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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Goodwill Games
August 29 - September 4, 2001

(16) Chiaki Kusuhara/Ryo Tokuno, 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

Ryo Tokuno
Japan

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ehime

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Klagenfurt 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$102,065.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	64	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	1	4	24	15	4	5	3	US$170,930.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	65	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	1	4	24	15	4	5	3	US$172,930.00

Previous Brisbane Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/22-26/2001	Hong Kong Open	23	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Japan Open	10	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	30	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	26	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	27	25th	46	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	21	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/29-7/1/2001	Greece Challenger	3	4th	42	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	24	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	20	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	16	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/31-11/5/2000	Brazil Open	13	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Goodwill Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/29/2001	Winner 1	Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst, Australia (1)	Lost 16-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:49
Fri, 8/31/2001	Contender 1	Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (9)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 9/1/2001	Contender 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (12)	Won 21-19, 22-24, 18-16	0:59
Sun, 9/2/2001	Contender 4	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (11)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:36

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	$45,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	50	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	4	17	12	0	$112,830.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	65	0	0	0	2	2	0	6	4	24	15	0	$172,930.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chiaki Kusuhara												Ryo Tokuno
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	1	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	2	1	0	$6,625.00
23	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	5	0	$44,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	0	$25,050.00
88	0	0	0	0	2	22	29	19	0	$114,865.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	62	0	0	0	0	2	9	20	17	0	$66,890.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
120	0	0	0	2	2	26	41	24	0	$170,315.00	Total	81	0	0	0	2	2	11	28	21	0	$102,065.00

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
1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$4,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	2	0	$37,250.00	12	20	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	6	3	5	$41,750.00	13	22	37.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chiaki Kusuhara													Ryo Tokuno
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,225.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$700.00	1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$700.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,250.00	1999	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	3	$9,500.00	2000	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	3	$9,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	$18,625.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	2	0	$18,625.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
35	0	0	0	1	1	3	12	6	12	$32,075.00	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	1	1	3	13	7	13	$33,300.00

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	39	69.6%	7	12.5%	10	17.9%	46-10	82.1%	11	12.8%	11	12.8%	64	74.4%	11-75	12.8%	39-64	37.9%	18-21	46.2%	1	0	59-87	40.4%
2000-2001	8	57.1%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	15	88.2%	1-16	5.9%	8-15	34.8%	3-5	37.5%	1	0	12-20	37.5%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	3.3%	2	6.7%	27	90.0%	1-29	3.3%	12-48	20.0%	6-10	37.5%	1	0	10-31	24.4%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	8	10	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	15	27	0	0	7	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	59
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	10	2	26	42	0	0	10	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	59	87

Head to Head Results
Kusuhara/Tokuno trail the series against the field 3-12 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
8/29/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	30	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Minello/Pires, Brazil 0-3
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Contender 6	Minello/Pires	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-17, 21-17	0:43
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool C	Minello/Pires	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	30	21-18, 21-14	0:41
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 2	Minello/Pires	18	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	8	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Chi/Xiong, China 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Chi/Xiong	8	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Chi/Xiong	25	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-6	0:30
Lead the series against # 9 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	9	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 10 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-2
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	27	21-14, 22-20	0:39
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30
Trail the series against # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-17, 21-19	0:36
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	16	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	25-23, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-19, 22-24, 18-16	0:59
Lead the series against # 15 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-0
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Clarke/Gerlic	18	21-16, 26-24	0:48