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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Hong Kong Challenger
November 7 - 11, 2007

(2) Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China

Chen Xue
China

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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 FIVB C&S Best:

2nd (Hong Kong 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$944,762.50

Xi Zhang
China

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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 FIVB C&S Best:

2nd (Hong Kong 2007)

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 Hong Kong Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	3	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	2	2nd	450	US$20,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	4	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	4	4th	700	US$28,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	2	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	6	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	4	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	4	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	4	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	4	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	2	5th	360	US$10,000.00

Hong Kong Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/9/2007	Winner 1	Janelle Allen / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (15, Q7)	Won 27-25, 21-13	0:41
Fri, 11/9/2007	Winner 2	Jarunee Sannok / Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand (10)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:34
Sat, 11/10/2007	Contender 2	Lyudmila Issayeva / Iryna Kokhan, Kazakhstan (13, Q4)	Won 21-13, 21-9	0:24
Sat, 11/10/2007	Contender 3	Yuan Yue / Wenwen Zhang, China (11)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:34
Sat, 11/10/2007	Contender 4	Heidi Ilustre / Diane Pascua, Philippines (4)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:38
Sun, 11/11/2007	Semi-Finals	Zhongji Jiang / Jieqiong Jin, China (14, Q6)	Lost 21-14, 21-7	0:32
Sun, 11/11/2007	Gold Medal	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (1)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:39

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	13	2	2	0	1	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	$195,200.00	55	23	70.5 %
2007	FIVB	15	0	3	3	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	$218,800.00	63	26	70.8 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	28	2	5	3	3	7	1	4	1	1	1	0	$414,000.00	118	49	70.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	3	57.1 %

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
13	2	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	$97,600.00	2006	FIVB	13	2	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	$97,600.00
15	0	3	3	2	4	2	0	1	0	$109,400.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	3	3	2	4	2	0	1	0	$109,400.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
36	2	6	3	3	8	6	2	3	3	$211,500.00	Total	Total	51	2	6	3	3	8	10	8	4	7	$236,900.00

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	8	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	8-3	72.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	8-4	66.7%
2006-2007	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	5-2	71.4%	0-0		0	0	4-3	57.1%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	0-0		0	0	4-3	57.1%

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 trail the series against the field 8-16 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 4-13
11/11/07	FIVB C&S	Hong Kong Challenger	Gold Medal	Tian/Wang	1	Xue/Zhang	2	21-18, 21-16	0:39
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	3	21-15, 22-20	0:39
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 4	Xue/Zhang	2	Tian/Wang	3	21-16, 30-28	0:45
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	2	Tian/Wang	1	13-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:53
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Xue/Zhang	5	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 4	Tian/Wang	1	Xue/Zhang	4	21-13, 21-16	0:30
5/26/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	4	24-22, 21-19	0:51
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	1	Xue/Zhang	2	21-12, 32-30	0:51
11/5/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	3	Tian/Wang	2	21-18, 21-15	0:48
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	3	21-16, 10-21, 20-18	1:02
9/3/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Gold Medal	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	3	22-20, 21-17	0:37
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 4	Tian/Wang	2	Xue/Zhang	3	21-15, 25-23	0:40
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	4	Xue/Zhang	5	21-15, 21-17	0:38
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Tian/Wang	3	Xue/Zhang	4	By Forfeit
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 # 4 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-0
11/10/07	FIVB C&S	Hong Kong Challenger	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	2	Ilustre/Pascua	4	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 0-1
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Keizer/de Vries	30, Q11	Xue/Zhang	3	23-21, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Sannok/Tenpaksee, Thailand 0-1
11/9/07	FIVB C&S	Hong Kong Challenger	Winner 2	Sannok/Tenpaksee	10	Xue/Zhang	2	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Yue/Zhang, China 1-0
11/10/07	FIVB C&S	Hong Kong Challenger	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	2	Yue/Zhang	11	21-13, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 13, Q4 Issayeva/Kokhan, Kazakhstan 1-0
11/10/07	FIVB C&S	Hong Kong Challenger	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Issayeva/Kokhan	13, Q4	21-13, 21-9	0:24
Trail the series against # 14, Q6 Jiang/Jin, China 0-1
11/11/07	FIVB C&S	Hong Kong Challenger	Semi-Finals	Jiang/Jin	14, Q6	Xue/Zhang	2	14-21, 7-21	0:32
Lead the series against # 15, Q7 Allen/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
11/9/07	FIVB C&S	Hong Kong Challenger	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	2	Allen/Ivy Swift	15, Q7	27-25, 21-13	0:41