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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002

(25, Q9) 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
2001	Satoshi Watanabe - 17th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	41	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	32, Q8	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	21, Q9	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q7	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	20, Q4	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	Q7	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	28	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	25, Q10	17th	72	US$3,000.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/25/2002	Qualifier 2	Juan Razo / Juan Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico (Q24)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:49
Thu, 7/25/2002	Qualifier 3	Maurizio Pimponi / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (Q8)	Won 21-10, 22-20	0:29
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool H	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (9)	Lost 22-24, 17-21	0:43
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool H	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (24, Q12)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:37
Sat, 7/27/2002	Pool H	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (8)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:50

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$10,000.00	25	19	56.8 %
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$5,820.00	11	11	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	10	$15,820.00	36	30	54.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$2,910.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$2,910.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	11	$7,910.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	25	$8,410.00

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%
2001-2002	23	65.7%	8	22.9%	4	11.4%	31-4	88.6%	6	15.8%	7	18.4%	25	65.8%	6-32	15.8%	23-25	47.9%	14-11	56.0%	2	0	39-36	52.0%
Against the Field	14	73.7%	1	5.3%	4	21.1%	15-4	78.9%	4	10.5%	6	15.8%	28	73.7%	4-34	10.5%	28-54	34.1%	10-20	33.3%	1	0	20-37	35.1%

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 trail the series against the field 11-17 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Ramos/Rego	1	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	22-20, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Reckermann	16	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	22-20, 21-18	0:36
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	20, Q4	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	Prosser/Zahner	8	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 9 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-3
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Metzger/Wong	9	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	24-22, 21-17	0:43
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-19, 21-14	0:35
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool E	Metzger/Wong	5	Shiratori/Watanabe	28	21-14, 14-21, 15-12	0:45
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	21-16, 13-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 12 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	20, Q4	Laciga/Laciga	3	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 15 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 19, Q11 Hyden/McCaw, United States 0-1
7/11/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Hyden/McCaw	28, Q10	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q7	16-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Holden/Leinemann	17	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	15-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:55
Lead the series against # 24, Q12 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	Gartmayer/Nowotny	24, Q12	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 0-2
8/9/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Qualifier 5	Bosma/Cotrino	21, Q2	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q7	21-16, 21-15	0:32
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 # Q8 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 2-0
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	21-10, 22-20	0:29
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	Pimponi/Raffaelli	Q8	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # Q10 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool E	Ljubicic/Slean	37	Shiratori/Watanabe	28	21-18, 25-23	0:49
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	22-20, 21-12	0:53
Series tied with # Q14 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 1-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Gscheidle/Vesti	17	Shiratori/Watanabe	41	21-16, 21-14	0:35
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q16	Gscheidle/Vesti	Q17	15-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # Q16 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-10, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # Q18 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	Kogel/Mulder	Q24	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q24 Razo/Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico 1-0
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	Razo/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q24	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # Q26 Gavrilov/Todorov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	Gavrilov/Todorov	Q25	21-19, 21-18	0:32