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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$5,000 VolleyFest Cook Islands
January 14 - 17, 2020

(3, Q1) 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 Cook Islands Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	1/7-10/2020	Qeshm One Star	4	5th	120	US$300.00
FIVB	11/12-15/2019	Doha One Star	6	13th	90	US$100.00
FIVB	11/6-9/2019	Tel Aviv One Star	3	9th	100	€ 200.00
FIVB	10/1-4/2019	Bandar Torkaman One Star	4	4th	140	US$400.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	Q18	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-7/2019	Qidong Two Star	20	19th	150	US$500.00
FIVB	5/23-26/2019	Boracay One Star	6	13th	90	US$100.00
FIVB	4/18-21/2019	Göteborg One Star	6	13th	90	€ 100.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2019	Langkawi One Star	7	3rd	160	US$500.00
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

Cook Islands One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 1/15/2020	Pool C	Matthew Abela / Patrick Tang, Australia (14, Q3)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:53
Wed, 1/15/2020	Pool C	Liam Kopp / Alexander Russell, Canada (6)	Won 21-17, 13-21, 15-9	0:47
Thu, 1/16/2020	Winner 2	Garang Anyang / Justin Schumann, Australia (13, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:35
Fri, 1/17/2020	Semi-Finals	Christopher Austin / Earl Schultz, United States (9)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:43
Fri, 1/17/2020	Bronze Medal	Travis Mewhirter / Adam Roberts, United States (5)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:43

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	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	$1,800.00	8	14	36.4 %
2020	FIVB	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,400.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	2	$3,200.00	17	24	41.5 %

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
13	0	0	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	$1,300.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	2	$1,650.00
5	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	$700.00	2020	FIVB	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	$700.00
31	0	0	1	4	1	8	4	2	11	$5,150.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	1	3	1	6	5	1	3	$3,800.00

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%
2019-2020	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%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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 4-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Kurasaka/Shoji, Japan 1-1
10/2/19	FIVB	Bandar Torkaman One Star	Pool D	Murakami/Tsuchiya	4	Kurasaka/Shoji	5	21-14, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
4/12/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Pool B	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q2	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Mewhirter/Roberts, United States 0-1
1/17/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Bronze Medal	Mewhirter/Roberts	5	Murakami/Tsuchiya	3, Q1	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Kopp/Russell, Canada 1-0
1/15/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Pool C	Murakami/Tsuchiya	3, Q1	Kopp/Russell	6	21-17, 13-21, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 9 Austin/Schultz, United States 0-1
1/17/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Semi-Finals	Austin/Schultz	9	Murakami/Tsuchiya	3, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Anyang/Schumann, Australia 1-0
1/16/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Winner 2	Murakami/Tsuchiya	3, Q1	Anyang/Schumann	13, Q2	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 14, Q3 Abela/Tang, Australia 1-0
1/15/20	FIVB	Cook Islands One Star	Pool C	Murakami/Tsuchiya	3, Q1	Abela/Tang	14, Q3	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:53