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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 HP Beach Open
August 23 - 28, 2011

(22) Christopher McHugh/Joshua Slack, Australia

Christopher McHugh
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pambula

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$191,237.50

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	41	Money
FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	10	9	US$29,100.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Sam Boehm - 25th	Did not play
2010	Joshua Slack - 17th	Christopher McHugh - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q15	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	22, Q13	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	11, Q2	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	28	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q24	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q25	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	26, Q4	17th	120	US$2,800.00

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (11)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:36
Thu, 8/25/2011	Contender 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (27, Q10)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$16,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	$12,400.00
Total	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	$29,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christopher McHugh												Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$23,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,750.00
51	0	0	1	0	4	8	12	10	0	$111,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	6	0	$68,700.00
56	0	1	1	1	3	7	7	14	0	$44,887.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	1	2	2	15	25	16	5	0	$177,570.00
13	2	1	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$11,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
130	2	2	2	2	9	23	26	26	0	$191,237.50	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
2010	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	$7,600.00	15	16	48.4 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	$21,500.00	10	14	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	15	$29,100.00	25	30	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christopher McHugh													Joshua Slack
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											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
											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
											2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	$19,370.00
											2003	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	$22,375.00
											2004	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	$38,050.00
											2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$33,050.00
											2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	$32,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	$55,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,800.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$17,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	$5,300.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	$3,800.00	2010	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	$3,800.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	$10,750.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	$10,750.00
47	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	9	30	$21,650.00	Total	Total	128	0	1	3	2	18	35	27	10	32	$267,020.00

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	19	51.4%	6	16.2%	12	32.4%	25-12	67.6%	2	8.3%	7	29.2%	15	62.5%	2-22	8.3%	19-15	55.9%	8-19	29.6%	1	0	28-34	45.2%
2010-2011	18	52.9%	5	14.7%	11	32.4%	23-11	67.6%	2	9.1%	5	22.7%	15	68.2%	2-20	9.1%	18-15	54.5%	7-16	30.4%	1	0	26-31	45.6%
Against the Field	9	50.0%	2	11.1%	7	38.9%	11-7	61.1%	1	6.3%	3	18.8%	12	75.0%	1-15	6.3%	18-24	42.9%	6-20	23.1%	0	0	12-22	35.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	12	2	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	17
Total	0	0	21	19	2	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	34

Head to Head Results
McHugh/Slack trail the series against the field 11-21 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	McHugh/Slack	28	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool O	Cunha/Santos	11	McHugh/Slack	22, Q13	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 6 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Benes/Kubala	25, Q4	McHugh/Slack	Q20	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:46
Series tied with # 11 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	McHugh/Slack	22	21-18, 21-17	0:36
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	McHugh/Slack	27, Q9	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-15, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 16 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	7	McHugh/Slack	26, Q4	21-16, 21-15	0:29
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	6	McHugh/Slack	27, Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	McHugh/Slack	28	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	26, Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 21 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 0-3
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q5	McHugh/Slack	Q12	21-15, 21-12	0:33
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool O	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q11	McHugh/Slack	22, Q13	20-22, 21-18, 15-12	0:51
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	21	McHugh/Slack	27, Q9	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 24, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q8	McHugh/Slack	Q25	13-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q10 Ces/Ces, France 2-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	27, Q10	McHugh/Slack	22	21-16, 21-19	0:36
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	McHugh/Slack	22, Q13	Ces/Ces	Q4	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:52
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	McHugh/Slack	28	Ces/Ces	21, Q4	21-14, 23-21	0:38
Trail the series against # 28, Q14 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	McHugh/Slack	11, Q2	16-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:48
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	32, Q9	McHugh/Slack	Q25	21-19, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 29, Q4 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 0-2
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Doppler/Mellitzer	24	McHugh/Slack	26, Q4	21-19, 21-19	0:47
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Doppler/Mellitzer	31, Q12	McHugh/Slack	Q28	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 30, Q1 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-2
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	McHugh/Slack	Q25	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q8	21-19, 21-13	0:43
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hoyer/Soderberg	28, Q9	McHugh/Slack	Q24	21-17, 21-16	0:41
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q8	McHugh/Slack	Q25	27-25, 21-11	0:47
Trail the series against # Q3 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	21	McHugh/Slack	11, Q2	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q5 Horst/Mullner, Austria 1-0
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	McHugh/Slack	Q24	Horst/Mullner	Q9	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Series tied with # Q7 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-1
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lario/Mesa	28, Q5	McHugh/Slack	Q21	20-22, 21-13, 15-12	0:56
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	McHugh/Slack	Q28	Lario/Mesa	Q5	21-17, 19-21, 18-16	1:00
Lead the series against # Q13 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-0
8/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	McHugh/Slack	27, Q9	Hordvik/Horrem	Q8	21-16, 13-21, 15-7	0:50
Trail the series against # Q16 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-2
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bogatov/Prokopiev	29, Q8	McHugh/Slack	Q24	21-19, 12-21, 16-14	0:53
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	16	McHugh/Slack	32, Q27	21-18, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # Q23 Gooding/Weaver, England 1-0
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 2	McHugh/Slack	Q12	Gooding/Weaver	Q21	21-13, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # Q25 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	McHugh/Slack	Q21	Maia/Rosas	Q12	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # Q29 Kaszas/Kaszas, Denmark 0-1
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Kaszas/Kaszas	Q24	McHugh/Slack	Q9	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:59