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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$450,000 France Grand Slam
July 17 - 22, 2001

(Q34) Masahiro Hirano/Hayato Kirihara, Japan

Masahiro Hirano
Japan

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 17, 1977 (47 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 Marseille Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q35	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	Q28	49th	8	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q41	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q37	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q43	41st	14	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/17/2001	Qualifier 1	Frederik Delanghe / Wout Wijsmans, Belgium (Q31)	Lost 18-21, 12-21	0:35

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	4	7	36.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Masahiro Hirano													Hayato Kirihara
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$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%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	0-12	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-7	12.5%

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 1-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Novosel/Slack	15, Q5	Hirano/Kirihara	Q28	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # Q15 Bachorski/Bulkowski, Poland 0-1
6/27/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Bachorski/Bulkowski	Q9	Hirano/Kirihara	Q41	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # Q16 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 7	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Hirano/Kirihara	Q28	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # Q24 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 # Q30 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q30	Hirano/Kirihara	Q35	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q31 Delanghe/Wijsmans, Belgium 0-1
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Delanghe/Wijsmans	Q31	Hirano/Kirihara	Q34	21-18, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q49 Medrano/Vargas, El Salvador 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 6	Hirano/Kirihara	Q28	Medrano/Vargas	Q39	16-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:49