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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$25,000 Silk Road Nantong Two Star
May 30 - June 2, 2019

(19) Sakurako Fujii/Minori Kumada, 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

Minori Kumada
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 19, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$9,120.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	15	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	2	1	2	1	US$3,831.35

Previous Nantong Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Samaa Miyagawa - 31st	Yui Nagata - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/23-26/2019	Boracay One Star	3	2nd	180	US$700.00
FIVB	5/16-19/2019	Aydin Two Star	Q3	21st	140	€ 0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2019	Langkawi One Star	1	9th	100	US$200.00
FIVB	4/4-7/2019	Battambang One Star	1	4th	140	US$400.00
FIVB	2/21-24/2019	Phnom Penh Two Star	11, Q1	9th	200	US$800.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	Q11	41st	40	US$0.00

Nantong Two Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/31/2019	Pool F	Shuting Cao / Jie Dong, China (6)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:36
Fri, 5/31/2019	Pool F	Laura Caluori / Dunja Gerson, Switzerland (7)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:38
Sat, 6/1/2019	Winner 1	Victoria Kjolberg / Ane Tveit Hjortland, Norway (16)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 9-15	0:47

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	13	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	$3,800.00
Total	15	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	$3,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sakurako Fujii												Minori Kumada
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
25	0	1	1	2	2	10	5	1	0	$3,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	26	0	2	0	1	4	11	4	3	0	$8,050.00
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	32	0	2	0	1	4	11	4	4	0	$9,050.00

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	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	$2,900.00	11	11	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	$2,900.00	11	11	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sakurako Fujii													Minori Kumada
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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB
6	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	$1,000.00	2018	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	3	5	1	2	2	$6,600.00
9	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	2	$1,550.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	$1,950.00
26	0	1	1	2	0	5	3	1	13	$3,550.00	Total	Total	23	0	2	0	1	3	8	2	3	4	$8,550.00

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	12	66.7%	1	5.6%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	14	73.7%	2-17	10.5%	12-14	46.2%	3-8	27.3%	0	0	15-22	40.5%
2018-2019	11	68.8%	1	6.3%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	12	70.6%	2-15	11.8%	11-12	47.8%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	14-19	42.4%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	3-8	27.3%

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	1	2	4	9	7	0	0	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	15	20
Total	0	1	2	6	9	7	0	0	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	15	22

Head to Head Results
Fujii/Kumada trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Sakaguchi/Suzuki, Japan 0-1
2/22/19	FIVB	Phnom Penh Two Star	Pool B	Sakaguchi/Suzuki	14	Fujii/Kumada	11, Q1	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 6 Cao/Dong, China 1-0
5/31/19	FIVB	Nantong Two Star	Pool F	Fujii/Kumada	19	Cao/Dong	6	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Caluori/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/19	FIVB	Nantong Two Star	Pool F	Caluori/Gerson	7	Fujii/Kumada	19	22-20, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Kjolberg/Tveit Hjortland, Norway 0-1
6/1/19	FIVB	Nantong Two Star	Winner 1	Kjolberg/Tveit Hjortland	16	Fujii/Kumada	19	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Manavi/Tsopoulou, Greece 0-2
5/16/19	FIVB	Aydin Two Star	Qualifier 1	Manavi/Tsopoulou	Q14	Fujii/Kumada	Q3	21-19, 21-9	0:39
4/7/19	FIVB	Battambang One Star	Semi-Finals	Manavi/Tsopoulou	6	Fujii/Kumada	1	21-10, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q8 Jancar/Kotnik, Slovenia 1-0
5/26/19	FIVB	Boracay One Star	Semi-Finals	Fujii/Kumada	3	Jancar/Kotnik	7	21-15, 18-21, 19-17	0:45
Lead the series against # Q13 Krebs/Welsch, Germany 1-0
4/5/19	FIVB	Battambang One Star	Pool A	Fujii/Kumada	1	Krebs/Welsch	8	21-14, 21-9	0:30