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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 1 - 5, 2006

(19, Q5) Chiaki Kusuhara/Mika Teru Saiki, Japan

Chiaki Kusuhara
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ehime

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Klagenfurt 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$170,315.00

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	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	9	1	4	2	1	2	US$93,300.00

Previous Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	24, Q2	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Thailand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/1/2006	Qualifier 2	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (Q12)	Won 29-27, 21-16	0:50
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 1	Linjun Ji / Lu Wang, China (14)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:44
Thu, 11/2/2006	Contender 1	Nadia Erni / Muriel Graessli, Switzerland (30, Q9)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:40
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (20)	Won 21-12, 21-23, 15-11	0:54
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 3	Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (5)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 4	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (26, Q2)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$30,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6	2	0	$59,600.00
Total	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	10	4	0	$93,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chiaki Kusuhara												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	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,450.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$12,900.00
23	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	5	0	$44,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$21,525.00
88	0	0	0	0	2	22	29	19	0	$114,865.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	72	0	1	2	0	4	22	14	10	0	$109,225.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games
120	0	0	0	2	2	26	41	24	0	$170,315.00	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
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$9,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$12,000.00	6	8	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chiaki Kusuhara													Mika Teru Saiki
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$6,775.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$700.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$15,100.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,250.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$18,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	3	$9,500.00	2000	FIVB	10	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	$36,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	$18,625.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	$18,765.00	2002	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	$20,625.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	0	$19,250.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	5	$8,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	3	$25,050.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	$12,375.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	5	$12,500.00	2006	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	$4,500.00
94	0	0	0	2	2	18	32	20	20	$128,265.00	Total	Total	73	0	1	2	1	6	15	12	9	27	$103,000.00

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	33	70.2%	10	21.3%	4	8.5%	43-4	91.5%	9	14.3%	7	11.1%	47	74.6%	9-54	14.3%	33-47	41.3%	19-11	63.3%	0	0	52-58	47.3%
2005-2006	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	3-6	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	14	70.0%	5	25.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	18	78.3%	2-21	8.7%	28-36	43.8%	14-8	63.6%	0	0	21-22	48.8%

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	7	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	8	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	35
Total	0	0	20	5	7	17	0	0	8	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	58

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 5 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-1
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	5	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24, Q2	21-15, 23-21	0:45
Trail the series against # 10 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	9	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24, Q2	21-19, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 14 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Ji/Wang	14	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	21-12, 21-23, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 26, Q2 Faure/Sarpaux, France 0-1
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 4	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Erni/Graessli, Switzerland 1-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	Erni/Graessli	30, Q9	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # Q12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
11/1/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	Holtwick/Semmler	Q12	29-27, 21-16	0:50