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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003

(47) Pavlos Beligratis/Thanassis Michalopoulos, Greece

Pavlos Beligratis
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Berlin 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$5,547.50

Thanassis Michalopoulos
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 29, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Athens 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$26,572.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	7	4	US$8,395.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	7	4	US$9,895.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	32	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	6	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q22	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q27	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q23	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q31	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q23	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	9	25th	30	US$2,000.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool B	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (23)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:37
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool B	Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (26)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:33
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool B	Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (2)	Lost 10-21, 12-21	0:38

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Manolis Roumeliotis - 33rd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Thanassis Michalopoulos - 37th	Pavlos Beligratis - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	47	37th	80	US$1,875.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,520.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	$9,895.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pavlos Beligratis												Thanassis Michalopoulos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,825.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,260.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	0	$17,510.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,350.00	Challenger	5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	$3,300.00
35	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	$5,547.50	Total	67	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	8	0	$26,572.50

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
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,520.00	2	10	16.7 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$5,875.00	1	14	6.7 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	$8,395.00	3	26	10.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pavlos Beligratis													Thanassis Michalopoulos
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2000	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,260.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,937.50	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,937.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
26	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	20	$5,547.50	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	27	$6,447.50

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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	6.7%	28	93.3%	0-30	0.0%	3-28	9.7%	1-4	20.0%	0	2	4-34	10.5%
2002-2003	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	4.3%	22	95.7%	0-23	0.0%	2-22	8.3%	1-1	50.0%	0	1	3-24	11.1%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	17	100.0%	0-17	0.0%	2-30	6.3%	0-4	0.0%	0	2	1-19	5.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	12	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	20
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	3	14	3	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	36

Head to Head Results
Beligratis/Michalopoulos trail the series against the field 0-14 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 13 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	32	21-13, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	47	21-10, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool L	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	35	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 7 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	9	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	9	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Rogers/Scott	17	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	32	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q17	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 19 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Canet/Hamel	16	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	32	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Berg/Dahl	17	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	32	21-12, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 23 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Horrem/Maaseide	23	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	47	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 26 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-2
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool B	Prosser/Williams	26	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	47	21-12, 21-15	0:33
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Prosser/Williams	22, Q6	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q27	21-12, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 27 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	9	21-15, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 41 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	3	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	6	21-9, 21-17	0:34