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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(47) Akiko Hasegawa/Yurika Sakaguchi, Japan

Akiko Hasegawa
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 30, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Agadir 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$46,125.00

Yurika Sakaguchi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$24,852.95

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	4	6	2	1	US$23,650.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Yurika Sakaguchi - 25th	Akiko Hasegawa - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q22	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	Q14	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	Q17	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	Q11	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	9	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	5	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	6	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	11, Q3	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool B	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss, United States (2)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:33
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool B	Andressa Cavalcanti / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (23)	Lost 9-21, 26-28	0:38
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool B	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (26)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:42

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Yurika Sakaguchi - 37th	Akiko Hasegawa - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	47	37th	160	US$3,400.00

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	1	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	6	0	$15,250.00
Total	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	6	1	$23,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Akiko Hasegawa												Yurika Sakaguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$2,500.00
37	0	0	0	0	1	7	9	11	0	$25,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	0	$10,525.00
17	0	1	1	1	3	6	3	1	0	$11,800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	2	1	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	$9,800.00
68	0	1	1	1	4	15	18	13	1	$46,125.00	Total	42	2	1	4	4	1	7	9	7	1	$24,525.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2022	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	4	0	$17,250.00	13	17	43.3 %
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,400.00	2	8	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	6	3	$23,650.00	16	27	37.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Akiko Hasegawa													Yurika Sakaguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	2015	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,000.00	2017	FIVB
15	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	2	4	$13,700.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
13	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	4	4	$8,050.00	2019	FIVB	13	1	1	3	2	0	3	1	0	2	$8,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,050.00	2020	FIVB	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	$2,450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	$8,625.00	2022	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	$8,625.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$1,700.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$1,700.00
59	0	1	1	1	4	10	14	13	15	$39,625.00	Total	Total	40	2	1	4	4	1	7	9	6	6	$24,525.00

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	11	52.4%	4	19.0%	6	28.6%	15-6	71.4%	1	4.5%	3	13.6%	18	81.8%	1-21	4.5%	11-18	37.9%	5-9	35.7%	0	0	16-27	37.2%
2022-2023	10	52.6%	4	21.1%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	1	4.8%	2	9.5%	18	85.7%	1-20	4.8%	10-18	35.7%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	15-25	37.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	0-16	0.0%	0-8	0.0%	0	0	0-12	0.0%

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	8	7	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	18
Total	0	0	7	12	8	10	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	27

Head to Head Results
Hasegawa/Sakaguchi trail the series against the field 0-12 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-2
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	47	21-15, 21-15	0:33
4/14/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Qualifier 2	Brasher/Nuss	24, Q20	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	Q4	12-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
11/30/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool A	Artacho/Clancy	1	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	9	21-16, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 0-2
3/16/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Silva	18, Q6	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	Q11	21-17, 21-15	0:35
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Lopes/Silva	Q5	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	Q12	21-17, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 20 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 0-1
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool A	Sliwka/Wachowicz	16, Q5	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	9	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 21 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Qualifier 1	Hermannova/Stochlova	19, Q11	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	Q22	31-29, 10-21, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against # 23 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 0-1
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool B	Cavalcanti/De Souza	23	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	47	21-9, 28-26	0:38
Trail the series against # 25 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 0-1
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	4	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	11, Q3	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 26 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool B	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	26	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	47	21-18, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against # 30 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 0-2
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 1	Ishii/Mizoe	Q6	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	Q11	21-18, 22-20	0:41
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Ishii/Mizoe	Q5	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	Q12	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:49