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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 China Shanghai Open
April 28 - May 2, 2009

(1) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Linjun Ji - 25th
2005	Did not play	Xiaoyan Hu - 9th
2006	Did not play	Chen Xue - 1st
2007	Did not play	Chen Xue - 5th
2008	Did not play	Chen Xue - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	15	2nd	540	US$19,500.00

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2009	Winner 1	Zhongji Jiang / Jieqiong Jin, China (32, Q12)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:38
Thu, 4/30/2009	Winner 2	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (16)	Won 23-21, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
Thu, 4/30/2009	Winner 3	Jie Wang / Man Zuo, China (8)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:30
Fri, 5/1/2009	Contender 4	Heike Jensen / Becchara Palmer, Australia (20)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:38

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 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$25,500.00	9	4	69.2 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$13,500.00	Total	Total	63	4	7	7	3	9	13	9	4	7	$324,950.00

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%
2008-2009	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%
Against the Field	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	10-10	50.0%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	8-10	44.4%

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 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 8 Wang/Zuo, China 0-1
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Wang/Zuo	8	Huang/Zhang	1	21-16, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 16 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Huang/Zhang	1	Candelas/Garcia	16	23-21, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 20 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 0-1
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Jensen/Palmer	20	Huang/Zhang	1	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 32, Q12 Jiang/Jin, China 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Huang/Zhang	1	Jiang/Jin	32, Q12	21-19, 21-17	0:38