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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 11 - 16, 2019

(Q29) Ryota Sato/Nobuaki Taira, Japan

Ryota Sato
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shizuoka

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Pirae Tahiti 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$450.00

Nobuaki Taira
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oinawa

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Boracay 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$743.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	US$200.00

Previous Doha Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Doha Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/12/2019	Qualifier 1	Chase Budinger / Casey Patterson, United States (Q4)	Lost 19-21, 11-21	0:31

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ryota Sato												Nobuaki Taira
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	World Tour Finals
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	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
6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$650.00
19	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$450.00	Total	14	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$650.00

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ryota Sato													Nobuaki Taira
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$0.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	1-8	11.1%	0-0	0	0	1-8	11.1%
2018-2019	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-4	0.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-8	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-4	0.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8

Head to Head Results
Sato/Taira trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q4 Budinger/Patterson, United States 0-1
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Patterson	Q4	Sato/Taira	Q29	21-19, 21-11	0:31