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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Sanya Open
October 26 - 31, 2010

(1) 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 Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Ying Zhang - 17th	Ying Huang - 2nd
2009	Linjun Ji - 13th	Ying Huang - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	3	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	3	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	3	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	4	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	3	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	3	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	8	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	14	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	9	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open	17	7th	300	US$7,600.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/28/2010	Winner 1	Fan Wang / Changning Zhang, China (32)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:29
Thu, 10/28/2010	Winner 2	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Niles, United States (16, Q1)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:31
Fri, 10/29/2010	Winner 3	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (8)	Won 21-14, 24-22	0:41
Fri, 10/29/2010	Winner 4	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (5)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 10/30/2010	Semi-Finals	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (10)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:33
Sun, 10/31/2010	Gold Medal	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (2)	Won 22-20, 22-20	0:45

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 %
2008	FIVB	10	2	0	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$150,600.00	45	12	78.9 %
2010	FIVB	14	3	3	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	$262,700.00	66	17	79.5 %
Total	FIVB	52	7	8	8	3	10	4	8	1	2	1	0	$827,300.00	229	78	74.6 %
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
11	2	0	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	$76,550.00	2008	FIVB	11	2	1	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	$85,050.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	1	$28,900.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	0	$26,800.00
14	3	3	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	$131,350.00	2010	FIVB	14	3	3	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	$131,350.00
71	7	9	8	3	16	14	7	3	4	$448,300.00	Total	Total	86	7	10	8	3	14	19	12	6	7	$480,100.00

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%
2009-2010	50	84.7%	6	10.2%	3	5.1%	56-3	94.9%	11	42.3%	4	15.4%	11	42.3%	11-15	42.3%	50-11	82.0%	17-7	70.8%	1	1	68-19	78.2%
Against the Field	70	86.4%	3	3.7%	8	9.9%	73-8	90.1%	12	44.4%	2	7.4%	13	48.1%	12-15	44.4%	140-18	88.6%	30-20	60.0%	3	1	88-20	81.5%

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
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 46-10 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 0 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 4-4
10/31/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	22-20, 22-20	0:45
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	21-16, 21-15	0:37
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Xue/Zhang	4	29-31, 21-15, 15-12	1:18
8/12/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	21-14, 21-18	0:41
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Ludwig/Niedrig	13	Xue/Zhang	4	21-19, 21-18	0:40
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Ludwig/Niedrig	15	Xue/Zhang	4	21-15, 21-19	0:39
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Xue/Zhang	5	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:03
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Ludwig/Niedrig	11, Q5	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
Series tied with # 4 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-2
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	21-17, 21-17	0:33
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	Xue/Zhang	6	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	12	Xue/Zhang	7	21-16, 21-18	0:37
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	14	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 5 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 5-1
10/29/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Xue/Zhang	1	Kolocova/Slukova	5	21-14, 21-17	0:36
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Kolocova/Slukova	6	21-14, 21-16	0:33
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Kolocova/Slukova	20	30-28, 21-14	0:44
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Kolocova/Slukova	14	Xue/Zhang	3	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	6	Kolocova/Slukova	26, Q5	27-29, 21-17, 15-7	0:58
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Xue/Zhang	8	Kolocova/Slukova	24	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Kessy/Ross, United States 6-1
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	3	Kessy/Ross	4, Q1	21-14, 21-15	0:36
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	3	Kessy/Ross	5	19-21, 24-22, 15-7	1:07
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Kessy/Ross	2	21-9, 21-15	0:39
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	8	Kessy/Ross	2	21-17, 21-19	0:41
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Xue/Zhang	7	21-14, 21-18	0:42
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 4	Xue/Zhang	3	Kessy/Ross	7	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:57
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	5	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	20-22, 23-21, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # 7 Akers/Turner, United States 2-0
8/28/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	3	Akers/Turner	13	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/12/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	8	Akers/Turner	4	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
10/29/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	1	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	21-14, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 7-1
10/30/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	1	Salgado/Salgado	10	21-16, 21-11	0:33
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	9	Salgado/Salgado	8	21-14, 21-12	0:36
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	4	Salgado/Salgado	5	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	1:01
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	6	Salgado/Salgado	13	21-17, 21-11	0:37
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Salgado/Salgado	10	Xue/Zhang	2	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Salgado/Salgado	6	21-17, 21-19	0:38
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q5	21-15, 21-12	0:36
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 # 11 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-13, 21-16	0:38
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	9	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-19, 21-13	0:42
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	17	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	7	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 8-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	21-18, 21-12	0:33
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	16-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:50
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	21-14, 21-14	0:31
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	24, Q4	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:55
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q3	Xue/Zhang	17	21-19, 21-16	0:45
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-17, 21-14	0:37
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	21, Q3	26-24, 21-17	0:46
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-16, 21-18	0:36
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 # 15 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Xue/Zhang	6	Gioria/Momoli	27	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 16, Q1 Fendrick/Niles, United States 2-0
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	1	Fendrick/Niles	16, Q1	21-13, 21-14	0:31
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	3	Fendrick/Niles	19, Q5	21-23, 21-11, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 17 Brink-Abeler/Grun, Germany 1-0
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	3	Brink-Abeler/Grun	30, Q24	21-15, 21-9	0:35
Lead the series against # 18, Q9 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	3	Bansley/Maloney	30, Q24	21-13, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Boulton/Johns, England 2-0
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	14	Boulton/Johns	30, Q16	21-15, 21-14	0:36
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	3	Boulton/Johns	30, Q10	21-14, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 32 Wang/Zhang, China 1-0
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	1	Wang/Zhang	32	21-13, 21-11	0:29