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June 8 - 12, 2005

(Q21) Thanassis Michalopoulos/Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece

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$29,950.05

Emmanouil Xenakis
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Brno 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Athens 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$24,400.69

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	27	33	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	6	0	8	6	US$38,150.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,100.00
Overall	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	6	1	8	6	US$40,250.00

Previous Zagreb Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q18	33rd	20	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		27th	12	€ 0.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	29, Q7	25th	36	US$2,000.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2005	Qualifier 1	Matko Culina / Marko Loncar, Croatia (Q44)	Won 21-10, 21-9	0:25
Wed, 6/8/2005	Qualifier 2	Taichi Morikawa / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (Q12)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:37
Wed, 6/8/2005	Qualifier 3	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (25, Q5)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$9,650.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	10	$28,500.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,100.00
Total	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	6	14	$40,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thanassis Michalopoulos												Emmanouil Xenakis
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$937.50	World Championships
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	$4,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$4,825.00
49	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	36	$17,510.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	26	$17,375.00
5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	$3,300.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,650.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$1,925.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
72	0	0	0	0	4	3	8	10	47	$28,497.50	Total	48	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	8	30	$23,850.00

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
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thanassis Michalopoulos													Emmanouil Xenakis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00	1999	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2000	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$450.00	2000	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2001	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,937.50	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,125.00	2003	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
51	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	5	37	$9,747.50	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	$1,375.00

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	20	58.8%	10	29.4%	4	11.8%	30-4	88.2%	7	16.7%	5	11.9%	30	71.4%	7-35	16.7%	20-30	40.0%	17-9	65.4%	0	0	37-39	48.7%
2004-2005	9	56.3%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	14	73.7%	3-16	15.8%	9-14	39.1%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	17-18	48.6%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	13	68.4%	4-15	21.1%	10-26	27.8%	16-6	72.7%	0	0	13-16	44.8%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	24	10	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	30
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	28	14	1	2	0	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	43

Head to Head Results
Michalopoulos/Xenakis lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
5/11/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Michalopoulos/Xenakis		21-19, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 25, Q5 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q12 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q12	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q13 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q18	Galli/Raffaelli	Q15	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q44 Culina/Loncar, Croatia 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	Culina/Loncar	Q44	21-10, 21-9	0:25