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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 World Series 13
July 15 - 20, 2008

(22) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Shun Zhou - 41st	Jian Li - 41st
2007	Shun Zhou - 7th	Jian Li - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	30, Q6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	27, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	28, Q3	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	26	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	26	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	9	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	20	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	15	9th	200	US$5,100.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	33	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	23, Q2	7th	300	US$8,000.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/17/2008	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (11)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:45
Thu, 7/17/2008	Contender 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6)	Won 26-24, 21-17	0:46
Fri, 7/18/2008	Contender 2	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (21)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:40

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	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	$54,100.00	21	26	44.7 %
2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	$25,000.00	14	19	42.4 %
Total	FIVB	33	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	7	7	12	$89,600.00	44	59	42.7 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	3	$27,050.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	3	$27,050.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	$12,500.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	$12,500.00
33	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	7	12	$44,800.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	7	12	$44,800.00

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%
2007-2008	24	60.0%	6	15.0%	10	25.0%	30-10	75.0%	6	14.3%	5	11.9%	31	73.8%	6-36	14.3%	24-31	43.6%	12-15	44.4%	1	1	37-47	44.0%
Against the Field	10	66.7%	3	20.0%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	5	20.8%	2	8.3%	17	70.8%	5-19	20.8%	20-34	37.0%	16-8	66.7%	0	0	18-21	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	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 17-19 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Wu/Xu, China 0-4
8/11/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	4	Li/Zhou	15	21-14, 21-16	0:38
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Wu/Xu	9	Li/Zhou	33	21-18, 21-18	0:42
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
Series tied with # 2 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	4	Li/Zhou	20	21-17, 21-14	0:40
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	Marques/Solberg	Q1	21-17, 28-26	0:58
Lead the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	12	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 5 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 1-0
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Li/Zhou	30, Q6	Insfran/Neto	19	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Series tied with # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	22	Baracetti/Conde	6	26-24, 21-17	0:46
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	6	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	21-16, 21-18	0:54
Trail the series against # 7 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-3
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Li/Zhou	15	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	0:57
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Li/Zhou	33	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-15, 21-19	0:46
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 # 8 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 # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 2-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Li/Zhou	33	Deulofeu/Salvetti	40	21-13, 25-23	0:44
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	21-17, 15-21, 15-8	0:56
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 # 11 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-2
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	11	Li/Zhou	22	22-20, 21-19	0:45
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Li/Zhou	15	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	21-17, 21-19	0:41
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	Li/Zhou	Q10	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Li/Zhou	27, Q6	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	19-21, 21-18, 30-28	1:11
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	33	Lochhead/Pitman	46	27-25, 21-23, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against # 14 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Li/Zhou	20	Berg/Brinkborg	19, Q7	21-13, 21-19	0:43
Series tied with # 17 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	20	Gosch/Horst	13	16-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:58
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Li/Zhou	25	24-26, 21-17, 15-11	1:05
Series tied with # 18 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Li/Zhou	15	Asahi/Shiratori	17	21-16, 21-13	0:40
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	21-18, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 21 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	21	Li/Zhou	22	21-11, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	15	Cadieux/Heese	18	21-16, 26-24	0:54
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Li/Zhou	30, Q6	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q27	21-13, 25-23	0:37
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	Grotowski/Weaver	Q34	15-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:57