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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 6 - 11, 2009

(18) Chen Xue/Ying 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

Ying Zhang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nan Ping, Fu Jian Province

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Shanghai 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$52,625.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2006

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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Xi Zhang - 4th	Man Zuo - 17th
2007	Xi Zhang - 4th	Did not play
2008	Xi Zhang - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	23	9th	400	US$11,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool B	Ying Huang / Xi Zhang, China (15)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:50
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool B	Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (2)	Lost 10-21, 16-21	0:36
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool B	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (31, Q21)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Thu, 7/9/2009	Winner 1	Anastasia Barsuk / Galina Boyko, Russia (29, Q22)	Lost 10-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:48

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$17,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$20,350.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	$48,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chen Xue												Ying 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
7	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	$79,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$13,450.00
86	15	9	8	2	14	18	10	6	0	$429,762.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	0	$32,425.00
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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	U18/19 World Championships
168	21	16	15	9	30	38	22	9	0	$944,512.50	Total	26	0	0	0	1	2	7	9	2	0	$52,625.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	$33,950.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	$36,450.00	15	12	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chen Xue													Ying Zhang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
13	2	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	$97,600.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	3	$19,400.00
15	0	3	3	2	4	2	0	1	0	$109,400.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$5,250.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
11	2	0	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	$76,550.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$16,975.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$16,975.00
52	4	6	7	3	10	11	5	3	3	$305,025.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	1	2	7	7	2	4	$46,625.00

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	12	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	9	56.3%	3-13	18.8%	12-9	57.1%	6-7	46.2%	0	2	18-18	50.0%
2008-2009	12	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	9	56.3%	3-13	18.8%	12-9	57.1%	6-7	46.2%	0	2	18-18	50.0%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	9	64.3%	3-11	21.4%	16-14	53.3%	8-10	44.4%	0	2	12-14	46.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8
Total	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	18

Head to Head Results
Xue/Zhang trail the series against the field 9-10 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 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 0-2
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Xue/Zhang	18	21-10, 21-16	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 13 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 # 14 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
Series tied with # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 1-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	18	Huang/Zhang	15	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:50
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, Q3 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, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q22 Barsuk/Boyko, Russia 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Barsuk/Boyko	29, Q22	Xue/Zhang	18	21-10, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 31, Q21 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	18	Baquerizo/Fernandez	31, Q21	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Leao/Ribeiro	4, Q1	Xue/Zhang	17	21-15, 21-19	0:35
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Leao/Ribeiro	4	Xue/Zhang	13	15-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:41
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q14 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