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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 2 - 6, 2002

(17) 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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	18	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	15	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	16	10th	0	US$5,000.00
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

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool A	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 9-21, 12-21	0:32
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool A	Marika Teknedzjanova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (32)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:45
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool A	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (16)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 7/5/2002	Winner 1	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (2)	Lost 7-21, 13-21	0:31

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 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$8,070.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7	4	5	$49,820.00	16	29	35.6 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,035.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,035.00
38	0	0	0	1	1	4	13	7	12	$36,110.00	Total	Total	41	0	0	0	1	1	4	14	8	13	$37,335.00

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%
2001-2002	19	65.5%	4	13.8%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	4	10.0%	5	12.5%	31	77.5%	4-36	10.0%	19-31	38.0%	8-11	42.1%	1	0	28-42	40.0%
Against the Field	17	73.9%	3	13.0%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	2	3.8%	6	11.3%	45	84.9%	2-51	3.8%	34-88	27.9%	10-18	35.7%	1	0	23-53	30.3%

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 6-15 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Bede/Behar	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	21-9, 21-12	0:32
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 # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-6
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	21-7, 21-13	0:31
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	18	21-17, 21-12	0:36
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	21-12, 21-11	0:42
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-11, 21-14	0:34
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	21-13, 21-15	0:38
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Kusuhara/Tokuno	27	21-14, 26-24	0:27
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Connelly/Minello	18	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	21-17, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 14, Q6 Dodd/McSorley, United States 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Dodd/McSorley	15, Q9	Kusuhara/Tokuno	18	25-23, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-2
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	Pohl/Rau	16	21-18, 21-19	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Clarke/Gooley	31, Q4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 23 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
Series tied with # 32 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	32	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:45
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	25-23, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # Q17 Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou, Greece 1-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	31, Q8	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:38
Lead the series against # Q19 Meissinger/Stampfer, Austria 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	30	Meissinger/Stampfer	35	21-11, 21-16	0:34