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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 China Shanghai Open
April 29 - May 3, 2009

(Q17) Keisuke Imai/Koichi Nishimura, Japan

Keisuke Imai
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Osaka

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

33rd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Koichi Nishimura
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kyoto

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$35,551.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Ko Ozaki - 41st
2006	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 25th
2007	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 17th
2008	Did not play	Taichi Morikawa - 41st

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2009	Qualifier 1	Alexandr Babichev / Alexey Kuleshov, Kazakhstan (Q16)	Won 21-16, 15-21, 15-6	0:44
Thu, 4/30/2009	Qualifier 2	Benjamin Insfran / Hevaldo Moreira, Brazil (9, Q1)	Lost 9-21, 16-21	0:32

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Keisuke Imai												Koichi Nishimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,200.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	62	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	0	$24,400.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	2	0	$1,300.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	97	0	0	0	0	3	10	8	18	0	$35,387.50

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Keisuke Imai													Koichi Nishimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,687.50
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	$5,000.00
											2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$3,000.00
											2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	$11,700.00
											2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	$5,250.00
											2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Total	Total	70	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	14	49	$29,187.50

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	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2008-2009	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9, Q1 Insfran/Moreira, Brazil 0-1
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Moreira	9, Q1	Imai/Nishimura	Q17	21-9, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # Q16 Babichev/Kuleshov, Kazakhstan 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Imai/Nishimura	Q17	Babichev/Kuleshov	Q16	21-16, 15-21, 15-6	0:44