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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 28 - July 6, 2019

(30) 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 Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	25, Q5	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	22	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	6	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	18	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2019	Sydney Three Star	5	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	11	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/10-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	11	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2018	Tokyo Three Star	1	3rd	480	US$5,000.00
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

World Championships Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/28/2019	Pool F	Fan Wang / Xinyi Xia, China (19)	Lost 19-21, 22-20, 15-17	1:01
Sun, 6/30/2019	Pool F	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (6)	Lost 13-21, 18-21	0:37
Mon, 7/1/2019	Pool F	Mailen Deliz / Leila Martinez, Cuba (43)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Tue, 7/2/2019	Lucky Loser	Xinxin Wang / Chen Xue, China (29)	Lost 15-21, 10-21	0:31

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Megumi Murakami - 33rd	Miki Ishii - 33rd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Sayaka Mizoe - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sayaka Mizoe - 33rd	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	30	33rd	320	US$4,800.00

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$)
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 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	2	$31,800.00	19	18	51.4 %
Total	FIVB	30	1	0	1	1	5	0	6	0	6	2	8	$87,280.00	53	46	53.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	2	$15,900.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	2	$15,900.00
33	1	0	1	1	6	6	7	2	9	$44,540.00	Total	Total	36	1	0	1	1	5	10	6	2	10	$45,340.00

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%
2018-2019	26	66.7%	7	17.9%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	8	18.2%	8	18.2%	28	63.6%	8-36	18.2%	26-28	48.1%	15-14	51.7%	2	0	43-42	50.6%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	3	8.8%	3	8.8%	28	82.4%	3-31	8.8%	14-54	20.6%	10-12	45.5%	1	0	13-33	28.3%

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
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 trail the series against the field 7-17 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-1
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/Silva	8, Q1	Ishii/Murakami	11	21-11, 21-12	0:26
Trail the series against # 5 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-1
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	2	Ishii/Murakami	11	21-15, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 6 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-3
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool F	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	6	Ishii/Murakami	30	21-13, 21-18	0:37
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Ishii/Murakami	30, Q12	21-14, 19-21, 15-8	0:45
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	8	Ishii/Murakami	24	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-0
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Ishii/Murakami	18	Keizer/Meppelink	12	18-21, 3-2 Retired	0:23
Trail the series against # 10 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool F	Antonelli/Salgado	6	Ishii/Murakami	22	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Hughes/Ross, United States 0-1
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Hughes/Ross	9	Ishii/Murakami	24	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 17 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Ishii/Murakami	11	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 Wang/Xia, China 0-2
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool F	Wang/Xia	19	Ishii/Murakami	30	21-19, 20-22, 17-15	1:01
10/13/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Wang/Xia	1	Ishii/Murakami	16	21-13, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 20 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-1
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Borger/Sude	15	Ishii/Murakami	18	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 21 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	Ishii/Murakami	25, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 23 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Kociolek/Wojtasik	8	Ishii/Murakami	25, Q5	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 24 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	5	Ishii/Murakami	28, Q11	21-15, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 26 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-0
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Ishii/Murakami	30, Q12	Graudina/Samoilova	Q5	8-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 28 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Ishii/Murakami	30, Q12	Bieneck/Schneider	11	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 29 Wang/Xue, China 1-1
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Lucky Loser	Wang/Xue	29	Ishii/Murakami	30	21-15, 21-10	0:31
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Ishii/Murakami	25, Q5	Wang/Xue	24	21-23, 21-15, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 32 Laird/Palmer, Australia 0-1
3/9/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 3	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Ishii/Murakami	5	21-12, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 34 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 0-1
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	Ishii/Murakami	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 35 Lin/Zeng, China 2-0
6/12/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Qualifier 2	Ishii/Murakami	25, Q5	Lin/Zeng	Q12	21-23, 21-9, 15-12	0:54
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Ishii/Murakami	18	Lin/Zeng	31	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 43 Deliz/Martinez, Cuba 1-0
7/1/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool F	Ishii/Murakami	30	Deliz/Martinez	43	21-17, 21-16	0:37