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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2003

(31, Q13) Katsuhiro Shiratori/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan

Katsuhiro Shiratori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 29, 1976 (48 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 (49 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Shoji Setoyama - 57th
1999	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 57th
2000	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 57th
2001	Satoshi Watanabe - 37th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 37th
2002	Satoshi Watanabe - 37th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	29, Q9	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q7	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q5	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	29, Q5	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	42	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	25, Q9	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	41	37th	24	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 1	Jarle Huseby / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (Q20)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:39
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 2	Tomas Hernandez / Juan Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico (Q29)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:29
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool B	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (15)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:39
Thu, 7/17/2003	Pool B	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (18)	Lost 9-21, 19-21	0:33
Fri, 7/18/2003	Pool B	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (2)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:40

Head to Head Results
Shiratori/Watanabe trail the series against the field 16-23 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-19, 21-18	0:40
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 5 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Shiratori/Watanabe	42	21-17, 21-19	0:37
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	20, Q4	Laciga/Laciga	3	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-16, 21-15	0:29
Trail the series against # 15 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-5
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-9, 21-19	0:33
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:31
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 # 19 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	Rogers/Scott	13	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-2
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Holden/Leinemann	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	21-14, 23-21	0:45
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 # 28, Q8 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Shiratori/Watanabe	42	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Bosma/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	Bosma/Mesa	Q8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 30, Q18 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 0-1
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q22	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q11	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Bellaguarda/Dultra	4, Q6	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	21-15, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q9 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
Trail the series against # Q11 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
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
Lead the series against # Q15 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
Lead the series against # Q20 Huseby/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	Huseby/Skarlund	Q20	21-18, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with # Q22 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
Lead the series against # Q24 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
Lead the series against # Q26 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 2-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q24	21-17, 21-18	0:33
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q7	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q26	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # Q29 Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	Hernandez/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q29	21-13, 21-19	0:29