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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(Q9) 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$26,572.50

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$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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	25, Q9	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	1	7th	40	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	Q10	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q8	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	9	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	Q4	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	31, Q27	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q14	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	27, Q9	25th	40	US$2,000.00
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

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Nemanja Vucic / Nikola Vucic, Serbia (Q56)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:44
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 3	Simon Dahl / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (Q24)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:06
Thu, 6/8/2006	Qualifier 4	Nalbert Bitencourt / Luizao Correa, Brazil (27, Q25)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:38

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	0	$9,650.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	0	$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	0	$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	0	$937.50	World Championships
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,825.00
49	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	0	$17,510.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	0	$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
67	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	8	0	$26,572.50	Total	47	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	7	0	$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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	$14,750.00	16	16	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,500.00	7	3	70.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	9	$21,250.00	24	21	53.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thanassis Michalopoulos													Emmanouil Xenakis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
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
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
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
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	$7,375.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	$7,375.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
55	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	5	41	$17,672.50	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	14	$11,225.00

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%
2005-2006	15	57.7%	8	30.8%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	6	18.2%	3	9.1%	24	72.7%	6-27	18.2%	15-24	38.5%	14-6	70.0%	0	0	29-30	49.2%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	18-34	34.6%	18-8	69.2%	0	0	18-21	46.2%

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 trail the series against the field 10-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q27	21-16, 21-16	0:38
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 # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	25, Q9	21-11, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	8	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	25, Q9	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q14	Amore/Fenili	Q19	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 16 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	9	Arkaev/Barsuk	18	21-18, 15-21, 20-18	1:04
Lead the series against # 20, Q10 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	25, Q9	Berg/Svensson	Q8	21-17, 11-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 27, Q25 Bitencourt/Correa, Brazil 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q9	21-14, 21-14	0:38
Series tied with # Q5 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	9	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q4	16-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:55
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 # Q11 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
Trail the series against # Q12 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	25, Q9	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q8	21-19, 22-20	0:46
Series tied with # Q16 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 4	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	24-22, 16-21, 15-8	1:01
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q18	Galli/Raffaelli	Q15	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q23 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	25, Q9	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	9	25-23, 21-11	0:36
Series tied with # Q24 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q9	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q24	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:06
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 3	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	22-20, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # Q27 Peric/Steinocher, Croatia 1-0
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	25, Q9	Peric/Steinocher	10	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # Q34 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 0-1
8/24/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Magnusson	30, Q13	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q4	21-17, 24-22	0:45
Lead the series against # Q56 Vucic/Vucic, Serbia 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q9	Vucic/Vucic	Q56	21-14, 21-16	0:44