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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Tokyo Three Star
July 25 - 29, 2018

(1) Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan

Miki Ishii Koshikawa
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 7, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fujisawa

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Daegu 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$94,215.00

Megumi Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fukui

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Daegu 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$62,710.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	42	1	0	1	1	6	0	7	0	11	1	4	6	4	US$118,080.00

Previous Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-15/2018	Gstaad Major	30, Q12	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2018	Espinho Four Star	23	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	Q12	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	24	25th	180	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	Q7	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	Q5	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	1/2-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	21	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	11/23-26/2017	Sydney Two Star	7	17th	80	US$600.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2017	Aalsmeer One Star	4	4th	100	US$530.00
FIVB	10/11-15/2017	Qinzhou Three Star	16	9th	180	US$2,100.00

Tokyo Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/26/2018	Pool A	McKenna Thibodeau / Madison Willis, United States (32, Q9)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 7/27/2018	Pool A	Aleksandra Gromadowska / Jagoda Sliwka, Poland (17)	Lost 21-17, 16-21, 14-16	0:52
Fri, 7/27/2018	Winner 1	Kaho Sakaguchi / Yukako Suzuki, Japan (28)	Won 19-21, 21-11, 15-5	0:48
Sat, 7/28/2018	Winner 2	Aline Chamereau / Alexandra Jupiter, France (26)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:38
Sun, 7/29/2018	Winner 3	Niina Ahtiainen / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (2)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:36
Sun, 7/29/2018	Semi-Finals	Teresa Mersmann / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (20)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39
Sun, 7/29/2018	Bronze Medal	Ingrid Lunde / Oda Ulveseth, Norway (14)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:43

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	10	3	0	$60,100.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	1	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	$20,180.00
Total	42	1	0	1	1	6	0	7	0	12	4	0	$118,080.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miki Ishii												Megumi Murakami
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	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$8,300.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
19	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	0	0	$24,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$14,500.00
42	0	0	0	0	3	12	16	3	1	$46,925.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	0	1	6	12	6	1	$32,300.00
13	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$12,490.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	1	0	1	1	5	7	1	0	0	$10,890.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$550.00
80	1	1	1	1	11	16	30	4	2	$94,215.00	Total	65	1	0	1	1	8	15	15	7	1	$62,640.00

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
2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$17,800.00	6	5	54.5 %
2017	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$8,950.00	7	5	58.3 %
2018	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	3	$28,730.00	20	16	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	20	1	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	3	2	6	$55,480.00	34	28	54.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Miki Ishii													Megumi Murakami
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2014	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,900.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,900.00
8	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	$5,375.00	2017	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	$4,625.00
11	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	$14,365.00	2018	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	$14,365.00
23	1	0	1	1	4	3	4	2	7	$28,640.00	Total	Total	26	1	0	1	1	3	7	3	2	8	$29,440.00

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	40	66.7%	10	16.7%	10	16.7%	50-10	83.3%	12	17.1%	10	14.3%	48	68.6%	12-58	17.1%	40-48	45.5%	22-20	52.4%	3	0	65-68	48.9%
2017-2018	15	68.2%	4	18.2%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	7	28.0%	4	16.0%	14	56.0%	7-18	28.0%	15-14	51.7%	11-7	61.1%	1	0	27-21	56.3%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	16-6	72.7%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	11-9	55.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	5	18	20	0	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	42
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	11	5	1	2	1	1	1	0	20	10
Total	0	0	12	9	29	30	0	2	20	23	1	2	1	1	1	0	65	68

Head to Head Results
Ishii/Murakami lead the series against the field 8-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
7/29/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 3	Ishii/Murakami	1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	2	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Wang/Xia, China 0-1
10/13/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Wang/Xia	1	Ishii/Murakami	16	21-13, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Lunde/Ulveseth, Norway 2-0
7/29/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Bronze Medal	Ishii/Murakami	1	Lunde/Ulveseth	14	21-18, 21-17	0:43
10/26/17	FIVB	Aalsmeer One Star	Winner 1	Ishii/Murakami	4	Lunde/Ulveseth	13	16-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 15 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 1-0
7/16/17	FIVB	Daegu One Star	Gold Medal	Ishii/Murakami	1	Radarong/Udomchavee	2	21-14, 15-21, 17-15	0:51
Trail the series against # 17 Gromadowska/Sliwka, Poland 0-1
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool A	Gromadowska/Sliwka	17	Ishii/Murakami	1	17-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 20 Mersmann/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
7/29/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Semi-Finals	Mersmann/Tillmann	20	Ishii/Murakami	1	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Bukovec/Gordon, Canada 1-0
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Ishii/Murakami	30, Q12	Bukovec/Gordon	Q21	21-13, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 26 Chamereau/Jupiter, France 1-0
7/28/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 2	Ishii/Murakami	1	Chamereau/Jupiter	26	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 28 Sakaguchi/Suzuki, Japan 1-0
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 1	Ishii/Murakami	1	Sakaguchi/Suzuki	28	19-21, 21-11, 15-5	0:48
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Thibodeau/Willis, United States 1-0
7/26/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool A	Ishii/Murakami	1	Thibodeau/Willis	32, Q9	21-14, 21-14	0:34