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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Grand Slam Moscow 2009 presented by SEAT
July 13 - 18, 2009

(16) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Chen Xue - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	15	9th	400	US$11,000.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/15/2009	Pool A	Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (17)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:34
Wed, 7/15/2009	Pool A	Ekaterina Birlova / Anna Vozakova, Russia (32)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 7/16/2009	Pool A	Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-18, 30-32, 12-15	1:05
Thu, 7/16/2009	Winner 1	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (13)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-8	1:10
Fri, 7/17/2009	Winner 2	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)	Lost 13-21, 21-19, 19-21	1:07

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	$37,300.00	11	13	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	$56,800.00	18	15	54.5 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$18,650.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$18,650.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	$29,150.00	Total	Total	68	4	7	7	3	9	16	10	5	7	$340,600.00

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	11	61.1%	3	16.7%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	8	57.1%	2-12	14.3%	22-16	57.9%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	16-16	50.0%

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
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 14-12 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Antonelli/Antunes	1	Huang/Zhang	16	18-21, 32-30, 15-12	1:05
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Huang/Zhang	15	21-14, 17-21, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Huang/Zhang	16	21-13, 19-21, 21-19	1:07
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 7 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 # 9 Barsuk/Boyko, Russia 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Huang/Zhang	3	Barsuk/Boyko	30, Q13	21-15, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 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
Series tied with # 13 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Huang/Zhang	16	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	13	21-18, 16-21, 15-8	1:10
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Huang/Zhang	3	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 14 Xue/Zhang, China 1-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Xue/Zhang	18	Huang/Zhang	15	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:50
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Huang/Zhang	15	Xue/Zhang	16	21-19, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 15, Q2 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 # 17 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Huang/Zhang	16	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	17	21-12, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 18, Q3 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 # 19, Q7 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 # 25, Q6 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
Series tied with # 27, Q8 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 # 28 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 # 29, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 32 Birlova/Vozakova, Russia 1-0
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Huang/Zhang	16	Birlova/Vozakova	32	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against Borger/Brink-Abeler, Germany 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Huang/Zhang	8	Borger/Brink-Abeler	24, Q6	21-12, 21-14	0:34