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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$450,000 France Grand Slam
July 17 - 22, 2001

(28, Q13) Djordje Ljubicic/Michael Slean, Canada

Djordje Ljubicic
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$10,060.00

Michael Slean
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$8,710.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	6	12	5	US$17,420.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Michael Slean - 41st	Djordje Ljubicic - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q15	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q11	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q15	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q10	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	26	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	Q27	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	Q24	37th	20	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open		41st	14	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/17/2001	Qualifier 1	Eden Sequeira / Miguel Xisto, Portugal (Q52)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:39
Tue, 7/17/2001	Qualifier 2	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Lione, Italy (Q20)	Won 22-20, 23-25, 15-13	1:11
Tue, 7/17/2001	Qualifier 3	Rob Heidger / Chip McCaw, United States (Q4)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 12-15	1:04
Wed, 7/18/2001	Qualifier 5	Agustin Correa / Fabio Diez, Spain (Q5)	Won 24-22, 12-21, 15-12	0:58
Wed, 7/18/2001	Qualifier 6	Jose Pedrosa / Jose Teixeira, Portugal (Q10)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:51
Thu, 7/19/2001	Winner 1	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (5)	Lost 24-26, 15-21	0:43
Thu, 7/19/2001	Contender 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (21)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 7/21/2001	Contender 2	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Paulao Moreira, Brazil (6)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:54

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	$11,170.00
Total	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	$17,420.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Djordje Ljubicic												Michael Slean
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	$1,375.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,375.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$6,585.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	$5,585.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	Challenger
42	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	$10,060.00	Total	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	$8,710.00

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
2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$3,500.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$3,500.00	10	9	52.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Djordje Ljubicic													Michael Slean
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	$500.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,000.00	2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,750.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,750.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13	$3,250.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13	$3,250.00

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	23	67.6%	5	14.7%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	6	13.6%	7	15.9%	31	70.5%	6-38	13.6%	23-31	42.6%	11-13	45.8%	2	1	36-45	44.4%
2000-2001	11	64.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	10.0%	5	25.0%	13	65.0%	2-18	10.0%	11-13	45.8%	5-8	38.5%	2	1	18-22	45.0%
Against the Field	6	46.2%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	1	4.0%	4	16.0%	20	80.0%	1-24	4.0%	12-34	26.1%	8-16	33.3%	2	1	12-26	31.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	4	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	22	22	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	31
Total	5	0	28	26	2	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	45

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ferreira/de Melo	5	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	26-24, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 0-2
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Moreira	6	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:54
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Bellaguarda/Moreira	5, Q2	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 4	Novosel/Slack	16, Q2	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:09
Lead the series against # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Brenha/Maia	21	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q4 Heidger/McCaw, United States 0-1
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Heidger/McCaw	Q4	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # Q5 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 5	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Correa/Diez	Q5	24-22, 12-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # Q7 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 6	Karasev/Zaitsev	21, Q7	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	26-24, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # Q10 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 6	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Pedrosa/Teixeira	Q10	22-20, 21-16	0:51
Lead the series against # Q20 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Amore/Lione	Q20	22-20, 23-25, 15-13	1:11
Trail the series against # Q21 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 6	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q23	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	21-19, 21-11	0:44
Trail the series against # Q27 Brink/Strosik, Germany 0-1
6/27/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Brink/Strosik	Q22	Ljubicic/Slean	Q11	13-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q40 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	Backer/Ronnes	Q47	21-17, 18-21, 16-14	1:03
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	Backer/Ronnes	Q50	21-13, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q48 Baumgartner/Ces, France 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	Baumgartner/Ces	Q50	12-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q52 Sequeira/Xisto, Portugal 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Sequeira/Xisto	Q52	21-13, 21-10	0:39