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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 2 - 6, 2007

(17, 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Ryo Tokuno - 25th	Satoko Urata - 41st
2005	Satoko Urata - 25th	Did not play
2006	Satoko Urata - 25th	Hiromi Suzuki - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	19, Q5	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/2/2007	Qualifier 1	Zhongji Jiang / Jieqiong Jin, China (Q28)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-6	0:49
Wed, 5/2/2007	Qualifier 2	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (Q12)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:50
Thu, 5/3/2007	Winner 1	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (16)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:49
Thu, 5/3/2007	Winner 2	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (1)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:42
Fri, 5/4/2007	Contender 2	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (31, Q26)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 20-18	0:53
Fri, 5/4/2007	Contender 3	Natalie Cook / Tamsin Hinchley, Australia (23)	Lost 24-26, 16-21	0:46

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 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$16,500.00	10	10	50.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
95	0	0	0	2	2	19	32	20	20	$130,515.00	Total	Total	74	0	1	2	1	6	16	12	9	27	$105,250.00

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%
2006-2007	16	69.6%	7	30.4%	0	0.0%	23-0	100.0%	4	10.5%	3	7.9%	31	81.6%	4-34	10.5%	16-31	34.0%	11-3	78.6%	0	0	27-34	44.3%
Against the Field	14	58.3%	8	33.3%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	6	16.2%	4	10.8%	27	73.0%	6-31	16.2%	28-54	34.1%	28-12	70.0%	0	0	28-33	45.9%

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
Kusuhara/Teru Saiki lead the series against the field 8-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Series tied with # 7 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 # 9 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 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
9/3/04	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	21	12-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # 16 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	23-21, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 22 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	Q5	21-15, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 23 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-1
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Cook/Hinchley	23	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	26-24, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 29, Q13 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q26 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	Martins/Santanna	31, Q26	21-14, 16-21, 20-18	0:53
Lead the series against # Q7 Suzuki/Urata, Japan 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24, Q2	Suzuki/Urata	25, Q1	21-11, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q10 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 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	Mouha/Van Breedam	Q12	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q28 Jiang/Jin, China 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	Jiang/Jin	Q28	20-22, 21-19, 15-6	0:49