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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 1 - 6, 2013

(2) Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China

Chen Xue
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 18, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fuzhou

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

20

Tournaments:

166

Career Wins:

21

Career Winnings:

US$926,362.50

Xi Zhang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nantong

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

13

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

15

Career Winnings:

US$787,500.00

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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Xi Zhang - 2nd	Chen Xue - 2nd
2011	Xi Zhang - 4th	Chen Xue - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	1	1st	500	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	2	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	1	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	1	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	2	5th	480	US$13,200.00

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/1/2013

Pool B

Katarzyna Kociolek / Daria Przybylak, Poland (47)

Won 21-10, 21-19

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	24	15	3	0.500	0	6	0	0
	1	6	5	1	0.667	0	2	0	0
	2	18	10	2	0.444	0	4	0	0
Xi Zhang	Total	21	17	0	0.810	0	8	2	1
	1	9	8	0	0.889	0	4	1	0
	2	12	9	0	0.750	0	4	1	1

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool B

Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (26)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	9	3	3	0.000	2	2	0	1
	1	6	2	2	0.000	2	1	0	1
	2	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0
Xi Zhang	Total	36	18	7	0.306	0	10	3	1
	1	17	6	4	0.118	0	6	3	0
	2	19	12	3	0.474	0	4	0	1

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool B

Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (23)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	28	16	1	0.536	1	6	3	4
	1	13	8	1	0.538	1	2	2	2
	2	15	8	0	0.533	0	4	1	2
Xi Zhang	Total	26	12	6	0.231	2	12	2	3
	1	13	7	2	0.385	0	6	0	2
	2	13	5	4	0.077	2	6	2	1

Thu, 7/4/2013

Winner 1

Maria Antonelli / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (6)

Won 23-21, 21-14

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	14	6	2	0.286	2	3	3	1
	1	10	4	2	0.200	1	1	2	1
	2	4	2	0	0.500	1	2	1	0
Xi Zhang	Total	31	23	2	0.677	1	7	2	1
	1	18	13	1	0.667	1	4	0	1
	2	13	10	1	0.692	0	3	2	0

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 2

Henriette Iatika / Miller Pata, Vanuatu (37)

Won 22-20, 21-11

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	30	15	4	0.367	2	1	3	2
	1	18	7	3	0.222	2	1	2	1
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	0	1	1
Xi Zhang	Total	17	11	2	0.529	0	8	1	2
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	5	1	1

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 3

Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (19)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	23	8	3	0.217	3	1	3	2
	1	14	5	1	0.286	2	0	3	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	1	1	0	2
Xi Zhang	Total	21	11	3	0.381	0	14	1	0
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	8	0	0
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	6	1	0

Sat, 7/6/2013

Semi-Finals

Liliane Maestrini / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (13)

Won 21-11, 21-17

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	21	16	2	0.667	1	0	1	2
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	0	1	0
	2	13	9	2	0.538	1	0	0	2
Xi Zhang	Total	22	17	1	0.727	0	8	3	3
	1	11	10	0	0.909	0	4	2	3
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	4	1	0

Sat, 7/6/2013

Gold Medal

Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (17)

Won 18-21, 21-17, 21-19

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	39	22	5	0.436	2	5	4	3
	1	15	6	2	0.267	0	1	2	0
	2	8	6	0	0.750	2	0	2	0
	3	16	10	3	0.438	0	4	0	3
Xi Zhang	Total	30	17	4	0.433	0	10	0	3
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	3	0	2
	2	10	6	2	0.400	0	5	0	1
	3	13	8	1	0.538	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	188	101	23	0.415	13	24	17	15
Xi Zhang	204	126	25	0.495	3	77	14	14
Total	392	227	48	0.457	16	101	31	29
Opponents	390	186	56	0.333	19	77	24	28

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Xiaoyan Hu - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Xi Zhang - 4th	Chen Xue - 4th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Ying Zhang - 9th	Ying Huang - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Xi Zhang - 3rd	Chen Xue - 3rd
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Xinxin Wang - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Xinxin Wang - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Xinyi Xia - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	4	4th	700	US$28,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	8	3rd	800	US$35,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	2	1st	1000	US$60,000.00

Head to Head Results
Xue/Zhang lead the series against the field 68-14 (Lead 20 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-1
7/22/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Meppelink/van Gestel	13	Xue/Zhang	1	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 5 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 4-0
4/28/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	1	Holtwick/Semmler	5	21-15, 21-14	0:35
7/15/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	1	Holtwick/Semmler	8	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-15, 21-18	0:34
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-11, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 1-0
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	2	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	6	23-21, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
8/4/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	2	Birlova/Ukolova	18	21-12, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 8 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 5-2
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 4	Xue/Zhang	3	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	21-19, 21-15	0:35
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-17, 22-20	0:41
7/16/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	4	Cicolari/Menegatti	3	21-17, 22-24, 15-9	0:50
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	7	Xue/Zhang	4	21-15, 21-13	0:31
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	8	Cicolari/Menegatti	13	21-15, 21-19	0:35
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	14	Xue/Zhang	3	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	0:48
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Cicolari/Menegatti	18	21-17, 27-25	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 4-2
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	1	Keizer/Van Iersel	2	21-18, 22-20	0:36
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Keizer/Van Iersel	5	Xue/Zhang	2	14-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:48
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	7	Keizer/Van Iersel	4	28-26, 23-21	0:46
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Keizer/Van Iersel	7	Xue/Zhang	2	12-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:54
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	2	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	21-15, 21-16	0:33
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 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 7-0
4/28/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	21-14, 21-10	0:36
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	17	32-30, 21-15	0:40
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	17	21-14, 21-12	0:33
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	21-15, 17-21, 17-15	0:56
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	21-14, 21-12	0:35
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	21-14, 21-18	0:37
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	21-11, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 2-0
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	2	Maestrini/Seixas	13	21-11, 21-17	0:35
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	1	Maestrini/Seixas	12	27-25, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 10-3
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q1	Xue/Zhang	1	21-18, 21-18	0:41
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:36
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	2	Salgado/Salgado	8	17-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:52
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	2	Salgado/Salgado	12	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:54
11/5/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 3	Salgado/Salgado	8	Xue/Zhang	1	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:49
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 # 15 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 6-2
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Xue/Zhang	1	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	8	Kolocova/Slukova	19	21-15, 21-17	0:35
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 # 17 Borger/Buthe, Germany 3-0
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Gold Medal	Xue/Zhang	2	Borger/Buthe	17	18-21, 21-17, 21-19	1:01
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Borger/Buthe	17	21-17, 22-20	0:36
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Borger/Buthe	28, Q21	21-11, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 5-2
8/5/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	21-18, 21-11	0:35
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	28, Q1	21-16, 21-18	0:39
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	21-13, 21-19	0:34
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 # 19 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	2	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	31, Q15	21-13, 21-10	0:26
Lead the series against # 23 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	23	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 25 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-0
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Bieneck/Grossner	32, Q21	21-12, 22-24, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 26 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 10-2
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool B	Nystrom/Nystrom	26	Xue/Zhang	2	21-17, 21-14	0:39
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Xue/Zhang	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q2	21-11, 21-14	0:29
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	21-13, 21-18	0:35
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 # 34 Popova/Prokopeva, Russia 1-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Popova/Prokopeva	32	21-11, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 35 Boulton/Dampney, England 2-0
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Boulton/Dampney	32	21-18, 21-13	0:34
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Boulton/Dampney	32, Q16	21-10, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 37 Iatika/Pata, Vanuatu 2-0
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Iatika/Pata	37	22-20, 21-11	0:37
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Xue/Zhang	1	Iatika/Pata	32	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 47 Kociolek/Przybylak, Poland 1-0
7/1/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	2	Kociolek/Przybylak	47	21-10, 21-19	0:33