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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 4 - 8, 2006

(4) Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China

Chen Xue
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 18, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fuzhou

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

169

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$944,762.50

Xi Zhang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nantong

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$787,500.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2006

Awards

Most Outstanding 2008
Best Defensive Player 2010

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	81	15	12	11	7	14	6	12	1	2	1	US$1,441,600.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,500.00
Overall	83	15	13	11	7	15	6	12	1	2	1	US$1,446,100.00

Previous Marseille Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	16	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	21	4th	560	US$17,700.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	16, Q3	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	25	1st	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	27, Q13	17th	120	US$3,000.00

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2006	Winner 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Satoko Urata, Japan (29, Q3)	Won 21-9, 21-14	0:39
Wed, 7/5/2006	Winner 2	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (13)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:37
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 3	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (5)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:37
Thu, 7/6/2006	Contender 4	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (15)	Lost 16-21, 22-20, 12-15	0:49

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$123,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	5	4	3	4	11	0	6	0	1	0	0	$662,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	9	8	6	1	3	6	6	1	1	1	0	$656,200.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	82	15	13	11	7	14	6	12	1	2	1	0	$1,445,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chen Xue												Xi Zhang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	$79,500.00	World Championships	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$68,875.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00	World Tour Finals
57	5	4	5	4	14	13	8	2	0	$407,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	5	4	3	4	11	8	3	3	0	$347,975.00
86	15	9	8	2	14	18	10	6	0	$429,762.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	9	9	6	1	9	13	9	3	0	$368,400.00
9	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$8,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
168	21	16	15	9	30	38	22	9	0	$944,512.50	Total	115	15	14	11	7	20	23	12	6	0	$787,250.00

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
2006	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$76,000.00	25	11	69.4 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$76,000.00	25	11	69.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chen Xue													Xi Zhang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	$10,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	5	$15,900.00
6	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$38,000.00	2006	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$38,000.00
13	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	3	$40,500.00	Total	Total	28	1	0	0	1	1	7	8	3	7	$65,900.00

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	273	79.4%	44	12.8%	27	7.8%	317-27	92.2%	51	39.2%	20	15.4%	59	45.4%	51-79	39.2%	273-59	82.2%	95-47	66.9%	6	5	374-111	77.1%
2005-2006	39	76.5%	10	19.6%	2	3.9%	49-2	96.1%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	12	46.2%	6-20	23.1%	39-12	76.5%	16-10	61.5%	0	1	55-23	70.5%
Against the Field	91	70.5%	19	14.7%	19	14.7%	110-19	85.3%	22	29.7%	13	17.6%	39	52.7%	22-52	29.7%	182-74	71.1%	82-64	56.2%	0	2	132-71	65.0%

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	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	10	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	9	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	20	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	90	6	0	0	46	19	9	7	3	4	5	4	158	41
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	106	28	17	7	6	1	9	8	186	62
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	3
Total	0	0	4	0	106	8	0	0	166	48	27	19	11	7	15	13	378	114

Head to Head Results
Xue/Zhang lead the series against the field 18-9 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 2-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	16	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	21-17, 21-19	0:43
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	25	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:57
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Xue/Zhang	25	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Tian/Wang	4	Xue/Zhang	21	21-19, 21-14	0:45
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	4	Xue/Zhang	21	21-15, 15-21, 23-21	1:00
5/28/06	FIVB	China Open	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	25	Tian/Wang	3	23-21, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 2-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	21	Bede/Behar	5	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:03
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	25	Bede/Behar	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:55
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Bede/Behar	5	Xue/Zhang	27, Q13	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 5 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Xue/Zhang	4	21-19, 21-13	0:37
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	25	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	21-13, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Xue/Zhang	27, Q13	21-14, 22-20	0:35
Series tied with # 7, Q1 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Barros/Connelly	25, Q1	Xue/Zhang	16	21-18, 21-15	0:35
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	21	Barros/Connelly	8	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:07
Lead the series against # 8 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	21	Kadijk/Mooren	14	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	25	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-11, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	25	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	14	21-15, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 2-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Cook/Sanderson	13	21-13, 21-13	0:37
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	21	Cook/Sanderson	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 14, Q4 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Ji/Wang	25, Q4	Xue/Zhang	16, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 4	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15	Xue/Zhang	4	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 18 Zhang/Zuo, China 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	25	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	16	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	21-18, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 25 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Xue/Zhang	27, Q13	Keizer/Leenstra	11	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q3 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	4	Kusuhara/Urata	29, Q3	21-9, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Xue/Zhang	27, Q13	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q4	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q6 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	16, Q3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	17, Q6	23-21, 21-13	0:44