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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Langkawi Open 2020
March 12 - 15, 2020

(7, Q1) Reika Murakami/Kaho Sakaguchi, Japan

Reika Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyogo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$33,546.45

Kaho Sakaguchi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 25, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Tel Aviv 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$8,479.33

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	18	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	4	1	US$6,223.67

Previous Langkawi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Chiyo Suzuki - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2020	Guam One Star	6, Q2	5th	120	US$300.00
FIVB	11/6-9/2019	Tel Aviv One Star	3	1st	200	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	Q24	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	Q21	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2019	Vaduz One Star	2	2nd	180	€ 700.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2019	Ljubljana One Star	5	4th	140	€ 400.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	Q19	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	Q19	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-14/2019	Daegu One Star	5	2nd	180	US$1,400.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	Q23	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2019	Nanjing Two Star	Q2	25th	120	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2019	Nantong Two Star	11	9th	200	US$800.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q18	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/16-19/2019	Aydin Two Star	7	9th	200	€ 800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Q4	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q18	41st	40	US$0.00

Langkawi One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2020	Qualifier 2	Karin Backstrom / Malin Bergholm, Sweden (Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:37
Fri, 3/13/2020	Pool B	Franziska Friedl / Eva Pfeffer, Austria (10)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 3/13/2020	Pool B	Nai-Han Kou / Pi Hsin Liu, Taiwan (2)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:41
Sat, 3/14/2020	Winner 2	Anna Rantala / Ida Sinisalo, Finland (11, Q3)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:32
Sun, 3/15/2020	Semi-Finals	Nai-Han Kou / Pi Hsin Liu, Taiwan (2)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:44
Sun, 3/15/2020	Bronze Medal	Yurika Sakaguchi / Chiyo Suzuki, Japan (1)	Won By Forfeit

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 Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$5,900.00
Total	18	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$5,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Reika Murakami												Kaho 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	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	10	0	$9,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
29	2	3	3	2	7	5	2	3	0	$11,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	3	2	1	3	4	2	2	0	$7,800.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
74	2	3	3	2	8	9	14	15	0	$32,750.00	Total	28	1	3	2	1	3	4	2	2	0	$7,800.00

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
2019	FIVB	14	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	$4,100.00	18	16	52.9 %
2020	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,800.00	14	4	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	9	$5,900.00	32	20	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Reika Murakami													Kaho Sakaguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
9	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	$6,225.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$3,350.00
16	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	8	$3,800.00	2019	FIVB	16	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	8	$3,550.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$900.00	2020	FIVB	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$900.00
31	2	2	2	1	4	4	3	4	9	$10,925.00	Total	Total	28	1	3	2	1	3	4	2	2	10	$7,800.00

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	22	71.0%	4	12.9%	5	16.1%	26-5	83.9%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	13	68.4%	4-15	21.1%	22-13	62.9%	8-7	53.3%	2	0	32-20	61.5%
2019-2020	22	71.0%	4	12.9%	5	16.1%	26-5	83.9%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	13	68.4%	4-15	21.1%	22-13	62.9%	8-7	53.3%	2	0	32-20	61.5%
Against the Field	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	14-2	87.5%	0-0		2	0	9-1	90.0%

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 Tour Finals	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	3	2	14	2	0	0	6	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	30	13
Total	2	1	5	9	14	2	0	0	6	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	32	20

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Sakaguchi lead the series against the field 9-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Sakaguchi/Suzuki, Japan 1-0
3/15/20	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Bronze Medal	Murakami/Sakaguchi	7, Q1	Sakaguchi/Suzuki	1	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 2 Kou/Liu, Taiwan 1-1
3/15/20	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Semi-Finals	Kou/Liu	2	Murakami/Sakaguchi	7, Q1	21-18, 22-20	0:44
3/13/20	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Pool B	Murakami/Sakaguchi	7, Q1	Kou/Liu	2	21-17, 21-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 10 Friedl/Pfeffer, Austria 2-0
3/13/20	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Pool B	Murakami/Sakaguchi	7, Q1	Friedl/Pfeffer	10	By Forfeit
11/8/19	FIVB	Tel Aviv One Star	Winner 2	Murakami/Sakaguchi	3	Friedl/Pfeffer	10	22-20, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 11, Q3 Rantala/Sinisalo, Finland 1-0
3/14/20	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Winner 2	Murakami/Sakaguchi	7, Q1	Rantala/Sinisalo	11, Q3	21-11, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 12 Beattie/Coutts, Scotland 1-0
8/8/19	FIVB	Vaduz One Star	Pool B	Murakami/Sakaguchi	2	Beattie/Coutts	15	21-13, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # 13, Q4 Metsakoivu/Metsakoivu, Finland 1-0
3/7/20	FIVB	Guam One Star	Winner 1	Murakami/Sakaguchi	6, Q2	Metsakoivu/Metsakoivu	10	21-12, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # Q8 Backstrom/Bergholm, Sweden 2-0
3/12/20	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Qualifier 2	Murakami/Sakaguchi	7, Q1	Backstrom/Bergholm	Q8	21-19, 21-13	0:37
3/5/20	FIVB	Guam One Star	Qualifier 2	Murakami/Sakaguchi	6, Q2	Backstrom/Bergholm	Q7	21-10, 21-15	0:28