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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 21 - 26, 2009

(27, Q12) Cheng Chen/Jian Li, China

Cheng Chen
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 21, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fujian

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,075.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	4	2	3	US$45,050.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Shun Zhou - 41st
2007	Did not play	Shun Zhou - 7th
2008	Did not play	Shun Zhou - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q19	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	8	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	26	5th	360	US$8,500.00

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/21/2009	Qualifier 1	Jody Gooding / Luke Sheaf, England (Q21)	Won 17-11 Retired	0:28
Thu, 7/23/2009	Winner 1	Penggen Wu / Rui Yin, China (38)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:37
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (6)	Lost 15-21, 22-24	0:49

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$17,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	$28,050.00
Total	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	4	0	$45,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Cheng Chen												Jian Li
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	$19,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	0	$29,000.00
26	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	11	0	$21,025.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	0	0	0	0	6	7	8	11	0	$50,625.00
49	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	17	0	$40,075.00	Total	77	0	0	0	0	7	8	13	18	0	$88,625.00

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
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$6,000.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	$14,500.00	5	7	41.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Cheng Chen													Jian Li
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	3	$27,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	2	$19,300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,000.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	$7,250.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	8	14	$54,600.00

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	15	62.5%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	4	16.0%	4	16.0%	17	68.0%	4-21	16.0%	15-17	46.9%	9-8	52.9%	2	0	26-25	51.0%
2008-2009	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	3-6	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	1	0	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	6-8	42.9%	2-6	25.0%	1	0	5-7	41.7%

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	3	5	3	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	10	4	0	0	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	13
Total	0	0	4	5	13	10	0	0	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	25

Head to Head Results
Chen/Li lead the series against the field 4-3 (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 # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	6	Chen/Li	27, Q12	21-15, 24-22	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Chen/Li	26	Ces/Ces	2	21-11, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 17 Li/Xu, China 0-1
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Li/Xu	9	Chen/Li	26	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Chen/Li	26	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	23	23-21, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 38 Wu/Yin, China 1-0
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Chen/Li	27, Q12	Wu/Yin	38	21-16, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 39 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Baracetti/Salema	6	Chen/Li	26	10-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q21 Gooding/Sheaf, England 1-0
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Chen/Li	27, Q12	Gooding/Sheaf	Q21	17-11 Retired	0:28