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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open
March 25 - 30, 2008

(30, 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 Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	29	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	23	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

Adelaide Australia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/25/2008	Qualifier 2	Liane Herbert / Victoria Palmer, England (Q28)	Won 21-13, 21-9	0:32
Wed, 3/26/2008	Qualifier 3	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (Q21)	Won 24-22, 21-17	0:44
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 1	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	0:38
Thu, 3/27/2008	Contender 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (19)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:41

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	1	$51,000.00	22	28	44.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,800.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	4	2	$64,800.00	30	38	44.1 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	$25,500.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	$25,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$900.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$900.00
107	0	0	0	2	2	23	35	24	21	$154,665.00	Total	Total	86	0	1	2	1	6	20	15	13	28	$129,400.00

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%
2007-2008	30	73.2%	9	22.0%	2	4.9%	39-2	95.1%	7	12.7%	7	12.7%	41	74.5%	7-48	12.7%	30-41	42.3%	16-9	64.0%	0	0	46-50	47.9%
Against the Field	17	70.8%	5	20.8%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	6	15.4%	5	12.8%	28	71.8%	6-33	15.4%	34-56	37.8%	22-14	61.1%	0	0	28-35	44.4%

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 8-25 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 15 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 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
Trail the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-4
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	30, Q5	21-13, 21-17	0:38
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	21	21-12, 21-17	0:41
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	4	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q5	21-15, 21-13	0:34
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	4	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	20, Q7	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 0-3
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Cook/Hinchley	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Cook/Hinchley	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-14, 21-15	0:38
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 # 7 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-2
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	4	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	29	21-19, 21-13	0:42
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 # 10 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 # 12 Wang/Zuo, China 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Wang/Zuo	16	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 13, Q2 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 # 14 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 # 16 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 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 19 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	30, Q5	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 22 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Jursone/Minusa	20	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	29	21-14, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 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 # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q16 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 # Q21 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	30, Q5	Candelas/Garcia	Q21	24-22, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q28 Herbert/Palmer, England 1-0
3/25/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	30, Q5	Herbert/Palmer	Q28	21-13, 21-9	0:32