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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Paf Open
August 16 - 21, 2011

(30, Q19) Cheng Chen/Peng Gao, 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

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	8	1	US$14,600.00

Previous Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Jian Li - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q21	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q24	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	26, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	31, Q27	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q19	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	9	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00

Åland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/17/2011	Qualifier 1	Ville Heiskanen / Ilari Sivonen, Finland (Q46)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:45
Wed, 8/17/2011	Qualifier 2	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (Q14)	Won 20-22, 21-14, 15-12	0:51
Wed, 8/17/2011	Qualifier 3	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (Q3)	Won 16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:51
Thu, 8/18/2011	Winner 1	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (3)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:37
Thu, 8/18/2011	Contender 1	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (19)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:31

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	1	0	$8,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$14,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Cheng Chen												Peng Gao
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 Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	$19,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,150.00
26	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	11	0	$21,025.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	9	0	$28,000.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	1	0	2	0	3	2	3	1	0	$10,125.00
49	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	17	0	$40,075.00	Total	68	1	0	2	0	4	4	13	12	0	$46,275.00

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
2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	1	4	20.0 %
2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	$14,600.00	7	19	26.9 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	$14,600.00	8	23	25.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Cheng Chen													Peng Gao
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$4,000.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$4,550.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	$2,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	$7,300.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	$7,300.00
28	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	18	$16,550.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	19	$15,500.00

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	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	3	13.6%	3	13.6%	16	72.7%	3-19	13.6%	3-16	15.8%	7-8	46.7%	0	1	10-25	28.6%
2010-2011	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	3	13.6%	3	13.6%	16	72.7%	3-19	13.6%	3-16	15.8%	7-8	46.7%	0	1	10-25	28.6%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	2-16	11.1%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	7-11	38.9%

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

Head to Head Results
Chen/Gao trail the series against the field 6-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 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 0-1
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool K	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Chen/Gao	31, Q27	21-15, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Chen/Gao	30, Q19	21-17, 22-20	0:37
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Fijalek/Prudel	24	Chen/Gao	9	21-19, 17-21, 15-7	0:53
Trail the series against # 11 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Chen/Gao	26, Q4	21-19, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	18	Chen/Gao	31, Q27	21-16, 21-17
Trail the series against # 18 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	25, Q4	Chen/Gao	9	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 19 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 1	Plavins/Smedins	19	Chen/Gao	30, Q19	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 24, Q5 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Chen/Gao	31, Q27	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q11	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	Chen/Gao	9	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # Q3 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Chen/Gao	30, Q19	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q3	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # Q7 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Chen/Gao	31, Q27	Ces/Ces	Q6	25-23, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Series tied with # Q11 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jaani/Vesik	30, Q12	Chen/Gao	Q21	21-18, 21-12	0:34
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Chen/Gao	Q24	Jaani/Vesik	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # Q14 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 2	Chen/Gao	30, Q19	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	Q14	20-22, 21-14, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # Q30 Hasegawa/Inoue, Japan 0-1
7/20/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Qualifier 2	Hasegawa/Inoue	31, Q13	Chen/Gao	26, Q4	21-14, 12-21, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # Q46 Heiskanen/Sivonen, Finland 1-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 1	Chen/Gao	30, Q19	Heiskanen/Sivonen	Q46	17-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:45