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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001

(25, Q10) Katsuhiro Shiratori/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan

Katsuhiro Shiratori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 29, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Boracay 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$110,317.68

Satoshi Watanabe
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 1, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gumma

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,235.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	11	6	4	9	US$58,470.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 33rd
2000	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 49th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q16	37th	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q20	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	30, Q21	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q27	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q29	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q27	41st	14	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 2	Maciej Rzedzicki / Jaroslaw Sobczynski, Poland (Q42)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-6	0:47
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 3	Agustin Correa / Fabio Diez, Spain (31, Q7)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:36
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 8	Martin Engvik / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (Q25)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 9	Ahren Cadieux / Mike Chaloupka, Canada (Q18)	Won 26-24, 21-13	0:48
Thu, 7/26/2001	Qualifier 10	Rob Heidger / Chip McCaw, United States (Q5)	Won 21-17, 14-21, 17-15	0:59
Fri, 7/27/2001	Winner 1	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (8)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:35
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 1	Djordje Ljubicic / Michael Slean, Canada (24, Q8)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:53
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 2	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil (7)	Lost 9-21, 12-21	0:25

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	9	0	$50,470.00
Total	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	11	0	$58,470.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Katsuhiro Shiratori												Satoshi Watanabe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,075.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,250.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	$24,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$5,875.00
84	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	19	0	$78,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	16	0	$44,110.00
16	0	0	1	0	5	3	1	2	0	$2,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
140	0	0	1	1	6	17	21	28	0	$110,060.00	Total	91	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	21	0	$54,235.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$6,000.00	19	13	59.4 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$6,000.00	19	13	59.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Katsuhiro Shiratori													Satoshi Watanabe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
											1997	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	1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$3,000.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$3,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	$3,000.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20	$3,500.00

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	55	74.3%	9	12.2%	10	13.5%	64-10	86.5%	10	14.1%	10	14.1%	51	71.8%	10-61	14.1%	55-51	51.9%	19-20	48.7%	2	0	76-71	51.7%
2000-2001	13	65.0%	7	35.0%	0	0.0%	20-0	100.0%	3	13.6%	7	31.8%	12	54.5%	3-19	13.6%	13-12	52.0%	10-7	58.8%	2	0	25-19	56.8%
Against the Field	11	64.7%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	3	7.7%	6	15.4%	30	76.9%	3-36	7.7%	22-58	27.5%	14-16	46.7%	1	0	19-37	33.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	6	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	51	15	3	15	0	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	54
Total	0	0	57	21	6	26	0	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	71

Head to Head Results
Shiratori/Watanabe lead the series against the field 13-11 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	21-16, 13-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Ferreira/de Melo	7	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	21-9, 21-12	0:25
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Fonoimoana	8	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 14 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Novosel/Slack	23, Q6	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q27	21-19, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-14, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 Holdren/Rogers, United States 0-2
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Holdren/Rogers	20, Q1	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q16	21-11, 21-15	0:35
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 4	Holdren/Rogers	15, Q4	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q20	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 22 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-1
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Bosma/Cotrino	15, Q4	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q29	22-20, 17-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 24, Q8 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	22-20, 21-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 28, Q3 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-3
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 5	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q16	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 6	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q20	21-14, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 30 Palinek/Pochop, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 9	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Palinek/Pochop	Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 31, Q7 Correa/Diez, Spain 0-1
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Correa/Diez	31, Q7	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	21-12, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q5 Heidger/McCaw, United States 2-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 10	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	Heidger/McCaw	Q5	21-17, 14-21, 17-15	0:59
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 8	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Heidger/McCaw	Q6	24-22, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q9 De Jesus/Gil, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q20	De Jesus/Gil	Q13	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # Q11 Kouvitchka/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 10	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q16	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q18 Cadieux/Chaloupka, Canada 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 9	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	Cadieux/Chaloupka	Q18	26-24, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q21 Hirano/Kirihara, Japan 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 7	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Hirano/Kirihara	Q28	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # Q23 Beligratis/Chatziantoniou, Greece 1-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q29	Beligratis/Chatziantoniou	Q36	21-12, 21-8	0:33
Lead the series against # Q25 Engvik/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 8	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	Engvik/Skarlund	Q25	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q29 Medrano/Vargas, El Salvador 1-0
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q16	Medrano/Vargas	Q49	21-15, 22-20	0:30
Lead the series against # Q42 Rzedzicki/Sobczynski, Poland 1-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	Rzedzicki/Sobczynski	Q42	21-18, 17-21, 15-6	0:47