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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Open
April 12 - 16, 2016

(Q20) Hitoshi Murakami/Keisuke Shimizu, Japan

Hitoshi Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 5, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shiga

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Langkawi 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$5,313.98

Keisuke Shimizu
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Okazabi

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$4,617.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	US$841.82

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Takumi Takahashi - 25th	Junki Hatabe - 25th
2015	Kensuke Shoji - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	Q24	41st	30	US$0.00

Xiamen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/12/2016	Qualifier 1	Stefan Basta / Lazar Kolaric, Serbia (30, Q13)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$800.00
Total	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hitoshi Murakami												Keisuke Shimizu
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	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,400.00
20	0	0	1	4	1	8	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	2	0	$3,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
32	0	0	1	4	1	8	4	2	0	$5,150.00	Total	28	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	4	0	$4,500.00

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
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hitoshi Murakami													Keisuke Shimizu
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	$2,400.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$400.00

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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11	100.0%	0-11	0.0%	3-11	21.4%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-13	23.5%
2015-2016	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-4	0.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-0		0	0	0-3	0.0%

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	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	9
Total	0	0	0	4	2	6	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	13

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Shimizu trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 30, Q13 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 0-1
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 1	Basta/Kolaric	30, Q13	Murakami/Shimizu	Q20	21-13, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # Q12 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 0-1
4/4/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 1	Faiga/Hilman	Q9	Murakami/Shimizu	Q24	21-18, 21-14	0:36