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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 12 - 16, 2008

(15) Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, China

Ying Huang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Sanya 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$82,625.00

Xi Zhang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 19, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nantong

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$787,500.00

Awards

Most Outstanding 2008
Best Defensive Player 2010

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	2	US$73,100.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 1	Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (18)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 18-20	1:01
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 1	Manokharan Iswari / Luk Teng Kee, Malaysia (31, Q7)	Won 21-9, 21-10	0:27
Fri, 11/14/2008	Contender 2	Chen Xue / Ying Zhang, China (16)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:36
Fri, 11/14/2008	Contender 3	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (10)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
Fri, 11/14/2008	Contender 4	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (6)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:30
Sat, 11/15/2008	Contender 5	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (12)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:41
Sat, 11/15/2008	Contender 6	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (13)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:45
Sun, 11/16/2008	Semi-Finals	Nicole Branagh / Tyra Turner, United States (2)	Won 21-14, 22-20	0:41
Sun, 11/16/2008	Gold Medal	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	0:44

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$19,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	$43,100.00
Total	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	2	0	$73,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ying Huang												Xi Zhang
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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$68,875.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	0	$26,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	5	4	3	4	11	8	3	3	0	$347,975.00
24	0	1	0	0	1	6	7	5	0	$45,475.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	64	9	9	6	1	9	13	9	3	0	$368,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
46	0	1	0	0	2	10	12	10	0	$82,625.00	Total	115	15	14	11	7	20	23	12	6	0	$787,250.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00	7	2	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,500.00	7	2	77.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ying Huang													Xi Zhang
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	$10,750.00
											2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	5	$15,900.00
											2006	FIVB	13	2	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	$97,600.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	3	3	2	4	2	0	1	0	$109,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	2008	FIVB	11	2	1	4	0	1	2	1	0	0	$85,050.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,500.00	Total	Total	62	4	7	7	3	9	12	9	4	7	$321,950.00

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	14	56.0%	5	20.0%	6	24.0%	19-6	76.0%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	13	65.0%	3-17	15.0%	14-13	51.9%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	22-23	48.9%
2007-2008	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	7-2	77.8%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	16-6	72.7%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	9-7	56.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	12
Total	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	23

Head to Head Results
Huang/Zhang lead the series against the field 7-2 (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 # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	1	Huang/Zhang	15	21-17, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 2 Branagh/Turner, United States 1-0
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Huang/Zhang	15	Branagh/Turner	2	21-14, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Huang/Zhang	15	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Huang/Zhang	15	Tian/Wang	10	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 12 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
11/15/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Huang/Zhang	15	Gioria/Momoli	12	21-13, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
11/15/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Huang/Zhang	15	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	13	21-17, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Huang/Zhang	15	Xue/Zhang	16	21-19, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 18 Lessard/Martin, Canada 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	18	Huang/Zhang	15	21-19, 17-21, 20-18	1:01
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 Iswari/Teng Kee, Malaysia 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Huang/Zhang	15	Iswari/Teng Kee	31, Q7	21-9, 21-10	0:27