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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Estathe' Italian Open
September 3 - 7, 2003

(23, Q2) 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 Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	19	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	9	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	20	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	26, Q1	17th	108	US$5,000.00
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

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2003	Qualifier 2	Silvia Bottazzi / Manuela Broccolini, Italy (Q34)	Won 21-10, 21-5
Thu, 9/4/2003	Qualifier 3	Gaia Cicola / Diletta Lunardi, Italy (Q18)	Won 21-12, 21-10
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool G	Susanne Lahme / Danja Musch, Germany (7)	Lost 34-32, 26-28, 12-15	1:11
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool G	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (26)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:39
Sat, 9/6/2003	Pool G	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (10)	Won 24-22, 23-21	0:46

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	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	2	0	$37,530.00	16	22	42.1 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	0	$31,250.00	13	20	39.4 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	1	14	8	5	$110,530.00	42	64	39.6 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	$18,765.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	$18,765.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	$15,625.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	$15,625.00
54	0	0	0	2	1	8	20	11	12	$66,465.00	Total	Total	57	0	0	0	2	1	8	21	12	13	$67,690.00

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%
2002-2003	21	67.7%	5	16.1%	5	16.1%	26-5	83.9%	6	12.5%	5	10.4%	37	77.1%	6-42	12.5%	21-37	36.2%	11-10	52.4%	0	0	32-47	40.5%
Against the Field	17	63.0%	4	14.8%	6	22.2%	21-6	77.8%	8	16.7%	4	8.3%	36	75.0%	8-40	16.7%	34-68	33.3%	24-20	54.5%	1	0	30-45	40.0%

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 20-31 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-1
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Tian/Wang	13	Kusuhara/Tokuno	20	21-19, 21-14	0:42
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 # 5 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 # 7 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Lahme/Musch	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	32-34, 28-26, 15-12	1:11
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 10 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 2-2
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	24-22, 23-21	0:46
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 # 12 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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-4
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-16, 21-15	0:34
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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 19 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
Lead the series against # 21 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-1
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	24, Q3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	9	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	Kusuhara/Tokuno	20	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q17	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Hakedal/Torlen	10	21-7, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 24 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
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 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
Trail the series against # 26 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-2
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool G	Arjona/Kadjo	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 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 # Q5 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
Trail the series against # Q6 Alcon/Pol, Spain 0-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	9	27-25, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # Q9 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
Series tied with # Q12 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 # Q18 Cicola/Lunardi, Italy 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	Cicola/Lunardi	Q18	21-12, 21-10
Lead the series against # Q34 Bottazzi/Broccolini, Italy 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23, Q2	Bottazzi/Broccolini	Q34	21-10, 21-5