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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(7) Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia

Andrew Schacht
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1973 (52 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 (48 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Jarrod Novosel - 9th
2002	Joshua Slack - 17th	Andrew Schacht - 17th
2003	Joshua Slack - 9th	Andrew Schacht - 9th
2004	Joshua Slack - 9th	Andrew Schacht - 9th
2005	Joshua Slack - 7th	Andrew Schacht - 7th
2006	Joshua Slack - 9th	Andrew Schacht - 9th
2007	Joshua Slack - 3rd	Andrew Schacht - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	5	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	5	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	6	7th	300	US$7,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool G	Mykola Babich / Sergiy Mykhaylov, Ukraine (26, Q7)	Lost By Forfeit
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool G	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (23, Q1)	Lost By Forfeit
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool G	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (10)	Lost By Forfeit

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$38,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	9	5	0	$113,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	0	1	2	2	6	9	10	6	7	1	0	$283,240.00
Total	69	0	1	3	2	6	10	16	8	16	6	0	$435,690.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andrew Schacht												Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,375.00	World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,750.00
26	0	0	0	0	1	6	11	5	0	$59,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	6	0	$68,700.00
85	0	1	2	2	15	17	14	10	0	$157,520.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	1	2	2	15	25	16	5	0	$177,570.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00	Challenger
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
118	0	1	3	2	16	27	25	15	0	$237,120.00	Total	136	0	1	3	2	18	35	27	11	0	$268,020.00

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
2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	2	0	$38,740.00	23	19	54.8 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	$44,750.00	17	18	48.6 %
2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	$76,100.00	33	28	54.1 %
2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	2	0	1	$66,100.00	26	21	55.3 %
2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	$64,700.00	24	20	54.5 %
2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	$110,700.00	33	20	62.3 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	$29,500.00	10	10	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	67	0	1	3	2	6	10	15	8	15	6	1	$430,590.00	166	136	55.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andrew Schacht													Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,500.00	1996	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$525.00	1996	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,000.00	1997	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	$2,400.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	1998	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	$5,250.00	1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	7	$6,250.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	6	$11,000.00
											2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	$22,375.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	$19,370.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	$19,370.00
9	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	$22,375.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	$22,375.00
13	0	0	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	$38,050.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	$38,050.00
10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$33,050.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$33,050.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$32,350.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$32,350.00
10	0	1	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	$55,350.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	$55,350.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$14,750.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$14,750.00
116	0	1	3	2	16	26	24	15	29	$234,570.00	Total	Total	104	0	1	3	2	17	34	23	7	17	$249,920.00

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	106	64.2%	26	15.8%	33	20.0%	132-33	80.0%	35	26.1%	21	15.7%	78	58.2%	35-99	26.1%	106-78	57.6%	61-54	53.0%	3	8	170-140	54.8%
2007-2008	34	73.9%	5	10.9%	7	15.2%	39-7	84.8%	8	26.7%	4	13.3%	18	60.0%	8-22	26.7%	34-18	65.4%	13-11	54.2%	0	5	47-34	58.0%
Against the Field	16	64.0%	5	20.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	4	12.5%	4	12.5%	24	75.0%	4-28	12.5%	32-38	45.7%	18-16	52.9%	0	5	25-32	43.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	15	24	0	0	9	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	46
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	25	14	0	0	55	36	1	4	2	2	0	1	123	85
Total	0	0	10	1	45	42	0	0	67	53	1	5	3	2	0	1	170	140

Head to Head Results
Schacht/Slack trail the series against the field 22-29 (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 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 # 3 Wu/Xu, China 4-0
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Schacht/Slack	16	Wu/Xu	9	21-14, 21-13	0:39
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 4	Schacht/Slack	7	Wu/Xu	3	26-28, 21-18, 15-11	1:09
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 # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-2
7/29/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Semi-Finals	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Schacht/Slack	16	21-13, 21-19	0:47
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Bronze Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Schacht/Slack	18	21-14, 21-12	0:41
Series tied with # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	16	Reckermann/Urbatzka	15	21-18, 21-19	0:47
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 3	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	Schacht/Slack	12	21-19, 21-17	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 2-3
6/8/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Bronze Medal	Schacht/Slack	5	Marques/Solberg	3	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	1:00
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Marques/Solberg	2	Schacht/Slack	6	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	8	Marques/Solberg	4	21-14, 21-16	0:42
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	11, Q1	Schacht/Slack	13	21-18, 21-19	0:47
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 # 9 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Schacht/Slack	18	20-22, 21-14, 15-10	1:06
Trail the series against # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Schnider	10	Schacht/Slack	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Schacht/Slack	13	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	16-21, 21-19, 16-14	1:00
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15, Q2	Schacht/Slack	18	21-16, 21-16	0:44
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 # 12 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-2
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	Schacht/Slack	5	26-24, 21-11	0:47
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	Schacht/Slack	12	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Schacht/Slack	17, Q1	Boersma/Ronnes	Q16	21-13, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-9
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	18	Schacht/Slack	15, Q2	21-18, 21-14	0:44
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 # 17 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 6-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Schacht/Slack	13	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q5	21-13, 14-21, 15-7	0:49
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 # 20 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	7	Ces/Ces	26, Q2	21-11, 21-14	0:37
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	15, Q2	Ces/Ces	31	21-19, 14-21, 18-16	1:12
Series tied with # 21 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-1
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Schacht/Slack	16	Deulofeu/Salvetti	40	22-20, 21-13	0:43
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 4	Deulofeu/Salvetti	23, Q6	Schacht/Slack	13	23-21, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Li/Zhou, China 1-2
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Li/Zhou	23, Q1	Schacht/Slack	7	By Forfeit
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	16	Li/Zhou	33	21-19, 21-16	0:42
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Li/Zhou	33	Schacht/Slack	16	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Babich/Mykhaylov	26, Q7	Schacht/Slack	7	By Forfeit