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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 27 - November 1, 2009

(9) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Xi Zhang - 2nd	Ying Huang - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	17	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 1	Hiromi Suzuki / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (24)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:51
Thu, 10/29/2009	Contender 1	Marie-Andree Lessard / Annie Martin, Canada (8)	Won 21-10, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 10/30/2009	Contender 2	Linjun Ji / Chen Xue, China (23)	Lost 19-21, 15-21

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	0	$47,600.00	13	19	40.6 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	2	0	$67,100.00	20	21	48.8 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	$23,800.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	$23,800.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	5	3	2	0	$34,300.00	Total	Total	71	4	7	7	3	9	16	12	6	7	$345,750.00

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	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	6-16	27.3%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	8-13	38.1%

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 trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 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 # 8 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 1	Huang/Zhang	9	Lessard/Martin	8	21-10, 21-17	0:36
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	18	Huang/Zhang	15	21-19, 17-21, 20-18	1:01
Trail the series against # 13 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	15	Huang/Zhang	18	25-23, 22-20	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Kolocova/Slukova	32, Q28	Huang/Zhang	17	21-14, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 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 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 # 21 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 # 23 Ji/Xue, China 0-1
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Ji/Xue	23	Huang/Zhang	9	21-19, 21-15
Trail the series against # 24 Suzuki/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Suzuki/Tanaka	24	Huang/Zhang	9	22-20, 21-19	0:51
Trail the series against # Q1 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Baquerizo/Fernandez	31, Q21	Huang/Zhang	15	15-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:04