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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 15, 2007

(Q8) 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 Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	25	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	26, Q16	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 1	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (32, Q25)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 26-28	1:10

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$17,500.00	9	15	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	10	$28,000.00	18	29	38.3 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$8,750.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$8,750.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	10	$14,000.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	10	$14,000.00

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	13	50.0%	5	19.2%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	6	11.8%	7	13.7%	38	74.5%	6-45	11.8%	26-72	26.5%	22-30	42.3%	1	1	25-52	32.5%

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 6-21 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 15 Series, 0 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 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	21-16, 21-15	0:46
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Li/Zhou	32	21-19, 28-26	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Li/Zhou	24, Q14	21-17, 25-23	0:44
Trail the series against # 9 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	8	Li/Zhou	25	21-13, 21-17	0:41
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Li/Zhou	9	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	Marques/Solberg	Q1	21-17, 28-26	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	3	Li/Zhou	19	21-18, 21-11	0:41
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	12	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	22-20, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-2
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	Li/Zhou	25	21-17, 21-17	0:44
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 24 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	25	Li/Zhou	24, Q14	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	19	Horrem/Maaseide	14	21-19, 22-20	0:44
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 # 28 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	23, Q6	Li/Zhou	26, Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 32, Q25 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Li/Zhou	Q8	17-21, 21-18, 28-26	1:10
Trail the series against # Q11 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 # Q12 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Dugrip/Gagliano	10	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # Q15 Fuerbringer/Scott, United States 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Scott	23, Q19	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	11-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # Q17 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 # Q21 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
Lead the series against # Q24 Huth/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	Huth/Schneider	Q17	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # Q29 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