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

(12) Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia

Andrew Schacht
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaïde

Height:

191 cm (6'4")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

118

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$237,120.00

Joshua Slack
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Montréal 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$268,020.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	69	0	1	3	2	6	10	16	8	16	6	1	US$435,690.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Victor Anfilloff - 33rd	Did not play
1998	Rowan Searle - 41st	Did not play
1999	Victor Anfilloff - 41st	Matthew Grinlaubs - 37th
2000	Victor Anfilloff - 17th	Matthew Grinlaubs - 9th
2001	Did not play	Jarrod Novosel - 17th
2002	Joshua Slack - 5th	Andrew Schacht - 5th
2003	Joshua Slack - 3rd	Andrew Schacht - 3rd
2004	Joshua Slack - 17th	Andrew Schacht - 17th
2006	Joshua Slack - 13th	Andrew Schacht - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	18	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	11	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	11	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	13	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	12	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	5	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	5	13th	180	US$4,500.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (21)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:43
Thu, 6/14/2007	Contender 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (28, Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:42
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 2	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (22)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:46
Fri, 6/15/2007	Contender 3	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (19)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:53

Head to Head Results
Schacht/Slack trail the series against the field 31-32 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-6
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	7	Rego/Santos	2	21-16, 21-18	0:51
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	8	27-25, 17-21, 15-8	1:08
7/23/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 5	Rego/Santos	2	Schacht/Slack	17	21-11, 21-19	0:47
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	8	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:14
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	13	21-17, 21-17	0:44
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	17	30-32, 21-17, 15-12	1:14
7/27/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Schacht/Slack	16	23-21, 21-16	0:48
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	16	Rego/Santos	1	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-3
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Cunha/Neto	4	Schacht/Slack	20	19-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:12
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	4	Schacht/Slack	12	21-18, 21-14	0:44
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	3	Schacht/Slack	6	21-16, 22-20	0:50
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Schacht/Slack	7	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	1:04
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Schacht/Slack	11	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:06
Lead the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 2-0
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Schacht/Slack	20	Wu/Xu	13	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:01
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	11	Wu/Xu	9	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Bronze Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Schacht/Slack	18	21-14, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Schacht/Slack	11	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	18	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-23, 21-18, 15-13	1:12
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Schacht/Slack	11	21-16, 21-17	0:45
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Schacht/Slack	17	21-13, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Pedrosa/Rosas	21	21-15, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 2-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Brenha/Maia	15	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:54
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Schacht/Slack	14	Brenha/Maia	19	By Forfeit	0:38
Trail the series against # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-2
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Schacht/Slack	11	21-18, 27-25	0:54
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	6	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:04
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Schacht/Slack	5	21-15, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-8
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	6	Schacht/Slack	11	25-23, 12-21, 19-17	1:14
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	4	Schacht/Slack	13	22-20, 21-12	0:46
7/22/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	8	Schacht/Slack	12	21-16, 28-26	0:57
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	13	Schacht/Slack	7	21-16, 21-15	0:47
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Baracetti/Conde	6	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 5	Baracetti/Conde	14	Schacht/Slack	11	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:12
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	11	Schacht/Slack	12	21-17, 21-19	0:46
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	7	Schacht/Slack	18	22-20, 21-15	0:43
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Schacht/Slack	14	21-16, 16-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 2-1
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Doppler/Gartmayer	13	Schacht/Slack	5	23-21, 18-21, 16-14	1:09
6/3/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 5	Schacht/Slack	7	Doppler/Gartmayer	16	21-16, 21-19	0:39
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	11	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	21-15, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	18	Lione/Varnier	15	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:07
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Lione/Varnier	12	Schacht/Slack	5	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:57
9/3/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Schacht/Slack	7	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	21-16, 18-21, 21-19	1:18
Trail the series against # 16 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	13	Schacht/Slack	11	21-17, 21-14	0:46
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool E	Herrera/Mesa	28, Q5	Schacht/Slack	5	18-21, 27-25, 15-13	1:09
Lead the series against # 17 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 4	Schacht/Slack	18	Cadieux/Heese	22	21-12, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	5	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22, Q9	21-12, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 19 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Schacht/Slack	12	21-19, 21-17	0:53
Trail the series against # 21 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	Schacht/Slack	12	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 2-0
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	12	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22	21-13, 21-18	0:46
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Leinemann/VanHuizen	22	26-24, 21-18	0:57
Lead the series against # 23, Q8 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	18	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	13	Horrem/Maaseide	24	21-18, 21-17	0:45
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	12	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-23, 21-18, 15-11	1:07
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	13	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	21-10, 21-18	0:47
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	24-22, 17-21, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q6	21-16, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 5-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 1	Schacht/Slack	12	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:42
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-17, 21-13	0:41
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	12	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	1:02
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	8	Lochhead/Pitman	19	24-22, 24-22	1:07
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	17	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:47
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	41	Schacht/Slack	11	27-25, 21-17	0:56
Lead the series against # Q9 Nishimura/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Nishimura/Watanabe	28, Q5	21-13, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # Q16 Lelliott/Reader, Canada 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	6	Lelliott/Reader	27, Q9	21-18, 21-14	0:44