Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
April 28 - May 3, 2008
(6) 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: 12
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: 13
Tournaments: 136
Career Best: 2nd (FIVB Montréal 2007)
Career Winnings: US$268,020.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172533Money
FIVB6901326101681661 US$435,690.00
Previous Shanghai Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2005 Joshua Slack - 9th Andrew Schacht - 9th
2006 Joshua Slack - 7th Andrew Schacht - 7th
2007 Joshua Slack - 13th Andrew Schacht - 13th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 3/25-30/2008 Adelaide Australia Open 6 17th 120 US$2,500.00
FIVB 7/24-29/2007 Gstaad World Championships 16 3rd 800 US$35,000.00
FIVB 7/18-22/2007 Marseille Open 8 5th 360 US$10,000.00
FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam 13 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 7/3-8/2007 Montréal Open 7 2nd 540 US$22,000.00
FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam 18 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam 15, Q2 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open 12 13th 180 US$4,500.00
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
China Shanghai Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 4/30/2008 Winner 1 Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (27, Q8) Won 21-16, 21-9 0:38
Wed, 4/30/2008 Winner 2 Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (11) Won 21-18, 26-24 0:51
Thu, 5/1/2008 Winner 3 Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3) Lost 15-21, 21-18, 18-20 1:05
Thu, 5/1/2008 Contender 4 Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (16) Won 21-17, 21-11 0:39
Fri, 5/2/2008 Contender 5 Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2) Lost 19-21, 21-19, 11-15 1:03
Head to Head Results
Schacht/Slack lead the series against the field 46-30 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 4-7
7/29/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Bronze Medal Schacht/Slack 16 Rego/Santos 1 21-17, 21-19 0:42
7/8/07FIVBMontréal Open Gold Medal Rego/Santos 1 Schacht/Slack 7 17-21, 21-13, 18-16 1:01
6/22/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool B Schacht/Slack 15, Q2 Rego/Santos 2 21-19, 27-25 0:54
9/2/05FIVBGreece Open Winner 3 Schacht/Slack 7 Rego/Santos 2 21-16, 21-18 0:51
8/26/05FIVBCanada Open Winner 3 Rego/Santos 1 Schacht/Slack 8 27-25, 17-21, 15-8 1:08
7/23/05FIVBPoland Open Contender 5 Rego/Santos 2 Schacht/Slack 17 21-11, 21-19 0:47
5/20/05FIVBChina Open Winner 3 Rego/Santos 1 Schacht/Slack 8 21-19, 19-21, 15-12 1:14
8/17/04FIVBAthens XXVIII Olympic Games Pool A Rego/Santos 1 Schacht/Slack 13 21-17, 21-17 0:44
3/18/04FIVBBrazil Open Winner 2 Rego/Santos 1 Schacht/Slack 17 30-32, 21-17, 15-12 1:14
7/27/03FIVBPortugal Open Semi-Finals Rego/Santos 1 Schacht/Slack 16 23-21, 21-16 0:48
7/25/03FIVBPortugal Open Pool A Schacht/Slack 16 Rego/Santos 1 21-16, 21-11 0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-3
5/2/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Contender 5 Marques/Solberg 2 Schacht/Slack 6 21-19, 19-21, 15-11 1:03
7/20/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 4 Schacht/Slack 8 Marques/Solberg 4 21-14, 21-16 0:42
7/14/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Winner 1 Marques/Solberg 11, Q1 Schacht/Slack 13 21-18, 21-19 0:47
5/9/07FIVBBahrain Open Winner 2 Marques/Solberg 6, Q1 Schacht/Slack 11 21-16, 21-19 0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-4
5/1/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Winner 3 Araujo/Magalhaes 3 Schacht/Slack 6 21-15, 18-21, 20-18 1:05
7/21/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 5 Schacht/Slack 8 Araujo/Magalhaes 2 18-21, 21-19, 15-12 1:06
6/30/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 2 Araujo/Magalhaes 13 Schacht/Slack 18 19-21, 21-15, 15-8 0:59
6/7/07FIVBZagreb Open Winner 2 Schacht/Slack 18 Araujo/Magalhaes 2 21-23, 21-18, 15-13 1:12
5/26/06FIVBChina Open Contender 5 Araujo/Magalhaes 2 Schacht/Slack 11 21-16, 21-17 0:45
7/21/05FIVBPoland Open Winner 2 Araujo/Magalhaes 1 Schacht/Slack 17 21-13, 21-16 0:49
Lead the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 4-0
7/26/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool V Schacht/Slack 16 Wu/Xu 9 21-14, 21-13 0:39
7/6/07FIVBMontréal Open Winner 4 Schacht/Slack 7 Wu/Xu 3 26-28, 21-18, 15-11 1:09
8/3/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool D Schacht/Slack 20 Wu/Xu 13 13-21, 21-18, 15-13 1:01
5/25/06FIVBChina Open Contender 4 Schacht/Slack 11 Wu/Xu 9 21-19, 21-17 0:40
Series tied with # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
7/27/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 16 Reckermann/Urbatzka 15 21-18, 21-19 0:47
6/15/07FIVBEspinho Open Contender 3 Reckermann/Urbatzka 19 Schacht/Slack 12 21-19, 21-17 0:53
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-4
7/20/07FIVBMarseille Open Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 1 Schacht/Slack 8 21-18, 21-18 0:50
8/4/06FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool D Cunha/Neto 4 Schacht/Slack 20 19-21, 22-20, 15-13 1:12
7/21/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 4 Schacht/Slack 12 21-18, 21-14 0:44
7/14/06FIVBCanada Open Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 3 Schacht/Slack 6 21-16, 22-20 0:50
Series tied with # 9 Li/Zhou, China 1-1
7/28/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Winner 3 Schacht/Slack 16 Li/Zhou 33 21-19, 21-16 0:42
7/24/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool V Li/Zhou 33 Schacht/Slack 16 21-18, 21-19 0:43
Series tied with # 10 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-1
7/25/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Pool V Schacht/Slack 16 Deulofeu/Salvetti 40 22-20, 21-13 0:43
8/11/06FIVBPoland Open Contender 4 Deulofeu/Salvetti 23, Q6 Schacht/Slack 13 23-21, 21-16 0:43
Lead the series against # 11 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 4-0
4/30/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Winner 2 Schacht/Slack 6 De Gruijter/Ronnes 11 21-18, 26-24 0:51
7/7/07FIVBMontréal Open Semi-Finals Schacht/Slack 7 De Gruijter/Ronnes 13 22-20, 20-22, 15-10 1:04
8/10/06FIVBPoland Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 13 De Gruijter/Ronnes 20 21-10, 21-18 0:47
8/4/05FIVBAustria Grand Slam Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 17, Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes 16 24-22, 17-21, 15-11 1:06
Trail the series against # 12 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
5/10/07FIVBBahrain Open Contender 3 Herrera/Mesa 13 Schacht/Slack 11 21-17, 21-14 0:46
6/29/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool E Herrera/Mesa 28, Q5 Schacht/Slack 5 18-21, 27-25, 15-13 1:09
Lead the series against # 13 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-1
7/12/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool D Schacht/Slack 13 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 20 16-21, 21-19, 16-14 1:00
6/28/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool B "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 15, Q2 Schacht/Slack 18 21-16, 21-16 0:44
6/16/06FIVBPortugal Open Contender 2 Schacht/Slack 5 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 22, Q9 21-12, 21-19 0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
6/14/07FIVBEspinho Open Winner 1 Plavins/Samoilovs 21 Schacht/Slack 12 21-14, 21-16 0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
8/19/04FIVBAthens XXVIII Olympic Games Pool A Schacht/Slack 13 Horrem/Maaseide 24 21-18, 21-17 0:45
6/18/04FIVBSwitzerland Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 12 Horrem/Maaseide 21 21-23, 21-18, 15-11 1:07
Lead the series against # 16 Lione/Varnier, Italy 3-1
5/1/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Contender 4 Schacht/Slack 6 Lione/Varnier 16 21-17, 21-11 0:39
6/7/07FIVBZagreb Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 18 Lione/Varnier 15 19-21, 21-19, 15-10 1:07
6/30/06FIVBNorway Grand Slam Pool E Lione/Varnier 12 Schacht/Slack 5 16-21, 22-20, 15-10 0:57
9/3/05FIVBGreece Open Contender 6 Schacht/Slack 7 Lione/Varnier 29, Q14 21-16, 18-21, 21-19 1:18
Lead the series against # 17 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-1
7/21/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 6 Asahi/Shiratori 18 Schacht/Slack 8 14-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:57
7/6/07FIVBMontréal Open Winner 3 Schacht/Slack 7 Asahi/Shiratori 18 21-19, 21-14 0:43
6/8/07FIVBZagreb Open Winner 3 Schacht/Slack 18 Asahi/Shiratori 26, Q13 21-19, 21-16 0:42
Lead the series against # 19 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
7/19/07FIVBMarseille Open Winner 2 Schacht/Slack 8 Dugrip/Gagliano 9 21-13, 21-17 0:42
Series tied with # 21 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-2
7/5/07FIVBMontréal Open Winner 2 Schacht/Slack 7 Kjemperud/Skarlund 10 25-23, 21-14 0:47
5/3/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 3 Kjemperud/Skarlund 14 Schacht/Slack 11 21-18, 27-25 0:54
7/13/06FIVBCanada Open Winner 2 Schacht/Slack 6 Kjemperud/Skarlund 11 19-21, 21-19, 15-11 1:04
6/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 2 Kjemperud/Skarlund 12 Schacht/Slack 5 21-15, 21-15 0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/8/07FIVBZagreb Open Winner 4 Schacht/Slack 18 Cadieux/Heese 22 21-12, 21-19 0:44
Lead the series against # 23 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 6-1
7/13/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool D Schacht/Slack 13 Lochhead/Pitman 29, Q5 21-13, 14-21, 15-7 0:49
6/14/07FIVBEspinho Open Contender 1 Schacht/Slack 12 Lochhead/Pitman 28, Q4 21-15, 21-19 0:42
5/9/07FIVBBahrain Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 11 Lochhead/Pitman 22 21-17, 21-13 0:41
7/21/06FIVBSt. Petersburg Open Contender 4 Schacht/Slack 12 Lochhead/Pitman 26, Q3 21-15, 19-21, 18-16 1:02
8/26/05FIVBCanada Open Contender 4 Schacht/Slack 8 Lochhead/Pitman 19 24-22, 24-22 1:07
7/22/05FIVBPoland Open Contender 3 Schacht/Slack 17 Lochhead/Pitman 26, Q10 21-19, 21-18 0:47
6/23/05FIVBBerlin World Championships Contender 1 Lochhead/Pitman 41 Schacht/Slack 11 27-25, 21-17 0:56
Lead the series against # 24 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 3-0
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Schacht/Slack 15, Q2 Brenha/Maia Q15 21-17, 21-15 0:44
9/6/03FIVBSpain Open Pool B Schacht/Slack 18 Brenha/Maia 15 21-15, 19-21, 15-9 0:54
9/7/02FIVBSpain Open Pool C Schacht/Slack 14 Brenha/Maia 19 By Forfeit 0:38
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
4/30/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 6 Koshkarev/Prokopiev 27, Q8 21-16, 21-9 0:38
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
5/10/07FIVBBahrain Open Contender 2 Schacht/Slack 11 Pedrosa/Rosas 21 21-15, 21-16 0:49
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
7/5/07FIVBMontréal Open Winner 1 Schacht/Slack 7 Ces/Ces 26, Q2 21-11, 21-14 0:37
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool B Schacht/Slack 15, Q2 Ces/Ces 31 21-19, 14-21, 18-16 1:12
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
7/29/05FIVBFrance Grand Slam Contender 2 Schacht/Slack 20, Q3 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal 14 By Forfeit  
Lead the series against # Q15 Augoustides/Flisberg, South Africa 1-0
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Schacht/Slack 15, Q2 Augoustides/Flisberg Q31 21-17, 21-13 0:43