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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$10,000 Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International
August 9 - 14, 2011

(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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	2	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	3	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	4	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	7	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	8	3rd	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	8	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	2	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	2	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	11/2-7/2010	Phuket Thailand Open	1	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/26-31/2010	Sanya Open	1	1st	600	US$30,000.00
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

Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/9/2011	Pool B	Jolien Sinnema / Margo Wiltens, Netherlands (23)	Won 21-15, 21-8	0:27
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool B	JoAnna Papageorgiou / Christina Roubanis, Greece (14)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:29
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool B	Linline Matauatu / Miller Pata, Vanuatu (11)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:46
Fri, 8/12/2011	Winner 1	Kacie MacTavish / Julie Rodrigue, Canada (10)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:29
Sat, 8/13/2011	Winner 2	Lucy Boulton / Denise Johns, England (9)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:38

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	15	3	3	1	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	$268,700.00	68	19	78.2 %
2011	FIVB	11	0	3	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	$198,800.00	51	16	76.1 %
2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	64	7	11	10	4	11	6	11	1	2	1	0	$1,032,100.00	282	96	74.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	8	4	66.7 %

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
15	3	3	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	$134,350.00	2010	FIVB	15	3	3	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	$134,350.00
11	0	3	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	$99,400.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	3	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	$99,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
84	7	12	10	4	20	17	7	3	4	$550,950.00	Total	Total	99	7	13	10	4	18	22	12	6	7	$582,750.00

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%
2010-2011	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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 31-4 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Dampney/Mullin, England 2-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Xue/Zhang	8	Dampney/Mullin	41	19-21, 21-11, 15-10	0:49
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	3	Dampney/Mullin	30, Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 6-2
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Xue/Zhang	8	21-16, 25-23	0:44
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
Series tied with # 4 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 1-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Cunha/Lima	6	21-16, 21-16	0:33
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	Xue/Zhang	3	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 2-0
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	3	Bansley/Maloney	24, Q11	21-15, 21-10	0:30
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 # 6 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 4-0
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Candelas/Garcia	29, Q8	21-19, 17-21, 15-8	0:44
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Xue/Zhang	8	Candelas/Garcia	32	21-12, 17-21, 15-9	0:44
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	4	Candelas/Garcia	21	21-17, 21-19	0:44
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Candelas/Garcia	21	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 7-0
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	4	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-18, 21-13	0:39
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Cook/Hinchley	12	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:57
5/25/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	3	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-17, 21-17	0:43
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-19, 23-21	0:49
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	6	Cook/Hinchley	3	14-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:57
6/9/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	4	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-17, 21-17	0:36
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	2	Cook/Hinchley	23	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 9 Boulton/Johns, England 2-1
8/13/11	FIVB C&S	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	Winner 2	Boulton/Johns	9	Xue/Zhang	2	21-19, 21-18	0:38
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 # 10 MacTavish/Rodrigue, Canada 2-0
8/12/11	FIVB C&S	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	2	MacTavish/Rodrigue	10	21-13, 21-15	0:29
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	2	MacTavish/Rodrigue	31, Q24	21-16, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 11 Matauatu/Pata, Vanuatu 1-0
8/11/11	FIVB C&S	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	2	Matauatu/Pata	11	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 Ma/Wang, China 1-0
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	2	Ma/Wang	31	21-10, 23-25, 15-6	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Papageorgiou/Roubanis, Greece 1-0
8/10/11	FIVB C&S	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	2	Papageorgiou/Roubanis	14	21-16, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 19 Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	3	Lavalle/Maestrini	30	21-15, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Sinnema/Wiltens, Netherlands 1-0
8/9/11	FIVB C&S	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	2	Sinnema/Wiltens	23	21-15, 21-8	0:27