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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Langkawi Open
April 11 - 14, 2019

(10, Q2) 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 Langkawi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Jumpei Ikeda - 21st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/7-10/2019	Kampong Speu One Star	10, Q1	9th	100	US$200.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/2019	Visakhapatnam One Star	12, Q3	5th	120	US$300.00

Langkawi One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/11/2019	Qualifier 1	Alireza Aghajani / Ahad Emamgolipourahangar, Iran (Q15)	Won By Forfeit	0:57
Thu, 4/11/2019	Qualifier 2	Piotr Ilewicz / Adrian Sdebel, Poland (14, Q10)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:39
Fri, 4/12/2019	Pool B	Hitoshi Murakami / Takashi Tsuchiya, Japan (7)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:44
Fri, 4/12/2019	Pool B	Thomas Hartles / Alani Nicklin, New Zealand (2)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:38
Sat, 4/13/2019	Winner 1	Denys Denysenko / Vladyslav Iemelianchyk, Ukraine (3)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 17-19	0:54

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$700.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$700.00	8	6	57.1 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$350.00	2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$350.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	2	$500.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	5	$1,350.00

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	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0-6	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	2-6	25.0%	2	0	7-4	63.6%

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 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Hartles/Nicklin, New Zealand 0-1
4/12/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Pool B	Hartles/Nicklin	2	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q2	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Denysenko/Iemelianchyk, Ukraine 0-1
4/13/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Winner 1	Denysenko/Iemelianchyk	3	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q2	21-15, 19-21, 19-17	0:54
Lead the series against # 7 Murakami/Tsuchiya, Japan 1-0
4/12/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Pool B	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q2	Murakami/Tsuchiya	7	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 14, Q10 Ilewicz/Sdebel, Poland 1-0
4/11/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Qualifier 2	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q2	Ilewicz/Sdebel	14, Q10	21-12, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q11 Opsahl/Ruud, Norway 1-0
3/7/19	FIVB	Kampong Speu One Star	Qualifier 2	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q1	Opsahl/Ruud	Q8	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q15 Aghajani/Emamgolipourahangar, Iran 1-0
4/11/19	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Qualifier 1	Kurasaka/Shoji	10, Q2	Aghajani/Emamgolipourahangar	Q15	By Forfeit	0:57