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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Swiss Open
June 20 - 24, 2001

(Q37) Masahiro Hirano/Hayato Kirihara, Japan

Masahiro Hirano
Japan

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 17, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

41st (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Hayato Kirihara
Japan

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Yokohama, Kanagawa

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB Carolina Beach 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$1,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	49	57	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	US$0.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q43	41st	14	US$0.00

Swiss Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/20/2001	Qualifier 2	Matt Heath / Gaston Macau, United States (Q28)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:42

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Masahiro Hirano												Hayato Kirihara
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
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00

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
2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Masahiro Hirano													Hayato Kirihara
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$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	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	3-7	30.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	5-10	33.3%
2000-2001	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	3-7	30.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	5-10	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-10	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-7	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	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
Total	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10

Head to Head Results
Hirano/Kirihara trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q28 Heath/Macau, United States 0-1
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Heath/Macau	Q28	Hirano/Kirihara	Q37	21-19, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # Q31 Milian Carvajal/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Milian Carvajal/Ramirez Bernal	32, Q54	Hirano/Kirihara	Q43	21-17, 21-18	0:39