Cheng Chen / Jian Li, China (26)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:44
Fri, 11/14/2008	Semi-Finals	Pedro Cunha / Roberto Pitta, Brazil (5)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 15-17	1:06
Sat, 11/15/2008	Bronze Medal	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (6)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:41

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	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$19,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,600.00
Total	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$43,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jialu Li												Linyin Xu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$17,650.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$9,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	1	1	1	1	9	12	5	7	0	$187,750.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	$10,800.00	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
9	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	$22,700.00	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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	6	3	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jialu Li													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
											2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	$12,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	1	6	2	1	1	$44,175.00
											2007	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	9	3	0	0	0	$70,100.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,250.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	5	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$91,650.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	$6,250.00	Total	Total	59	0	5	2	2	15	16	3	3	13	$220,550.00

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	13	81.3%	1	6.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	7.1%	2	14.3%	11	78.6%	1-13	7.1%	13-11	54.2%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	15-15	50.0%
2007-2008	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	5-2	71.4%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	10-8	55.6%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	5
Total	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	15

Head to Head Results
Li/Xu lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Cunha/Pitta, Brazil 0-1
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Cunha/Pitta	5	Li/Xu	9	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 6 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 0-1
11/15/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Bronze Medal	Baracetti/Salema	6	Li/Xu	9	21-12, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Li/Xu	9	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Li/Xu	9	Asahi/Shiratori	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-8	1:00
Lead the series against # 15 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Li/Xu	9	Hernandez/Villafane	15	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Li/Xu	9	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	23	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 24 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	24	Li/Xu	9	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 26 Chen/Li, China 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Li/Xu	9	Chen/Li	26	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Li/Xu	9	Henriquez/Mussa	28, Q7	22-20, 21-12	0:44