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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(23, Q1) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Shun Zhou - 57th	Jian Li - 57th
2007	Shun Zhou - 5th	Jian Li - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	22	17th	120	US$2,500.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool G	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (10)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:44
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool G	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (7)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool G	Mykola Babich / Sergiy Mykhaylov, Ukraine (26, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:39
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (14)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:45

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	$30,100.00	16	21	43.2 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	8	7	12	$94,700.00	46	61	43.0 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	$15,050.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	$15,050.00
34	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	7	12	$47,350.00	Total	Total	34	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	7	12	$47,350.00

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	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	3	11.1%	3	11.1%	21	77.8%	3-24	11.1%	18-38	32.1%	14-8	63.6%	1	1	17-24	41.5%

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 15-23 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Li/Zhou	26	21-13, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-4
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	14	Li/Zhou	30, Q6	20-22, 21-13, 15-13	1:02
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	Li/Zhou	27, Q6	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Li/Zhou	28, Q3	By Forfeit
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Li/Zhou	22	21-14, 21-14	0:38
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Li/Zhou	23, Q1	Schacht/Slack	7	By Forfeit
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	16	Li/Zhou	33	21-19, 21-16	0:42
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Li/Zhou	33	Schacht/Slack	16	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Li/Zhou	22	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:00
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 # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-2
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Schnider	10	Li/Zhou	23, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:44
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Laciga/Schnider	8	Li/Zhou	9	21-18, 24-22	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 "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
Trail the series against # 12 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
Series tied with # 14 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	14	Li/Zhou	23, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:45
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	32	Herrera/Mesa	17	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Series tied with # 15 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
Lead the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 2-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Li/Zhou	23, Q1	Babich/Mykhaylov	26, Q7	21-18, 21-11	0:39
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Li/Zhou	27, Q6	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q27	21-14, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q8 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