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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Espinho Challenge
July 14 - 17, 2022

(Q23) Sakurako Fujii/Megumi Murakami, Japan

Sakurako Fujii
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 15, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Boracay 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$5,837.40

Megumi Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fukui

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Daegu 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$62,710.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	3	5	US$3,305.82

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Miki Ishii - 17th
2019	Minori Kumada - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-10/2022	Lecce Futures	9	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	Q16	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Songkhla Futures	5	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	3/30-4/3/2022	Coolangatta Futures	5	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	Q20	33rd	140	US$0.00

Espinho Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/14/2022	Qualifier 1	Menia Bentele / Anna Lutz, Switzerland (Q10)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-9	0:42
Thu, 7/14/2022	Qualifier 2	Skalve Krizanauskaite / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (23, Q26)	Lost 18-21, 21-12, 9-15	0:44

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	$2,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$800.00
Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	3	1	$3,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sakurako Fujii												Megumi Murakami
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$14,500.00
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	0	1	6	12	6	1	$32,300.00
25	0	1	1	2	2	10	5	1	0	$3,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	1	0	1	1	5	7	1	0	0	$10,890.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
55	0	1	1	2	2	10	9	6	1	$5,650.00	Total	65	1	0	1	1	8	15	15	7	1	$62,640.00

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
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	$700.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	$700.00	5	8	38.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sakurako Fujii													Megumi Murakami
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2014	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	$4,625.00
6	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	$1,000.00	2018	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	$14,365.00
15	0	1	0	1	1	5	3	1	3	$1,900.00	2019	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	1	4	$21,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$100.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$7,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$350.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$350.00
42	0	1	1	2	2	9	5	3	19	$4,350.00	Total	Total	54	1	0	1	1	7	13	12	5	14	$61,090.00

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	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	5.3%	2	10.5%	16	84.2%	1-18	5.3%	6-16	27.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	10-20	33.3%
2021-2022	6	60.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	6-14	30.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	10-17	37.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	0-10	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	2-8	20.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	8	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Total	0	0	5	9	5	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20

Head to Head Results
Fujii/Murakami trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 13 Murphy/Quiggle, United States 0-1
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 1	Murphy/Quiggle	24, Q13	Fujii/Murakami	Q20	21-9, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 22, Q19 Hashimoto/Murakami, Japan 1-1
5/19/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Qualifier 1	Hashimoto/Murakami	Q17	Fujii/Murakami	Q16	21-15, 21-8	0:32
4/15/22	FIVB	Songkhla Futures	Pool D	Fujii/Murakami	5	Hashimoto/Murakami	4, Q1	12-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:51
Trail the series against # 23, Q26 Krizanauskaite/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
7/14/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Qualifier 2	Krizanauskaite/Raupelyte	23, Q26	Fujii/Murakami	Q23	21-18, 12-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # Q10 Bentele/Lutz, Switzerland 1-0
7/14/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Qualifier 1	Fujii/Murakami	Q23	Bentele/Lutz	Q10	21-18, 15-21, 15-9	0:42