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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 28 - August 2, 2009

(22) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Qiang Xu - 33rd
2005	Did not play	Qiang Xu - 25th
2006	Did not play	Penggen Wu - 5th
2007	Did not play	Penggen Wu - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	21	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	17	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	7	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	5	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	9	4th	420	US$10,500.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool F	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (11)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:43
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool F	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (6)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:42
Fri, 7/31/2009	Pool F	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (27, Q9)	Lost 14-21, 20-22	0:37

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 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	$32,900.00	9	12	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	$43,400.00	15	15	50.0 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	$16,450.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	$16,450.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	2	$22,700.00	Total	Total	65	0	5	2	2	16	17	4	5	14	$237,000.00

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%
2008-2009	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%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	9	75.0%	1-11	8.3%	16-18	47.1%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	10-12	45.5%

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 trail the series against the field 10-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/18/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Li/Xu	21	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	1:06
Series tied with # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Li/Xu	17	Cerutti/Marques	1	21-17, 25-23	0:47
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Cerutti/Marques	1	Li/Xu	5	21-12, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Li/Xu	22	21-18, 21-17	0:42
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Li/Xu	21	21-14, 20-22, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # 9 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Li/Xu	21	Gosch/Horst	15	21-19, 31-29	0:51
Lead the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Li/Xu	22	Fuerbringer/Jennings	11	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Li/Xu	17	21-18, 21-14	0:45
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Li/Xu	17	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 19, Q19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Ces/Ces	12	Li/Xu	21	21-9, 27-25	0:44
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	Li/Xu	7	26-24, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 27, Q9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	Li/Xu	22	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 32, Q6 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Li/Xu	21	Gabathuler/Schnider	28	21-13, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q3 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Li/Xu	5	Lario/Mesa	12	21-13, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # Q4 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 # Q11 Cadieux/Reader, Canada 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Li/Xu	7	Cadieux/Reader	42	21-23, 28-26, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # Q12 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
Trail the series against # Q17 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 0-1
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Babich/Mykhaylov	32, Q17	Li/Xu	17	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # Q21 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
Trail the series against # Q22 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