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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2003

(Q22) 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
2002	Michael Slean - 37th	Djordje Ljubicic - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q13	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q16	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q11	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q10	41st	10	US$0.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 1	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (Q11)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:13
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 2	Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (22, Q6)	Lost 12-21, 12-21	0:36

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	17	$14,420.00	35	42	45.5 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
34	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	26	$8,710.00	Total	Total	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	26	$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	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	4.5%	4	18.2%	17	77.3%	1-21	4.5%	4-32	11.1%	2-12	14.3%	1	0	4-22	15.4%

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 4-19 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 14 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 # 2 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 # 6 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
Series tied with # 9 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 # 13 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 # 19 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 # 20 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 0-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool L	Fonoimoana/Holdren	14	Ljubicic/Slean	38	21-15, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 22, Q6 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Prosser/Williams	22, Q6	Ljubicic/Slean	Q22	21-12, 21-12	0:36
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 # 28, Q8 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
Series tied with # 31, Q13 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
Trail the series against # Q2 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 # Q4 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 # Q5 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 # Q11 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ljubicic/Slean	Q22	Brink/Schneider	Q11	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:13
Trail the series against # Q15 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
Trail the series against # Q16 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 # Q17 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	Ljubicic/Slean	Q16	21-19, 21-19	0:46