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(15) Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, China

Ying Huang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 4, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Resides:

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 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nantong

Resides:

Arcadia, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

13

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

15

Career Winnings:

US$787,500.00

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	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	3	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	1	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	15	2	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

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Berlin	Did not play	Xiaoyan Hu - 33rd
2007	Gstaad	Did not play	Chen Xue - 4th
2011	Rome	Yuan Yue - 17th	Chen Xue - 3rd
2013	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	9	400	US$11,000.00

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 9-9

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