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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(27, Q9) Thanassis Michalopoulos/Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece

Thanassis Michalopoulos
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 29, 1973 (51 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

Emmanouil Xenakis
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1978 (46 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$23,850.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	8	6	US$38,150.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,100.00
Overall	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	6	8	6	US$40,250.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	32, Q22	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q21	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q18	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	29, Q7	25th	36	US$2,000.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/6/2005	Qualifier 2	Leonid Kalinine / Pavel Karpukhin, Russia (Q24)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
Wed, 7/6/2005	Qualifier 3	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (Q8)	Won 13-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:00
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (6)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:39
Thu, 7/7/2005	Contender 1	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (11)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:40

Head to Head Results
Michalopoulos/Xenakis trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	6	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q9	21-13, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q6	21-19, 11-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 10 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Pettersen	16	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	21-19, 21-16	0:24
Trail the series against # 11 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Berger/Doppler	11	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q9	21-15, 21-19	0:40
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 16 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 1-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	Boersma/Kogel	Q11	25-23, 21-19	0:48
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Boersma/Kogel	20	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	29, Q7	21-13, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Watanabe	32, Q13	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q20	28-26, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q8 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q9	Ces/Dugrip	Q8	13-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # Q24 Kalinine/Karpukhin, Russia 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q9	Kalinine/Karpukhin	Q24	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:50