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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 25, 2000

(6) Yukiko Takahashi/Mika Teru Saiki, Japan

Yukiko Takahashi
Japan

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

168 cm (5'6")

Weight:

54 kg (119 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$128,586.25

Mika Teru Saiki
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 25, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ehime, Matsuyama

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Osaka 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$143,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	28	0	1	2	1	3	2	9	4	6	0	US$148,650.00

Previous Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Japan Open	8	2nd	306	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2000	Portugal Open	6	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2000	France Open	8	7th	170	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Germany Open	13	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	10	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Swiss Open	11	13th	102	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-18/2000	Canada Open	9	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	11	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/1-6/2000	Brazil Open	7	3rd	272	US$14,000.00
FIVB	11/2-7/1999	Brazil Open	8	9th	136	US$4,500.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/16/2000	Winner 1	Yuki Ishizaka / Rii Seike, Japan (19)	Won 15-3	0:31
Thu, 9/21/2000	Winner 2	Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (14)	Won 15-2	0:25
Sat, 9/23/2000	Winner 3	Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan, United States (3)	Won 15-9	0:48
Sat, 9/23/2000	Semi-Finals	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (2)	Lost 10-15	0:43
Mon, 9/25/2000	Bronze Medal	Sandra Pires / Adriana Samuel, Brazil (5)	Lost 4-12, 6-12	0:53

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Sachiko Fujita - 5th	Did not play
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Yuki Ishizaka - 17th	Maya Hashimoto - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Mika Teru Saiki - 5th	Yukiko Takahashi - 5th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Mika Teru Saiki - 4th	Yukiko Takahashi - 4th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Ryo Tokuno - 25th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Chiaki Kusuhara - 37th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Did not play	Chiaki Kusuhara - 19th

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	2	0	2	1	9	4	6	0	0	$127,150.00
Total	28	0	1	2	1	3	2	9	4	6	0	0	$148,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yukiko Takahashi												Mika Teru Saiki
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,450.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$12,900.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$7,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$21,525.00
49	0	2	2	2	7	28	8	0	0	$104,636.25	Challenge/Four Star/Open	72	0	1	2	0	4	22	14	10	0	$109,225.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Goodwill Games
57	0	2	2	3	11	30	9	0	0	$122,336.25	Total	97	0	1	2	1	6	23	20	13	0	$143,650.00

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
1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	$37,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2000	FIVB	10	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	$73,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	1	2	1	1	2	6	3	1	0	0	$110,500.00	6	4	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yukiko Takahashi													Mika Teru Saiki
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$6,436.25	1994	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	$7,125.00	1995	FIVB
9	0	1	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	$26,550.00	1996	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$10,375.00	1997	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$6,775.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$15,100.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$15,100.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$18,750.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$18,750.00
10	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	$36,500.00	2000	FIVB	10	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	$36,500.00
56	0	2	2	3	11	30	8	0	0	$120,836.25	Total	Total	31	0	1	2	1	5	13	7	2	0	$77,125.00

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	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	6-4	60.0%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	5-4	55.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	4

Head to Head Results
Takahashi/Teru Saiki lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
9/23/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	6	15-10	0:43
Series tied with # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States 1-1
9/23/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	6	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	15-9	0:48
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Davis/Johnson Jordan	8	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	15	15-6	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Pires/Samuel, Brazil 0-2
9/25/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Pires/Samuel	5	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	6	12-4, 12-6	0:53
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pires/Samuel	3	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	15	15-4	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Friedrichsen/Musch, Germany 1-0
7/22/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Takahashi/Teru Saiki	15	Friedrichsen/Musch	10	15-7	0:20
Lead the series against # 14 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 2-0
9/21/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	6	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	15-2	0:25
7/21/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Takahashi/Teru Saiki	15	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	15-9	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 Ishizaka/Seike, Japan 1-0
9/16/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Takahashi/Teru Saiki	6	Ishizaka/Seike	19	15-3	0:31