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US$150,000 BPT Challenge Itapema
April 6 - 9, 2023

(Q25) 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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Miki Ishii - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	Q21	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	17, Q2	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	21, Q8	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	Q9	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	Q12	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Leuven Futures	6	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	Q23	25th	220	US$0.00
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

Challenge Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 1	Sarah Murphy / Corinne Quiggle, United States (Q8)	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:32

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	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	3	2	$3,300.00	10	17	37.0 %
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	3	4	$3,300.00	10	19	34.5 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	2	$1,650.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	2	$1,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
50	0	1	1	2	2	10	8	5	21	$5,650.00	Total	Total	62	1	0	1	1	7	14	15	7	16	$62,390.00

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%
2022-2023	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%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	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 2-7 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q8 Murphy/Quiggle, United States 0-2
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 1	Murphy/Quiggle	Q8	Fujii/Murakami	Q25	21-14, 21-11	0:32
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 1	Murphy/Quiggle	24, Q13	Fujii/Murakami	Q20	21-9, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # Q13 Parkkinen/Sinisalo, Finland 0-1
10/13/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Qualifier 2	Parkkinen/Sinisalo	19, Q5	Fujii/Murakami	Q12	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # Q14 Hashimoto/Murakami, Japan 1-2
3/16/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Qualifier 1	Hashimoto/Murakami	20, Q12	Fujii/Murakami	Q21	21-18, 21-10	0:35
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
Lead the series against # Q16 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
Trail the series against # Q17 Hasegawa/Sakaguchi, Japan 0-1
10/28/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Pool D	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	4	Fujii/Murakami	21, Q8	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # Q18 Matsumoto/Matsumoto, Japan 0-1
4/16/22	FIVB	Songkhla Futures	Winner 2	Matsumoto/Matsumoto	16, Q7	Fujii/Murakami	5	21-12, 21-14	0:33