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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(19) 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Emmanouil Xenakis - 25th	Thanassis Michalopoulos - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	31, Q11	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q13	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q9	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (14)	Lost 21-23, 15-21	1:02
Thu, 7/20/2006	Contender 1	Toni Kankaanpaa / Pekka Seppanen, Finland (30)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:30
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (13)	Lost 8-21, 17-21	0:34

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	$15,400.00	13	12	52.0 %
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	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	11	$32,150.00	30	30	50.0 %
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	$7,700.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	$7,700.00
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
60	0	0	0	0	4	2	6	5	43	$23,122.50	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	16	$16,675.00

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	4	36.4%	6	54.5%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	14	73.7%	3-16	15.8%	8-28	22.2%	18-6	75.0%	0	0	13-17	43.3%

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 11-16 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 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 0-3
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	15	21-12, 21-15	0:40
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q11	21-14, 21-19	0:45
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 # 9 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 # 10 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	25, Q9	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q24	21-17, 16-21, 19-17	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-2
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Pettersen	13	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	19	21-8, 21-17	0:34
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 # 14 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	14	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	19	23-21, 21-15	1:02
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Wu/Xu	18	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q11	21-14, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
Series tied with # 16 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Amore/Fenili	23	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q11	21-17, 21-17	0:45
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 # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	15	21-9, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 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 # 23 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
Series tied with # 24, 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 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 # 29, Q9 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 # 30 Kankaanpaa/Seppanen, Finland 2-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	19	Kankaanpaa/Seppanen	30	21-16, 21-19	0:30
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q5	Kankaanpaa/Seppanen	Q28	21-15, 18-21, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against # Q4 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q20	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q13	17-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against # Q8 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q11	Lelliott/Reader	Q22	24-22, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q12 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