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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Infote Athens Open
May 31 - June 4, 2006

(15, Q8) Ying Zhang/Man Zuo, China

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

Man Zuo
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 12, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sichuan

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Shanghai 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$90,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	1	US$38,800.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	9, Q15	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	31, Q31	13th	180	US$4,500.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 2	Yupa Phokongploy / Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand (Q25)	Won 27-25, 29-31, 15-13	1:05
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 3	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (26, Q9)	Lost 21-19, 22-24, 13-15	0:51
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 1	Tatiana Barrera / Eva Hamzaoui, France (18)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-7	0:50
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 2	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 11-15	0:43
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 2	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (17, Q6)	Won 21-12, 21-11	0:29
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 3	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (8)	Lost 17-21, 4-21	0:28

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$29,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$38,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ying Zhang												Man Zuo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$13,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$14,650.00
16	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	2	0	$32,425.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	0	2	5	8	4	3	0	$70,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Challenger
26	0	0	0	1	2	7	9	2	0	$52,625.00	Total	35	0	1	0	2	5	11	6	4	0	$90,575.00

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	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$21,000.00	16	8	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$21,000.00	16	8	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ying Zhang													Man Zuo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00	2005	FIVB
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$10,500.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$10,500.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	$13,000.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$10,500.00

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	10	43.5%	7	30.4%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	13	68.4%	4-15	21.1%	10-13	43.5%	11-8	57.9%	0	1	21-22	48.8%
2005-2006	10	43.5%	7	30.4%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	13	68.4%	4-15	21.1%	10-13	43.5%	11-8	57.9%	0	1	21-22	48.8%
Against the Field	6	35.3%	5	29.4%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	11	84.6%	2-11	15.4%	12-20	37.5%	14-12	53.8%	0	1	13-17	43.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	15
Total	0	0	7	4	1	2	0	0	4	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	21	22

Head to Head Results
Zhang/Zuo lead the series against the field 11-8 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Zhang/Zuo	15, Q8	17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:43
5/28/06	FIVB	China Open	Bronze Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	21-14, 21-12	0:36
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Zhang/Zuo	31, Q31	13-8 Retired	0:13
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	3	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	21-15, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 6	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Zhang/Zuo	15, Q8	21-17, 21-4	0:28
Lead the series against # 10, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	Salgado/Salgado	6	22-20, 20-22, 19-17	0:58
Lead the series against # 13 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	Cook/Sanderson	10	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 16, Q3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	25	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 17, Q6 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Zhang/Zuo	15, Q8	Moiseeva/Uryadova	17, Q6	21-12, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 2-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Zhang/Zuo	15, Q8	Barrera/Hamzaoui	18	21-15, 18-21, 15-7	0:50
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Zhang/Zuo	31, Q31	Barrera/Hamzaoui	18	21-23, 21-17, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 22 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
5/12/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	24, Q9	Zhang/Zuo	31, Q31	22-20, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	Lessard/Maxwell	24	22-20, 19-21, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against # 26, Q9 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q9	Zhang/Zuo	15, Q8	19-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Zhang/Zuo	31, Q31	Kusuhara/Urata	Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q21 Skrivan/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	Skrivan/Zumkehr	Q18	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q25 Phokongploy/Tenpaksee, Thailand 2-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Zhang/Zuo	15, Q8	Phokongploy/Tenpaksee	Q25	27-25, 29-31, 15-13	1:05
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Zhang/Zuo	31, Q31	Phokongploy/Tenpaksee	Q34	21-18, 21-17	0:37