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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Langkawi Open
April 11 - 14, 2019

(7) 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 Langkawi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	Q27	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	3/7-10/2019	Kampong Speu One Star	6	9th	100	US$200.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/2019	Visakhapatnam One Star	8	4th	140	US$400.00

Langkawi One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/12/2019	Pool B	Masato Kurasaka / Kensuke Shoji, Japan (10, Q2)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:44
Fri, 4/12/2019	Pool B	Gee Jia Wei / Kwan Young Kuck, Malaysia (15)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:32
Sat, 4/13/2019	Winner 1	Jorn Olav Gamlemoen / Christian Helland, Norway (11)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:55
Sat, 4/13/2019	Winner 2	Tim Dickson / Marcus Ferguson, Australia (1)	Won 7-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
Sun, 4/14/2019	Semi-Finals	Andrey Bolgov / Vladislav Ermilov, Russia (13, Q6)	Lost 23-25, 16-21	0:48
Sun, 4/14/2019	Bronze Medal	Piotr Ilewicz / Adrian Sdebel, Poland (14, Q10)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:40

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	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	8	7	53.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	8	7	53.3 %

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
5	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	$550.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$1,300.00
18	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	10	$3,700.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	2	$2,750.00

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	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	4-4	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Dickson/Ferguson, Australia 1-0
4/13/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Winner 2	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	Dickson/Ferguson	1	7-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 10, Q2 Kurasaka/Shoji, Japan 0-1
4/12/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Pool B	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q2	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Gamlemoen/Helland, Norway 1-0
4/13/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Winner 1	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	Gamlemoen/Helland	11	19-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 13, Q6 Bolgov/Ermilov, Russia 0-1
4/14/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Semi-Finals	Bolgov/Ermilov	13, Q6	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	25-23, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 14, Q10 Ilewicz/Sdebel, Poland 1-0
4/14/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Bronze Medal	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	Ilewicz/Sdebel	14, Q10	21-15, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Jia Wei/Kuck, Malaysia 1-0
4/12/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Pool B	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	Jia Wei/Kuck	15	21-10, 21-10	0:32