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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(Q10) 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 Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	32, Q8	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	38	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	Q10	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	46	37th	24	US$0.00
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

Hellas Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/4/2003	Qualifier 1	Asaf Alkobi / Ofir Alkobi, Israel (Q55)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:42
Thu, 6/5/2003	Qualifier 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (30, Q23)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:48

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$4,170.00	10	15	40.0 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	13	$14,420.00	29	38	43.3 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$2,085.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$2,085.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	22	$8,710.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	22	$8,710.00

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%
2002-2003	12	70.6%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	4	16.7%	2	8.3%	18	75.0%	4-20	16.7%	12-18	40.0%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	18-23	43.9%
Against the Field	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	14	70.0%	2-18	10.0%	14-26	35.0%	8-12	40.0%	1	0	12-19	38.7%

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 6-13 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 5 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 # 6 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Ljubicic/Slean	32, Q8	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 20 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 # 27 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/01	FIVB	Belgium Open		Kogel/Mulder	32, Q41	Ljubicic/Slean	Q5	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 30, Q23 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	Ljubicic/Slean	Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:48
Trail the series against 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 # Q5 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
Series tied with # Q7 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
Series tied with # Q9 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Deulofeu/Molinier	17, Q15	Ljubicic/Slean	32, Q8	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
8/8/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 2	Ljubicic/Slean	Q5	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q37	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # Q18 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-2
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool L	Gartmayer/Nowotny	11	Ljubicic/Slean	38	21-12, 21-18	0:42
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 6	Gartmayer/Nowotny	29, Q23	Ljubicic/Slean	Q15	21-19, 21-11	0:44
Lead the series against # Q26 Esko/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Ljubicic/Slean	32, Q8	Esko/Tuominen	Q24	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q55 Alkobi/Alkobi, Israel 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Ljubicic/Slean	Q10	Alkobi/Alkobi	Q55	21-17, 21-17	0:42