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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 France Grand Slam
July 17 - 21, 2002

(46) 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
2001	Michael Slean - 17th	Djordje Ljubicic - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	27, Q8	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	Q11	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	Q10	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q8	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	21	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	Q3	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	Q5	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	37	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	24, Q8	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	28, Q13	17th	90	US$3,500.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/17/2002	Pool C	Dain Blanton / Carl Henkel, United States (27)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 11-15	0:58
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool C	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (22)	Lost 11-21, 16-21	0:40
Thu, 7/18/2002	Pool C	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (3)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:37

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	$10,250.00	18	22	45.0 %
2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$2,520.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	10	$12,770.00	24	30	44.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	$5,125.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	$5,125.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,260.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	19	$7,885.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	19	$7,885.00

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%
2001-2002	19	67.9%	3	10.7%	6	21.4%	22-6	78.6%	4	11.8%	6	17.6%	24	70.6%	4-30	11.8%	19-24	44.2%	7-12	36.8%	2	1	28-37	43.1%
Against the Field	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	1	4.3%	2	8.7%	20	87.0%	1-22	4.3%	10-38	20.8%	6-12	33.3%	1	0	9-25	26.5%

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
Ljubicic/Slean trail the series against the field 9-17 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Ljubicic/Slean	Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:49
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Ljubicic/Slean	46	21-18, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
8/9/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	16, Q4	Ljubicic/Slean	Q5	21-17, 21-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 11 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Ljubicic/Slean	37	21-17, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Zahner	12	Ljubicic/Slean	21	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Child/Heese, Canada 0-1
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Child/Heese	11	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	21-10, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 22 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Rogers/Scott	22	Ljubicic/Slean	46	21-11, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 23 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-1
8/9/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 6	Bosma/Cotrino	21, Q2	Ljubicic/Slean	Q5	27-25, 24-22	0:49
Series tied with # 24 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	9	Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:58
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Brenha/Maia	21	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 26 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 # 27 Blanton/Henkel, United States 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Blanton/Henkel	27	Ljubicic/Slean	46	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 31 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-2
11/29/01	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Klemperer/Rademacher	28	Ljubicic/Slean	21	21-16, 30-32, 15-10	1:08
9/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 9	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q11	Ljubicic/Slean	Q3	14-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 34 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 # 36 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	21-16, 22-20	0:52
Trail the series against # 37 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 # 38 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
Series tied with # 40 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 10	Amore/Lione	26, Q13	Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:46
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	Amore/Lione	Q20	22-20, 23-25, 15-13	1:11
Series tied with # 41 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool E	Ljubicic/Slean	37	Shiratori/Watanabe	28	21-18, 25-23	0:49
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	22-20, 21-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 42 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	Q9	21-23, 22-20, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # 47 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-0
8/8/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	Q5	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q37	21-14, 21-19	0:39