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US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(Q54) Georgios Knapek/Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece

Georgios Knapek
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 25, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fydek-Mistek

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB U21 World Championships Catania 2002)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Athens 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$1,765.00

Panagiotis Mourtzios
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	57	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$1,200.00
Overall	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	3	US$3,200.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Panagiotis Mourtzios - 57th	Georgios Knapek - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/26-29/2007	Geroskipou Challenger	Q6	21st	8	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 1	Stein Metzger / Mark Williams, United States (17, Q11)	Lost 16-21, 25-27	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$1,200.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$3,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Georgios Knapek												Panagiotis Mourtzios
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$765.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,050.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
15	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	$1,765.00	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	$3,050.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,000.00	2	8	20.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$1,200.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Georgios Knapek													Panagiotis Mourtzios
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$165.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
											2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$600.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	7	$1,765.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	10	$3,050.00

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	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	2-9	18.2%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-10	23.1%
2007-2008	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Challenger	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14

Head to Head Results
Knapek/Mourtzios trail the series against the field 0-5 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Knapek/Mourtzios	32	21-10, 21-10	0:29
Trail the series against # 17, Q11 Metzger/Williams, United States 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Metzger/Williams	17, Q11	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q54	21-16, 27-25	0:38
Trail the series against # 27 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q13	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # Q24 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Contender 2	Smedins/Smedins	9	Knapek/Mourtzios	11	25-23, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # Q37 Kufa/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB C&S	Geroskipou Challenger	Qualifier 2	Kufa/Rotrekl	Q11	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q6	21-10, 21-15	0:38