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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
May 8 - 13, 2012

(9) 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 Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	32	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	Q24	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	Q14	33rd	30	US$0.00

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/10/2012	Pool Q	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (24)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:41
Thu, 5/10/2012	Pool Q	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (25)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:39
Fri, 5/11/2012	Pool Q	Benjamin Insfran / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (8)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:38
Fri, 5/11/2012	Winner 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (23)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:53

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 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$13,100.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	9	7	14	$107,800.00	51	69	42.5 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	2	$19,300.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	$15,950.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	$7,550.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	$2,400.00	2010	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$6,550.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$6,550.00
57	0	0	0	0	4	6	11	9	27	$68,100.00	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	0	2	6	9	9	14	$55,800.00

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%
2011-2012	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	3-5	37.5%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	4.5%	4	18.2%	17	77.3%	1-21	4.5%	8-34	19.0%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	7-22	24.1%

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 7-22 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool J	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Li/Zhou	32	21-18, 17-21, 22-20	1:10
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Li/Zhou	30, Q6	21-17, 21-12	0:36
Series tied with # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-1
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	32	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	21-19, 18-21, 17-15	0:58
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Li/Zhou	26	21-13, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
5/5/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	7	Li/Zhou	32	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Li/Zhou	9	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-3
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	8	Li/Zhou	30, Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:37
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Li/Zhou	27, Q6	21-17, 21-14	0:39
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Li/Zhou	26	21-12, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 16, Q2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool J	Klemperer/Koreng	16	Li/Zhou	32	22-20, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
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 # 17, Q3 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool J	Li/Zhou	32	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	23-21, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 23 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-1
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23	Li/Zhou	9	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:53
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 # 24 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool Q	Li/Zhou	9	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 25 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	25	Li/Zhou	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 26 "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 # Q7 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-2
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q13	Li/Zhou	Q4	17-21, 31-29, 24-22
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q14	Li/Zhou	Q3	21-18, 13-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # Q10 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
Trail the series against # Q11 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 0-1
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Qualifier 3	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q3	Li/Zhou	Q14	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # Q16 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	26, Q9	Li/Zhou	Q24	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # Q27 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