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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 22, 2006

(21) Chiaki Kusuhara/Satoko Urata, 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

Satoko Urata
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saga

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Best:

7th (FIVB Osaka 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$60,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	5	6	2	US$74,400.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Satoko Urata - 17th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	27	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	29, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	28, Q2	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	23, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q2	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	17	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	18	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	14	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	18	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	28, Q6	9th	224	US$8,600.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (12)	Lost 11-21, 10-21	0:30
Thu, 7/20/2006	Contender 1	Patricia Labee / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (28, Q10)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:42
Thu, 7/20/2006	Contender 2	Tatiana Barrera / Eva Hamzaoui, France (22)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
Thu, 7/20/2006	Contender 3	Sanne Keizer / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (20)	Lost 25-27, 17-21	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$13,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	5	0	$57,300.00
Total	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	5	0	$74,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chiaki Kusuhara												Satoko Urata
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,450.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
23	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	5	0	$44,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$8,425.00
88	0	0	0	0	2	22	29	19	0	$114,865.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	76	0	0	0	0	1	7	11	14	0	$49,900.00
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	104	0	0	0	0	1	8	12	15	0	$60,200.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2005	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	3	$50,100.00	20	29	40.8 %
2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	$16,000.00	12	14	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	6	5	6	$71,600.00	35	45	43.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chiaki Kusuhara													Satoko Urata
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$700.00	1998	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,250.00	1999	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	3	$9,500.00	2000	FIVB
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$825.00
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	1	0	3	5	$9,250.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	3	$25,050.00	2005	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	3	$25,050.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	$8,000.00	2006	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	$8,000.00
90	0	0	0	2	2	17	31	20	18	$123,765.00	Total	Total	49	0	0	0	0	1	7	6	10	25	$44,125.00

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	21	63.6%	8	24.2%	4	12.1%	29-4	87.9%	7	13.5%	8	15.4%	37	71.2%	7-45	13.5%	21-37	36.2%	15-12	55.6%	1	0	37-49	43.0%
2005-2006	17	60.7%	8	28.6%	3	10.7%	25-3	89.3%	7	14.6%	7	14.6%	34	70.8%	7-41	14.6%	17-34	33.3%	15-10	60.0%	0	0	32-44	42.1%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	4	16.7%	2	8.3%	18	75.0%	4-20	16.7%	12-36	25.0%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	12-21	36.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	4	1	2	0	0	3	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	39
Total	0	0	13	8	1	2	0	0	6	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	49

Head to Head Results
Kusuhara/Urata trail the series against the field 12-20 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool B	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kusuhara/Urata	15	21-7, 21-12	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	5	Kusuhara/Urata	28, Q2	21-11, 21-7	0:34
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Kusuhara/Urata	18	21-11, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Tian/Wang	4	Kusuhara/Urata	28, Q2	21-11, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Kusuhara/Urata	27	21-17, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	4	Kusuhara/Urata	29, Q3	21-9, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Kusuhara/Urata	18	21-17, 21-19	0:47
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Urata	20	Hakedal/Torlen	13	21-16, 21-17	0:36
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Kusuhara/Urata	9	Hakedal/Torlen	15	21-12, 24-26, 25-23	1:15
Series tied with # 9 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-1
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Moiseeva/Uryadova	24, Q18	Kusuhara/Urata	Q2	21-17, 21-9	0:37
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Urata	20	Moiseeva/Uryadova	4	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 12 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	Kusuhara/Urata	21	21-11, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 13 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-2
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool B	Gattelli/Perrotta	18	Kusuhara/Urata	15	24-22, 21-15	0:49
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Gattelli/Perrotta	6	Kusuhara/Urata	18	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-2
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	Kusuhara/Urata	29, Q3	21-16, 21-12	0:42
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	17	Kusuhara/Urata	18	21-14, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Hinchley/Lochowicz, Australia 0-1
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Hinchley/Lochowicz	30, Q14	Kusuhara/Urata	Q3	18-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 17 Zhang/Zuo, China 0-1
5/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Zhang/Zuo	31, Q31	Kusuhara/Urata	Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q12	Kusuhara/Urata	Q5	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 Lundqvist/Uddstahl, Sweden 1-0
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Urata	14	Lundqvist/Uddstahl	20, Q3	21-19, 19-21, 15-5	0:56
Trail the series against # 20 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Leenstra	20	Kusuhara/Urata	21	27-25, 21-17	0:46
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	7	Kusuhara/Urata	23, Q3	22-20, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 2-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Urata	21	Barrera/Hamzaoui	22	20-22, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Urata	27	Barrera/Hamzaoui	22	19-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:56
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 1	Barrera/Hamzaoui	19	Kusuhara/Urata	14	21-19, 21-23, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 26 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
7/4/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Urata	29, Q3	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q14	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:05
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Urata	14	Petrova/Skalnikova	30, Q8	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 de Vries/Labee, Netherlands 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Urata	21	Labee/de Vries	28, Q10	21-17, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # Q8 Erni/Graessli, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Erni/Graessli	31, Q18	Kusuhara/Urata	28, Q2	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q9 Baltakys/Barry, Canada 2-0
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Urata	Q7	Baltakys/Barry	Q26	21-12, 21-18	0:35
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Urata	23, Q3	Baltakys/Barry	Q19	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q12 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kusuhara/Urata	Q3	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Schmocker	Q30	21-19, 21-18	0:46