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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Seoul Open
May 27 - 31, 2009

(Q10) 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 Seoul Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Mika Teru Saiki - 17th	Hiromi Suzuki - 41st
2008	Mika Teru Saiki - 13th	Hiromi Suzuki - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	9	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Seoul Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2009	Qualifier 1	Raquel Lacerda / Susana Monteiro, Portugal (Q23)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:37
Wed, 5/27/2009	Qualifier 2	Heike Jensen / Becchara Palmer, Australia (25, Q7)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 8-15	0:52

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	$16,000.00	12	15	44.4 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,800.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	5	8	$74,400.00	37	49	43.0 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	5	$12,500.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	5	$9,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	$25,500.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	$3,300.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	3	$15,150.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00
120	0	0	0	2	2	26	41	24	25	$170,315.00	Total	Total	77	0	0	0	0	1	7	8	14	47	$50,725.00

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%
2008-2009	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	10-8	55.6%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	8-8	50.0%

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
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
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Urata	28, Q6	Pohl/Rau	5	21-13, 11-21, 20-18	0:57
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	4	Kusuhara/Urata	20	17-21, 21-19, 19-17	1:03
Lead the series against # 6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Urata	26	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Wang/Zuo, China 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Urata	9	Wang/Zuo	8	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 17, Q13 Li/Wang, China 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Li/Wang	13, Q2	Kusuhara/Urata	20	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 21, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	23, Q2	Kusuhara/Urata	9	21-16, 21-16	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 25, Q7 Jensen/Palmer, Australia 0-1
5/27/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Jensen/Palmer	25, Q7	Kusuhara/Urata	Q10	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against Lubetz/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Lubetz/Sude	24, Q3	Kusuhara/Urata	9	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q23 Lacerda/Monteiro, Portugal 1-0
5/27/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 1	Kusuhara/Urata	Q10	Lacerda/Monteiro	Q23	21-13, 21-10	0:37