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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$60,000 Cyprus Challenger
July 26 - 30, 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 Atlantida Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

Cyprus Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2006	Winner 1	Adrian Gavira / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (16, Q13)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:43
Fri, 7/28/2006	Contender 1	Pavel Kolar / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (8, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:40

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,100.00	2	4	33.3 %
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,100.00	2	4	33.3 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,050.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,050.00
61	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	5	43	$23,572.50	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	16	$17,125.00

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	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%

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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8, Q1 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Contender 1	Kolar/Tichy	8, Q1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	21-17, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 16, Q13 Gavira/Marco, Spain 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 1	Gavira/Marco	16, Q13	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	21-16, 21-18	0:43