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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Orco Challenger
May 25 - 28, 2006

(1) Thanassis Michalopoulos/Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece

Thanassis Michalopoulos
Greece

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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 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 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 Brno Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Czech Republic Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/26/2006	Winner 2	Pavel Karpukhin / Mikhail Tarakanov, Russia (17, Q8)	Won 21-14, 23-21	0:41
Sat, 5/27/2006	Winner 3	Simon Dahl / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (24, Q32)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:47
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 3	Matthias Pompe / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (6)	Won 27-25, 21-16	0:50
Sat, 5/27/2006	Contender 4	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (2)	Lost 22-24, 21-16, 8-15	1:01

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 C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	8	$16,750.00	17	18	48.6 %
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
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
53	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	5	40	$15,422.50	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	13	$8,975.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2005-2006	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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
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
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 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 # 6 Pompe/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	Pompe/Urbatzka	6	27-25, 21-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 17, Q8 Karpukhin/Tarakanov, Russia 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	Karpukhin/Tarakanov	17, Q8	21-14, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 24, Q32 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 3	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	22-20, 21-15	0:47