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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Play Station Portable Italian Open
May 10 - 14, 2006

(27, Q13) 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 Modena Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/10/2006	Qualifier 2	Katerina Tychnova / Marketa Tychnova, Czech Republic (Q45)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:33
Wed, 5/10/2006	Qualifier 3	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (12, Q4)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:32
Thu, 5/11/2006	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (6)	Lost 14-21, 20-22	0:35
Thu, 5/11/2006	Contender 1	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (11)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:48
Fri, 5/12/2006	Contender 2	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (5)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 11-15	0:52

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$4,000.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	3	7	$29,400.00

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	85	70.8%	17	14.2%	18	15.0%	102-18	85.0%	21	25.6%	15	18.3%	46	56.1%	21-61	25.6%	170-86	66.4%	76-66	53.5%	1	2	124-78	61.4%

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 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Bede/Behar	5	Xue/Zhang	27, Q13	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:52
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
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12, Q4 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 # Q45 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Xue/Zhang	27, Q13	Tychnova/Tychnova	Q45	21-13, 21-17	0:33