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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(Q11) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Manolis Roumeliotis - 41st	Did not play
2001	Manolis Roumeliotis - 49th	Did not play
2002	Georgios Knapek - 57th	Did not play
2003	Pavlos Beligratis - 57th	Did not play
2004	Pavlos Beligratis - 33rd	Andreas Gortsianiouk - 41st
2005	Emmanouil Xenakis - 33rd	Thanassis Michalopoulos - 33rd
2006	Emmanouil Xenakis - 33rd	Thanassis Michalopoulos - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	27, Q11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	20, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	21, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	Q7	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/26-30/2006	Cyprus Challenger	1	13th	24	US$900.00
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

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 2	Pavel Kolar / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (Q22)	Lost 11-21, 16-21	0:39

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	$15,400.00	13	14	48.1 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,100.00	2	4	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$6,000.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	14	$38,150.00	37	39	48.7 %
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	$7,700.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	$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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$3,000.00
67	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	8	46	$26,572.50	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	19	$20,125.00

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	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%
2006-2007	11	61.1%	5	27.8%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	4	17.4%	3	13.0%	16	69.6%	4-19	17.4%	11-16	40.7%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	20-21	48.8%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	5.6%	3	16.7%	14	77.8%	1-17	5.6%	10-28	26.3%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	8-18	30.8%

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 8-19 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q11	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 1	Baracetti/Conde	11	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q11	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	8	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	25, Q9	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	13	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	20, Q4	21-13, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool B	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	31, Q11	Doppler/Gartmayer	15	21-18, 23-21	0:48
Trail the series against # 18 "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
Trail the series against # 19 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	21, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 21 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q11	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q6	24-22, 20-22, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 27, Q15 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	20, Q4	Henriquez/Hernandez	Q13	15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against Kruger/Montgomery, Canada 0-2
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Kruger/Montgomery	29, Q10	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	20, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:41
10/24/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Kruger/Montgomery	29, Q10	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q7	21-12, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # Q9 Nishimura/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Nishimura/Watanabe	28, Q5	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	21, Q3	21-16, 18-21, 19-17	0:53
Lead the series against # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q16 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 # Q18 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q11	Smedins/Smedins	Q22	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # Q22 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-2
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Kolar/Tichy	Q22	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q11	21-11, 21-16	0:39
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Contender 1	Kolar/Tichy	8, Q1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	1	21-17, 21-14	0:40
Series tied with # Q24 Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro, Indonesia 1-1
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	21, Q3	Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro	Q19	27-25, 21-14	0:45
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro	31, Q21	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q5	10-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # Q26 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