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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 15 - 19, 2005

(32, Q22) Thanassis Michalopoulos/Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece

Thanassis Michalopoulos
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 29, 1973 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Resides:

Athens

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Athens 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$26,572.50

Emmanouil Xenakis
Greece

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 11, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Athens

Resides:

Athens

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Brno 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Athens 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$23,850.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	6	8	6	US$38,150.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$2,100.00
Overall	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	6	8	6	US$40,250.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Manolis Roumeliotis - 41st	Did not play
2002	Pavlos Beligratis - 57th	Did not play
2003	Pavlos Beligratis - 41st	Did not play
2004	Pavlos Beligratis - 41st	Andreas Gortsianiouk - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q21	33	20	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q18	33	20	US$0.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	29, Q7	25	36	US$2,000.00

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/15/2005	Qualifier 1	Robert Wajszczuk / Zbigniew Zukowski, Poland (Q43)	Won 21-6, 21-13	0:32
Wed, 6/15/2005	Qualifier 2	Emiel Boersma / Richard Kogel, Netherlands (Q11)	Won 25-23, 21-19	0:48
Wed, 6/15/2005	Qualifier 3	Francisco Alvarez / Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba (Q6)	Won 21-19, 11-21, 15-13	0:56
Thu, 6/16/2005	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:39
Thu, 6/16/2005	Contender 1	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (16)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:24

Head to Head Results
Michalopoulos/Xenakis lead the series against the field 5-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Pettersen	16	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	21-19, 21-16	0:24
Trail the series against # 24 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Doppler	25, Q5	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q6 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	Q6	21-19, 11-21, 15-13	0:56
Series tied with # Q11 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 1-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	Boersma/Kogel	Q11	25-23, 21-19	0:48
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Boersma/Kogel	20	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	29, Q7	21-13, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # Q16 Morikawa/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q21	Morikawa/Shiratori	Q12	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q18 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q18	Galli/Raffaelli	Q15	21-15, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # Q43 Wajszczuk/Zukowski, Poland 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	Wajszczuk/Zukowski	Q43	21-6, 21-13	0:32