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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Vizag Open India presented by Leisure Sports
February 28 - March 3, 2019

(12, Q3) Masato Kurasaka/Kensuke Shoji, Japan

Masato Kurasaka
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 7, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ishikawa

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$2,160.83

Kensuke Shoji
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tottori

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$4,131.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	31	33	41	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	1	3	1	US$3,400.79

Previous Visakhapatnam Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Visakhapatnam One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 2/28/2019	Qualifier 2	Chen-Wei Hsu / Shin-Shian Wu, Taiwan (Q6)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:35
Fri, 3/1/2019	Pool D	William Hoey / Jake MacNeil, Canada (5)	Lost 13-21, 21-13, 11-15	0:42
Sat, 3/2/2019	Pool D	C H R Raju / Naresh T, India (4)	Won 21-18, 21-8	0:34
Sat, 3/2/2019	Winner 1	Bahman Salemi / Arash Vakili, Iran (1)	Won 27-25, 21-19	0:59
Sat, 3/2/2019	Winner 2	Sergiy Grabovskyy / Cameron Wheelan, Canada (3)	Lost 22-24, 21-23	0:38

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	0	$3,300.00
Total	17	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	0	$3,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Masato Kurasaka												Kensuke Shoji
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	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	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	$0.00
22	1	0	0	1	3	9	4	1	0	$1,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	31	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00
26	1	0	0	1	3	9	4	1	0	$1,950.00	Total	38	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Masato Kurasaka													Kensuke Shoji
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2017	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	$300.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	$1,150.00

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	21	84.0%	1	4.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	3	11.1%	6	22.2%	18	66.7%	3-24	11.1%	21-18	53.8%	4-9	30.8%	2	1	27-28	49.1%
2018-2019	16	84.2%	1	5.3%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	15	71.4%	3-18	14.3%	16-15	51.6%	4-5	44.4%	2	1	22-21	51.2%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	14-2	87.5%	0-6	0.0%	0	1	7-5	58.3%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	3	9	13	0	0	7	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	26	25
Total	0	0	9	6	9	13	0	0	7	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	27	28

Head to Head Results
Kurasaka/Shoji lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Salemi/Vakili, Iran 1-0
3/2/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Winner 1	Kurasaka/Shoji	12, Q3	Salemi/Vakili	1	27-25, 21-19	0:59
Trail the series against # 3 Grabovskyy/Wheelan, Canada 0-1
3/2/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Winner 2	Grabovskyy/Wheelan	3	Kurasaka/Shoji	12, Q3	24-22, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # 4 Raju/T, India 1-0
3/2/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Pool D	Kurasaka/Shoji	12, Q3	Raju/T	4	21-18, 21-8	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Hoey/MacNeil, Canada 0-1
3/1/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Pool D	Hoey/MacNeil	5	Kurasaka/Shoji	12, Q3	21-13, 13-21, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # Q6 Hsu/Wu, Taiwan 1-0
2/28/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Qualifier 2	Kurasaka/Shoji	12, Q3	Hsu/Wu	Q6	21-16, 21-12	0:35