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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$292,800 Durban Open
December 11 - 14, 2013

(24, Q7) 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 Durban Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	22	17th	200	US$2,300.00

Durban Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/11/2013	Qualifier 2	Jean-Baptiste Daguerre / Yannick Salvetti, France (Q10)	Won 17-21, 30-28, 15-11	1:10
Thu, 12/12/2013	Pool H	Thiago Barbosa / Oscar Brandao, Brazil (9)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:34
Thu, 12/12/2013	Pool H	Freedom Chiya / Grant Goldschmidt, South Africa (8)	Won 21-13, 21-7	0:31
Fri, 12/13/2013	Pool H	Leon Colina / Jackson Henriquez, Venezuela (25, Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:39
Fri, 12/13/2013	Winner 1	Armin Dollinger / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (22)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:32
Sat, 12/14/2013	Winner 2	Alison Cerutti / Vitor Felipe, Brazil (4)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 12/14/2013	Winner 3	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia (14)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:39

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$6,000.00	2	6	25.0 %
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$8,800.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	$23,300.00	13	13	50.0 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$4,000.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	$7,550.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	$2,400.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	$7,300.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,500.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$6,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$7,150.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$6,250.00
36	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	9	21	$27,200.00	Total	Total	61	0	0	0	0	5	6	13	9	28	$74,350.00

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	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%
2012-2013	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	5	71.4%	2-5	28.6%	5-5	50.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
Against the Field	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	14-10	58.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%

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
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 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Chen/Li	22	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 4 Cerutti/Felipe, Brazil 1-0
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 2	Chen/Li	24, Q7	Cerutti/Felipe	4	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Chiya/Goldschmidt, South Africa 1-0
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool H	Chen/Li	24, Q7	Chiya/Goldschmidt	8	21-13, 21-7	0:31
Trail the series against # 9 Barbosa/Brandao, Brazil 0-1
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool H	Barbosa/Brandao	9	Chen/Li	24, Q7	21-19, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 0-1
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Chen/Li	24, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Dollinger/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 1	Chen/Li	24, Q7	Dollinger/Kaczmarek	22	21-12, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 25, Q8 Colina/Henriquez, Venezuela 1-0
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool H	Chen/Li	24, Q7	Colina/Henriquez	25, Q8	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q10 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
12/11/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Qualifier 2	Chen/Li	24, Q7	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q10	17-21, 30-28, 15-11	1:10