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(23) Chen Xue/Ying 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

Ying Zhang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nan Ping, Fu Jian Province

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

5

Tournaments:

26

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Shanghai 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$52,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	1	US$48,450.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Xi Zhang - 5th	Man Zuo - 17th
2007	Xi Zhang - 9th	Did not play
2008	Xi Zhang - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	18	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	17	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	13	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool B

Danielle Remmers / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (26)

Won 21-12, 22-24, 15-10

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	15	13	0	0.867	2	5	4	4
	1	4	3	0	0.750	1	2	0	2
	2	8	7	0	0.875	0	3	1	2
	3	3	3	0	1.000	1	0	3	0
Ying Zhang	Total	46	27	5	0.478	0	14	1	4
	1	16	10	2	0.500	0	7	0	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	0	1	1	2
	3	12	6	1	0.417	0	6	0	2

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool B

Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (47)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	11	7	1	0.545	4	2	4	2
	1	5	2	1	0.200	3	0	2	2
	2	6	5	0	0.833	1	2	2	0
Ying Zhang	Total	19	11	2	0.474	1	7	1	1
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	3	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	1	4	1	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool B

Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (2)

Lost 14-21, 19-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	17	4	1	0.176	1	2	1	2
	1	10	1	1	0.000	0	0	1	1
	2	7	3	0	0.429	1	2	0	1
Ying Zhang	Total	33	11	5	0.182	0	13	1	1
	1	15	6	2	0.267	0	9	1	0
	2	18	5	3	0.111	0	4	0	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (27)

Won 22-20, 21-15

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	25	13	1	0.480	3	2	2	2
	1	15	6	1	0.333	1	0	2	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	2	2	0	1
Ying Zhang	Total	28	16	1	0.536	0	16	1	2
	1	15	7	0	0.467	0	9	1	1
	2	13	9	1	0.615	0	7	0	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	Total	19	9	3	0.316	0	2	2	2
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	1	1	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	1	2
Ying Zhang	Total	26	8	5	0.115	0	8	0	4
	1	12	3	2	0.083	0	6	0	2
	2	14	5	3	0.143	0	2	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Chen Xue	87	46	6	0.460	10	13	13	12
Ying Zhang	152	73	18	0.362	1	58	4	12
Total	239	119	24	0.397	11	71	17	24
Opponents	260	129	47	0.315	6	86	14	23

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Xi Zhang - 4th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Xi Zhang - 3rd	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Xi Zhang - 1st	Did not play
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	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	23	9th	400	US$11,000.00

Head to Head Results
Xue/Zhang lead the series against the field 9-6 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Xue/Zhang	16	21-13, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Xue/Zhang	23	21-14, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Xue/Zhang	23	21-16, 21-17	0:40
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Xue/Zhang	18	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 5	Hakedal/Torlen	13	Xue/Zhang	18	21-19, 18-21, 20-18	0:57
Lead the series against # 14 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	18	Keizer/Van Iersel	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 0-1
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Huang/Zhang	15	Xue/Zhang	16	21-19, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	18	Mouha/Van Breedam	15	11-21, 25-23, 19-17	0:59
Lead the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Xue/Zhang	17	Petrova/Skalnikova	23, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 26 Remmers/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	23	Remmers/Stiekema	26	21-12, 22-24, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 27 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	23	Kuhn/Zumkehr	27	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 28 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-0
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	17	Lessard/Martin	18	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 31 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	13	Lubetz/Sude	14	21-13, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 32 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	13	Jensen/Palmer	20	21-18, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 47 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	23	Prokopeva/Ukolova	47	21-15, 21-13	0:37