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(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:

6

Tournaments:

46

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:

13

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

15

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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Linjun Ji - 33rd
2005	Did not play	Xiaoyan Hu - 13th
2006	Did not play	Chen Xue - 5th
2007	Did not play	Chen Xue - 9th
2008	Did not play	Chen Xue - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	3	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	1	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	15	2nd	540	US$19,500.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool J

Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (34)

Won 23-25, 24-22, 15-12

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ying Huang	Total	43	26	6	0.465	5	1	4	9
	1	16	8	3	0.313	2	0	1	3
	2	18	9	3	0.333	2	1	1	4
	3	9	9	0	1.000	1	0	2	2
Xi Zhang	Total	24	15	6	0.375	0	6	2	4
	1	10	8	2	0.600	0	0	0	3
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	3	1	0
	3	4	1	3	-0.500	0	3	1	1

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool J

Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (39)

Won 21-19, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ying Huang	Total	33	19	5	0.424	2	1	3	3
	1	18	10	4	0.333	1	1	2	2
	2	15	9	1	0.533	1	0	1	1
Xi Zhang	Total	15	6	3	0.200	0	10	1	2
	1	7	2	2	0.000	0	4	0	1
	2	8	4	1	0.375	0	6	1	1

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool J

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (10)

Lost 11-21, 14-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ying Huang	Total	28	10	9	0.036	0	2	1	4
	1	15	3	7	-0.267	0	1	1	2
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	1	0	2
Xi Zhang	Total	12	7	2	0.417	0	7	2	1
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	0	0
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	3	2	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (16)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ying Huang	Total	26	18	3	0.577	6	0	2	4
	1	13	8	2	0.462	4	0	1	1
	2	13	10	1	0.692	2	0	1	3
Xi Zhang	Total	16	10	3	0.438	0	11	0	4
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	7	0	2
	2	7	6	1	0.714	0	4	0	2

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (5)

Lost 20-22, 16-21

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ying Huang	Total	28	12	7	0.179	3	1	4	6
	1	12	5	2	0.250	1	0	2	4
	2	16	7	5	0.125	2	1	2	2
Xi Zhang	Total	26	11	8	0.115	0	15	0	0
	1	19	9	6	0.158	0	10	0	0
	2	7	2	2	0.000	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ying Huang	158	85	30	0.348	16	5	14	26
Xi Zhang	93	49	22	0.290	0	49	5	11
Total	251	134	52	0.327	16	54	19	37
Opponents	209	103	34	0.330	18	58	15	15

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Xiaoyan Hu - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Chen Xue - 4th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Xi Zhang - 9th	Ying Huang - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Yuan Yue - 17th	Chen Xue - 3rd
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Chen Xue - 1st

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	15	9th	400	US$11,000.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$25,800.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$45,300.00	15	10	60.0 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$12,900.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$12,900.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$23,400.00	Total	Total	66	4	7	7	3	9	15	10	4	7	$334,850.00

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	8	47.1%	4	23.5%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	1	7.7%	4	30.8%	8	61.5%	1-12	7.7%	16-16	50.0%	10-18	35.7%	0	0	13-17	43.3%

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
Series tied against the field 9-9 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-2
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Huang/Zhang	8	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:01
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	1	Huang/Zhang	15	21-17, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	5	Huang/Zhang	15	22-20, 21-16	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 4	Hakedal/Torlen	13	Huang/Zhang	8	21-18, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Huang/Zhang	15	21-11, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 14 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Huang/Zhang	3	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Huang/Zhang	15	Pohl/Rau	16	21-15, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Huang/Zhang	3	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 28 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
Series tied with # 32 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 1-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Huang/Zhang	8	Jensen/Palmer	25, Q7	23-21, 14-21, 15-10	0:49
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Jensen/Palmer	20	Huang/Zhang	1	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 34 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 2-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Huang/Zhang	15	Candelas/Garcia	34	23-25, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Huang/Zhang	1	Candelas/Garcia	16	23-21, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 39 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Huang/Zhang	15	Nystrom/Nystrom	39	21-19, 21-18	0:42