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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Open
October 7 - 11, 2014

(1) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Cong Yang - 9th	Jiaxin Wu - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	24, Q2	25th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	27	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	5	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	18	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	9	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	24, Q7	5th	300	US$6,500.00

Xiamen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2014	Pool A	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (17, Q2)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:35
Thu, 10/9/2014	Pool A	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (16)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 10/10/2014	Winner 2	Murat Giginoglu / Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye (2)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:40

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 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	$21,750.00	13	12	52.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	4	5	$45,050.00	26	25	51.0 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	1	$11,275.00	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	1	$11,275.00
44	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	13	22	$38,475.00	Total	Total	69	0	0	0	0	7	7	13	13	29	$85,625.00

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%
2013-2014	12	66.7%	4	22.2%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	4	21.1%	4	21.1%	11	57.9%	4-15	21.1%	12-11	52.2%	8-6	57.1%	1	0	21-17	55.3%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	12-4	75.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	8-2	80.0%

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 8-2 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	2	Chen/Li	1	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 0-1
5/30/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool E	O'Gorman/Pedlow	12	Chen/Li	5	21-17, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool E	Chen/Li	5	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	28, Q6	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Chen/Li	5	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	11	21-11, 35-33	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool E	Chen/Li	5	Dressler/Kunert	21	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Chen/Li	1	Garcia/Marco	16	21-12, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Chen/Li	1	Eithun/Horrem	17, Q2	21-11, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
5/9/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Chen/Li	18	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-11, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 2-0
7/22/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Qualifier 2	Chen/Li	24, Q2	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q15	21-17, 21-11	0:38
12/11/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Qualifier 2	Chen/Li	24, Q7	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q10	17-21, 30-28, 15-11	1:10