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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
August 28 - September 1, 2007

(23) 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Satoko Urata - 17th	Ryo Tokuno - 25th
2006	Satoko Urata - 13th	Hiromi Suzuki - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	27	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	24	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	23	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	23	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	17	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	18, Q5	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	18, Q7	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	20, Q7	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	17, Q5	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/29/2007	Winner 1	Inna Shmat / Natalia Stepanova, Russia (10)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:48
Wed, 8/29/2007	Winner 2	Adriana Behar / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (7)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:36
Thu, 8/30/2007	Contender 2	Deborah Giaoui / Eva Hamzaoui, France (25, Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:38
Thu, 8/30/2007	Contender 3	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (17)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:38

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	$49,000.00	22	26	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	2	2	$61,000.00	28	34	45.2 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	1	$24,500.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	1	$24,500.00
105	0	0	0	2	2	23	35	22	21	$152,765.00	Total	Total	84	0	1	2	1	6	20	15	11	28	$127,500.00

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	16	66.7%	5	20.8%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	3	10.7%	5	17.9%	20	71.4%	3-25	10.7%	32-40	44.4%	16-16	50.0%	0	0	24-28	46.2%

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 trail the series against the field 13-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q5	21-11, 21-14	0:36
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q7	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Ribeiro	12	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	21	21-13, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Kessy/Ross	22	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	27	21-11, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	18	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17	21-13, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Scott/Turner, United States 0-2
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool A	Scott/Turner	25	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24	21-12, 21-12	0:34
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Scott/Turner	26, Q11	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-19, 19-21, 15-7	1:02
Trail the series against # 7 Behar/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Behar/Connelly	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Shmat/Stepanova, Russia 1-0
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	Shmat/Stepanova	10	21-18, 21-15	0:48
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q8	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	23-21, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-2
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	20, Q7	21-12, 21-14	0:39
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 # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q7	25-23, 21-16	0:47
Series tied with # 15 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-2
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q4	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	21	21-14, 12-21, 20-18	1:13
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	Faure/Sarpaux	26	21-10, 15-21, 15-13	0:58
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	20, Q7	Faure/Sarpaux	19	16-21, 21-12, 16-14	1:02
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 4	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	19, Q5	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-15, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q5	Mouha/Van Breedam	Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:39
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 # 20 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q5	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:56
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	23-21, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 21, Q10 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q5	Alcon/Matveeva	32, Q36	13-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 22, Q3 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 # 25, Q9 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	25, Q9	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 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 # 30, Q8 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	20, Q7	Boulton/Johns	Q23	21-16, 21-13	0:35