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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Shanghai Grand Slam
April 30 - May 4, 2013

(8) Peng Gao/Linyin Xu, China

Peng Gao
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jilin

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sentosa 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$46,614.66

Linyin Xu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 20, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hebei

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$407,425.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007
Most Inspirational 2010

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$7,700.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Qiang Xu - 13th
2006	Did not play	Penggen Wu - 9th
2007	Qiang Xu - 41st	Penggen Wu - 5th
2008	Qiang Xu - 17th	Penggen Wu - 2nd
2009	Yang Li - 33rd	Jialu Li - 5th
2010	Jian Li - 17th	Penggen Wu - 13th
2011	Cheng Chen - 25th	Penggen Wu - 5th
2012	Did not play	Penggen Wu - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	8	9th	250	US$4,000.00

Shanghai Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/1/2013	Pool H	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (25, Q8)	Won 21-15, 25-23	0:47
Wed, 5/1/2013	Pool H	Vitor Felipe / Evandro Goncalves, Brazil (24)	Lost 26-24, 13-21, 11-15	0:56
Thu, 5/2/2013	Pool H	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (9)	Lost 21-16, 12-21, 12-15	0:50
Fri, 5/3/2013	Winner 1	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (12)	Lost 13-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:48

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Peng Gao												Linyin Xu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$17,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	1	1	1	1	9	12	5	7	0	$187,750.00
35	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	9	0	$28,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	5	3	3	10	19	2	1	0	$202,025.00
15	1	0	2	0	3	2	3	1	0	$10,125.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
68	1	0	2	0	4	4	13	12	0	$46,275.00	Total	101	2	6	4	4	20	33	9	9	0	$407,425.00

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
2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,700.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,700.00	4	5	44.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Peng Gao													Linyin Xu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,000.00
											2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	$12,625.00
											2006	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	1	6	2	1	1	$44,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	9	3	0	0	0	$70,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	5	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$91,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,550.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	$26,950.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	$2,400.00	2010	FIVB	13	2	0	1	1	1	7	0	1	0	$79,525.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	$7,300.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	2	5	1	1	0	$51,100.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	$25,450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,850.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,850.00
32	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	21	$19,350.00	Total	Total	101	2	6	4	4	20	33	9	9	14	$407,425.00

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	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-1	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
2012-2013	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-1	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-2	66.7%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5

Head to Head Results
Gao/Xu trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	9	Gao/Xu	8	16-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:50
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	9	Gao/Xu	8	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 12 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-2
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	12	Gao/Xu	8	21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:48
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Filho/Santos	14	Gao/Xu	8	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 19 Spijkers/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-0
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Gao/Xu	8	Spijkers/van de Velde	18	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 24 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Felipe/Goncalves	24	Gao/Xu	8	24-26, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 25, Q8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Gao/Xu	8	Huber/Seidl	25, Q8	21-15, 25-23	0:47
Lead the series against # 29, Q13 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Gao/Xu	8	Kapa/McHugh	24	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # Q20 Ces/Rowlandson, France 1-0
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Gao/Xu	8	Ces/Rowlandson	25, Q17	21-15, 21-23, 15-13	0:46