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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 20 - 26, 2009

(17) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Xi Zhang - 9th	Man Zuo - 25th
2007	Xi Zhang - 2nd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/21/2009	Winner 1	Martina Grossen / Romana Kayser, Switzerland (48, Q20)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 11-15	1:03

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	1	$40,850.00	16	13	55.2 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	1	$43,350.00	17	15	53.1 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	$20,425.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	$20,425.00
54	4	6	7	3	10	11	6	3	4	$308,475.00	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	1	2	7	8	2	5	$50,075.00

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	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	9	69.2%	3-10	23.1%	14-14	50.0%	8-8	50.0%	0	2	11-13	45.8%

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 10-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Xue/Zhang	14	21-23, 21-17, 15-7	1:04
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 # 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 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
Lead the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 18 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 # 21 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
Series tied with # 22 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	Xue/Zhang	14	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:58
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Xue/Zhang	17	Lessard/Martin	18	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 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 # 30 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	14	Pohl/Rau	19, Q7	21-15, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 35, Q11 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
Lead the series against # 41, Q10 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	14	Prokopeva/Ukolova	30	21-16, 21-17	0:41
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	23	Prokopeva/Ukolova	47	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 48, Q20 Grossen/Kayser, Switzerland 0-1
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grossen/Kayser	48, Q20	Xue/Zhang	17	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
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