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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 15 - 20, 2003

(26, Q1) Chiaki Kusuhara/Ryo Tokuno, Japan

Chiaki Kusuhara
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1975 (49 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 (50 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Rii Seike - 17th
1999	Ryo Tokuno - 33rd	Chiaki Kusuhara - 33rd
2000	Ryo Tokuno - 33rd	Chiaki Kusuhara - 33rd
2001	Ryo Tokuno - 25th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 25th
2002	Ryo Tokuno - 25th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	23	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	26	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	19	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	14	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	14	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	10	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	11	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	21	4th	280	US$12,100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	24	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	23	25th	40	US$2,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/15/2003	Qualifier 1	Marion Castelli / Morgane Faure, France (Q32)	Won 22-20, 21-10	0:39
Tue, 7/15/2003	Qualifier 2	Gabriele Jobst / Patricia Stragliotto, Canada (Q17)	Won 15-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:52
Wed, 7/16/2003	Pool G	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (10)	Lost 11-21, 16-21	0:34
Wed, 7/16/2003	Pool G	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (23)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 16-14	0:53
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool G	Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czech Republic (7)	Lost 11-21, 11-21	0:32

Head to Head Results
Kusuhara/Tokuno trail the series against the field 18-38 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 15 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-7
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-13, 21-14	0:34
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 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-3
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-17, 21-15	0:39
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-18, 21-14	0:36
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-12, 21-15	0:38
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-13, 21-12	0:32
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	18-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
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 # 7 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-2
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	21-11, 21-11	0:32
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	25-23, 21-17	0:43
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	9	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 8 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-3
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kadijk/Leenstra	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	21-14, 21-14	0:34
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kadijk/Leenstra	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-17, 21-15	0:39
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:55
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 10 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	10	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	21-11, 21-16	0:34
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Arjona/Kadjo	47	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 13 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 # 14 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 17 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Glesnes/Maaseide	19	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Dodd/McSorley, United States 0-2
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Dodd/McSorley	14	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-8, 21-19	0:35
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 # 19 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 0-2
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Clarke/Gooley	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-19, 21-16	0:41
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 # 21, Q5 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	Ahmann/Vollmer	10	21-11, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 22 Wang/You, China 0-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Wang/You	19	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 23 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-2
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	23	21-13, 18-21, 16-14	0:53
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 # 24 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-3
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	9	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	21-12, 21-12	0:34
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 # 27, Q4 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Garcia/Gaxiola	26, Q2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 28, Q9 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	28-26, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 31, Q27 Dumont/Martin, Canada 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	Dumont/Martin	30, Q24	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # Q3 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	Gerlic/Lochowicz	19	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # Q6 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 3-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	Bruschini/Solazzi	23	24-26, 21-13, 15-13	0:56
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	12-21, 21-16, 20-18	1:01
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-12, 21-18	0:33
Series tied with # Q10 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	Ikauniece/Minusa	30	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Ikauniece/Minusa	25, Q11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # Q11 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q20	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # Q16 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-7, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # Q17 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 1-0
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	Jobst/Stragliotto	Q17	15-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # Q18 Boileau/Morin, Canada 1-0
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	Boileau/Morin	26, Q6	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q32 Castelli/Faure, France 1-0
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26, Q1	Castelli/Faure	Q32	22-20, 21-10	0:39