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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(Q10) Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China

Jian Li
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 21, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Si Chuan Province

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$88,625.00

Zhou Shun
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 9, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Qing Dao, Shan Dong Province

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Gstaad 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$55,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	9	7	4	8	2	US$107,800.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Shun Zhou - 41st	Jian Li - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	24, Q14	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	9	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	26, Q12	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	21, Q10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q23	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q27	57th	8	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 2	Denis Rovkin / Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan (Q23)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:44

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	$37,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	3	0	$52,500.00
Total	38	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	9	7	0	$107,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jian Li												Shun Zhou
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	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	0	$29,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	$18,650.00
48	0	0	0	0	6	7	8	11	0	$50,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	5	0	$28,150.00
77	0	0	0	0	7	8	13	18	0	$88,625.00	Total	40	0	0	0	0	2	6	9	9	0	$55,800.00

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$10,500.00	9	14	39.1 %
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$7,500.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	9	$18,000.00	15	20	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jian Li													Shun Zhou
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,250.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,750.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$3,750.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	9	$9,000.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	9	$9,000.00

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	33	64.7%	8	15.7%	10	19.6%	41-10	80.4%	9	13.4%	9	13.4%	49	73.1%	9-58	13.4%	33-49	40.2%	17-19	47.2%	1	1	51-69	42.5%
2006-2007	20	69.0%	4	13.8%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	6	14.6%	3	7.3%	32	78.0%	6-35	14.6%	20-32	38.5%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	30-40	42.9%
Against the Field	15	62.5%	3	12.5%	6	25.0%	18-6	75.0%	7	17.1%	3	7.3%	31	75.6%	7-34	17.1%	30-58	34.1%	20-18	52.6%	1	1	26-39	40.0%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	5	6	18	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	14	10	0	0	0	0	8	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	40
Total	0	0	20	15	8	19	0	0	11	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	69

Head to Head Results
Li/Zhou trail the series against the field 4-12 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Li/Zhou	32	21-14, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Li/Zhou	9	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	12	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	22-20, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Li/Zhou	32	21-19, 28-26	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	32	Herrera/Mesa	17	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 21 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	Li/Zhou	Q10	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 24, Q3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Li/Zhou	24, Q14	Horrem/Maaseide	Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:45
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	24	Li/Zhou	9	24-26, 21-17, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	28, Q5	Li/Zhou	26, Q12	33-31, 21-14	0:51
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q3	Li/Zhou	Q35	21-14, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 27, Q15 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 0-1
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Henriquez/Hernandez	30, Q22	Li/Zhou	Q11	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q14 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Li/Zhou	24, Q14	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q19	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Series tied with # Q17 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	21-15, 21-17	0:37
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Li/Zhou	Q14	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # Q23 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Rovkin/Saulko	Q23	Li/Zhou	Q10	21-14, 21-17	0:44