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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Vizag Open India presented by Leisure Sports
February 28 - March 3, 2019

(8) Hitoshi Murakami/Takashi Tsuchiya, 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

Takashi Tsuchiya
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 3, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Langkawi 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$3,963.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	31	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	US$3,232.88

Previous Visakhapatnam Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Visakhapatnam One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/1/2019	Pool A	Dominik Samec / Martin Sramek, Czech Republic (9)	Won 19-21, 29-27, 15-13	1:02
Sat, 3/2/2019	Pool A	Bahman Salemi / Arash Vakili, Iran (1)	Won 22-20, 26-24	0:52
Sat, 3/2/2019	Winner 2	Jacob Brinck / Mads Rosager, Denmark (11, Q2)	Won By Forfeit
Sun, 3/3/2019	Semi-Finals	Armin Dollinger / Simon Kulzer, Germany (6)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:39
Sun, 3/3/2019	Bronze Medal	Sergiy Grabovskyy / Cameron Wheelan, Canada (3)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:38

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$3,200.00
Total	14	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$3,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hitoshi Murakami												Takashi Tsuchiya
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	0	0	1	4	1	8	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	0	0	1	3	1	6	5	1	0	$3,800.00
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	21	0	0	1	3	1	6	5	1	0	$3,800.00

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
2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hitoshi Murakami													Takashi Tsuchiya
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2015	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2016	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$750.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$1,450.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$950.00
14	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	8	$3,350.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	$2,400.00

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	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	4	16.0%	2	8.0%	19	76.0%	4-21	16.0%	8-19	29.6%	8-4	66.7%	1	2	17-25	40.5%
2018-2019	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	4	23.5%	0	0.0%	13	76.5%	4-13	23.5%	3-13	18.8%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	8-14	36.4%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	4-12	25.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	0	6-6	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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	10	12	0	0	6	3	0	4	1	3	0	0	17	23
Total	0	0	0	3	10	12	0	0	6	3	0	4	1	3	0	0	17	25

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Tsuchiya lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Salemi/Vakili, Iran 1-0
3/2/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Pool A	Murakami/Tsuchiya	8	Salemi/Vakili	1	22-20, 26-24	0:52
Trail the series against # 3 Grabovskyy/Wheelan, Canada 0-1
3/3/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Bronze Medal	Grabovskyy/Wheelan	3	Murakami/Tsuchiya	8	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Dollinger/Kulzer, Germany 0-1
3/3/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Semi-Finals	Dollinger/Kulzer	6	Murakami/Tsuchiya	8	21-17, 21-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Samec/Sramek, Czech Republic 1-0
3/1/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Pool A	Murakami/Tsuchiya	8	Samec/Sramek	9	19-21, 29-27, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 11, Q2 Brinck/Rosager, Denmark 1-0
3/2/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Winner 2	Murakami/Tsuchiya	8	Brinck/Rosager	11, Q2	By Forfeit