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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 World Series 13
July 14 - 20, 2008

(13) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Yukiko Takahashi - 17th
1998	Did not play	Yukiko Takahashi - 5th
1999	Ryo Tokuno - 33rd	Yukiko Takahashi - 5th
2000	Ryo Tokuno - 33rd	Yukiko Takahashi - 7th
2001	Ryo Tokuno - 25th	Did not play
2002	Ryo Tokuno - 25th	Did not play
2003	Ryo Tokuno - 17th	Did not play
2006	Satoko Urata - 25th	Hiromi Suzuki - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	24	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q8	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	23, Q7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	22, Q4	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	22, Q4	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	9	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	31, Q3	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q3	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	30, Q5	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2008	Winner 1	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (20)	Won 21-8, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 7/16/2008	Winner 2	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (4)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:55
Thu, 7/17/2008	Contender 2	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (19)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:41
Thu, 7/17/2008	Contender 3	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (12)	Won 15-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:51
Fri, 7/18/2008	Contender 4	Muriel Graessli / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (31, Q11)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 11-15	0:49

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	3	$30,300.00	24	19	55.8 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	9	4	5	$93,300.00	52	55	48.6 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	3	$15,150.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	3	$15,150.00
117	0	0	0	2	2	26	39	24	24	$168,915.00	Total	Total	96	0	1	2	1	6	23	19	13	31	$143,650.00

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	13	61.9%	5	23.8%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	6	27.3%	4	18.2%	12	54.5%	6-16	27.3%	26-24	52.0%	22-14	61.1%	0	0	24-19	55.8%

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
Kusuhara/Teru Saiki lead the series against the field 24-18 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Antonelli/Leao	26, Q17	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 3 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	11	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24	21-18, 21-15	0:42
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	22, Q4	Pohl/Rau	11	12-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 4 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-1
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	4	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	13	21-14, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
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 # 6 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-1
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	21-16, 21-18	0:39
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	20, Q7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	13	21-15, 23-25, 15-7	0:58
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 # 8 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-3
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	9	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:59
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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 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 # 11 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	9	Martins/Santanna	24	21-15, 21-16	0:35
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 # 12 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 2-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	13	Candelas/Garcia	12	15-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:51
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	31, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:33
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 # 14 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 2-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24	Moiseeva/Uryadova	9	21-17, 21-15	0:38
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	31, Q3	Moiseeva/Uryadova	16	21-16, 12-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 2-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24	Gattelli/Perrotta	25, Q9	25-23, 21-16	0:50
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	9	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q4	21-15, 24-22	0:47
Series tied with # 19 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	13	Gioria/Momoli	19	21-17, 21-17	0:41
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Gioria/Momoli	28, Q15	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	22, Q4	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # 20 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 2-1
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	13	Kuhn/Schwer	20	21-8, 21-18	0:39
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	31, Q3	Kuhn/Schwer	18	21-16, 21-17	0:40
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-15, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 21 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-2
6/24/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	Q8	21-15, 16-21, 15-9	0:55
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 # 22, Q2 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 # 26 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 # 28, Q3 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 2-0
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	22, Q4	Keizer/de Vries	Q13	15-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:57
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	22, Q4	Keizer/de Vries	Q13	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 31, Q11 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	13	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # Q9 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	18, Q5	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q28	21-15, 21-17	0:39