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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Portugal
July 13 - 16, 2023

(Q14) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Azusa Futami - 17th	Did not play
2022	Yurika Sakaguchi - 25th	Akiko Hasegawa - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	20, Q7	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	Q12	25th	220	US$0.00

Challenge Portugal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/13/2023	Qualifier 1	Isabel Schneider / Julia Sude, Germany (Q19)	Lost 21-14, 21-23, 9-15	0:55

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	6	6	1	$20,250.00	16	23	41.0 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$0.00
57	0	1	1	1	4	10	14	13	13	$37,925.00	Total	Total	38	2	1	4	4	1	7	9	6	4	$22,825.00

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	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	2-14	12.5%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	2-12	14.3%

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 2-9 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 19, Q11 Kraft/Stockman, United States 1-0
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool A	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	9	Kraft/Stockman	8	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 20, Q12 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 # 21, Q16 Almeida/Lima, Brazil 0-1
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Almeida/Lima	24, Q4	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	13	18-21, 24-22, 15-4	0:55
Lead the series against # 23, Q24 McNamara/McNamara, Canada 1-0
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool F	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	6	McNamara/McNamara	7	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # Q5 Helland-Hansen/Olimstad, Norway 0-1
10/29/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Winner 1	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	10	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	4	29-27, 21-14	0:48
Trail the series against # Q15 Carro/Lobato, Spain 0-1
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool E	Carro/Lobato	5	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	20, Q7	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # Q19 Schneider/Sude, Germany 0-2
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 1	Schneider/Sude	Q19	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	Q14	14-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:55
10/24/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Winner 1	Schneider/Sude	1	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	6	19-21, 23-21, 15-6	0:57