Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 16 - 20, 2004
(22, Q4) 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: 20
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: 11
Tournaments: 91
Career Best: 9th (3 times)
Career Winnings: US$54,235.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725333741Money
FIVB3900000022511649 US$58,470.00
Previous Gstaad Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2001 Satoshi Watanabe - 41st Katsuhiro Shiratori - 41st
2002 Satoshi Watanabe - 25th Katsuhiro Shiratori - 25th
2003 Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd Katsuhiro Shiratori - 33rd
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/9-13/2004 Puerto Rico Open 18 9th 144 US$5,500.00
FIVB 6/2-6/2004 Portugal Open 28, Q5 13th 108 US$4,000.00
FIVB 5/26-30/2004 Serbia and Montenegro Open 26, Q8 25th 36 US$2,000.00
FIVB 5/19-23/2004 China Open 25 25th 36 US$2,000.00
FIVB 3/23-28/2004 South Africa Open 29, Q12 9th 144 US$5,500.00
FIVB 3/16-21/2004 Brazil Open 30, Q12 25th 36 US$2,000.00
FIVB 10/14-19/2003 Rio de Janeiro World Championships 43 33rd 120 US$3,000.00
FIVB 9/18-21/2003 United States Grand Slam Q21 33rd 36 US$0.00
FIVB 9/3-7/2003 Spain Open Q12 41st 10 US$0.00
FIVB 7/31-8/3/2003 Austria Grand Slam Q12 41st 16 US$0.00
FIVB 7/23-27/2003 Portugal Open 29, Q5 25th 30 US$2,000.00
FIVB 7/16-20/2003 France Grand Slam 31, Q13 25th 54 US$3,000.00
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
Switzerland Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 6/16/2004 Qualifier 2 Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q29) Won 29-27, 21-17 0:46
Thu, 6/17/2004 Qualifier 3 Riccardo Fenili / Fabio Galli, Italy (Q13) Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-10 1:00
Fri, 6/18/2004 Winner 1 Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (11) Lost 19-21, 14-21 0:52
Fri, 6/18/2004 Contender 1 Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (6) Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-13 1:00
Fri, 6/18/2004 Contender 2 Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (12) Lost 16-21, 11-21 0:35
Head to Head Results
Shiratori/Watanabe trail the series against the field 21-36 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 15 Series, 3 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
10/15/03FIVBRio de Janeiro World Championships Pool F Heuscher/Kobel 6 Shiratori/Watanabe 43 21-15, 21-14 0:37
8/9/02FIVBSpain Open Pool D Heuscher/Kobel 13 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q5 21-16, 21-15 0:29
Trail the series against # 3 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/5/02FIVBNorway Open Pool A Dieckmann/Reckermann 16 Shiratori/Watanabe 32, Q8 22-20, 21-18 0:36
9/14/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 1 Dieckmann/Reckermann 13 Shiratori/Watanabe 20, Q4 21-18, 21-16 0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-3
6/11/04FIVBPuerto Rico Open Winner 2 Neto/Ramos 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 18 21-16, 21-16 0:50
6/4/04FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Neto/Ramos 5 Shiratori/Watanabe 28, Q5 21-19, 21-19 0:41
3/26/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Winner 3 Neto/Ramos 12 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q12 23-25, 21-16, 15-7 0:52
Trail the series against # 6 Prosser/Williams, Australia 1-2
6/18/04FIVBSwitzerland Open Contender 1 Shiratori/Watanabe 22, Q4 Prosser/Williams 6 15-21, 21-18, 15-13 1:00
6/12/04FIVBPuerto Rico Open Contender 4 Prosser/Williams 4 Shiratori/Watanabe 18 21-15, 29-27 0:51
7/25/03FIVBPortugal Open Pool D Prosser/Williams 20 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q5 21-16, 21-11 0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-3
6/5/04FIVBPortugal Open Contender 3 Laciga/Laciga 4 Shiratori/Watanabe 28, Q5 21-17, 21-15 0:34
3/18/04FIVBBrazil Open Winner 1 Laciga/Laciga 3 Shiratori/Watanabe 30, Q12 21-16, 21-18 0:47
8/2/02FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool G Laciga/Laciga 7 Shiratori/Watanabe 42 21-17, 21-19 0:37
9/14/01FIVBSpain Open Contender 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 20, Q4 Laciga/Laciga 3 By Forfeit  
Trail the series against # 8 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-6
7/25/03FIVBPortugal Open Pool D Egger/Heyer 13 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q5 21-15, 17-21, 15-11 0:48
7/17/03FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool B Egger/Heyer 18 Shiratori/Watanabe 31, Q13 21-9, 21-19 0:33
8/9/02FIVBSpain Open Pool D Egger/Heyer 20 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q5 21-15, 21-14 0:31
7/18/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Qualifier 5 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 Shiratori/Watanabe Q16 21-18, 21-15 0:41
7/12/01FIVBItaly Open Qualifier 6 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 Shiratori/Watanabe Q20 21-14, 20-22, 15-11 0:53
7/4/01FIVBNorway Open Qualifier 2 Egger/Heyer 28, Q12 Shiratori/Watanabe 30, Q21 21-16, 19-21, 15-12 0:51
Series tied with # 9 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-1
5/21/04FIVBChina Open Winner 1 Blanton/Nygaard 8 Shiratori/Watanabe 25 15-21, 21-17, 15-12 1:01
3/25/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Winner 1 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q12 Blanton/Nygaard 4 16-21, 21-18, 15-13 0:52
Trail the series against # 10 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/17/03FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool B Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug 15 Shiratori/Watanabe 31, Q13 21-14, 21-19 0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-5
6/18/04FIVBSwitzerland Open Winner 1 Baracetti/Conde 11 Shiratori/Watanabe 22, Q4 21-19, 21-14 0:52
5/28/04FIVBSerbia and Montenegro Open Contender 1 Baracetti/Conde 10 Shiratori/Watanabe 26, Q8 21-19, 24-22 0:49
7/26/03FIVBPortugal Open Pool D Baracetti/Conde 4 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q5 21-17, 21-19 0:42
7/18/03FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool B Baracetti/Conde 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 31, Q13 21-19, 21-18 0:40
8/9/02FIVBSpain Open Pool D Baracetti/Conde 4 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q5 21-19, 21-18 0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/18/04FIVBSwitzerland Open Contender 2 Schacht/Slack 12 Shiratori/Watanabe 22, Q4 21-16, 21-11 0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Holdren/Metzger, United States 0-1
5/28/04FIVBSerbia and Montenegro Open Winner 1 Holdren/Metzger 7 Shiratori/Watanabe 26, Q8 19-21, 21-16, 15-11 0:54
Lead the series against # 15 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
3/25/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Winner 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q12 Alvarez/Rossell 13 21-18, 21-18 0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
9/18/03FIVBUnited States Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Shiratori/Watanabe Q21 Gartmayer/Nowotny Q12 21-17, 21-18 0:41
7/26/02FIVBPortugal Open Pool H Shiratori/Watanabe 25, Q9 Gartmayer/Nowotny 24, Q12 23-21, 21-17 0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
5/21/04FIVBChina Open Contender 1 Hernandez/Papaleo 24 Shiratori/Watanabe 25 19-21, 21-16, 15-9 0:48
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
3/24/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Qualifier 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q12 Kais/Vesik Q5 21-19, 13-21, 15-10 0:46
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-2
7/4/03FIVBNorway Open Pool D Holden/Leinemann 20 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q9 21-14, 23-21 0:45
7/5/02FIVBNorway Open Pool A Holden/Leinemann 17 Shiratori/Watanabe 32, Q8 15-21, 21-16, 19-17 0:55
Trail the series against # 25 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/22/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool E Berger/Doppler 12, Q4 Shiratori/Watanabe 21, Q9 21-16, 21-15 0:33
Lead the series against # 26, Q1 Canet/Hamel, France 2-1
6/4/04FIVBPortugal Open Contender 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 28, Q5 Canet/Hamel 27 21-16, 21-11 0:31
3/18/04FIVBBrazil Open Contender 1 Canet/Hamel 19 Shiratori/Watanabe 30, Q12 21-17, 21-16 0:41
10/14/03FIVBRio de Janeiro World Championships Pool F Shiratori/Watanabe 43 Canet/Hamel 19 14-21, 21-18, 15-12 0:55
Lead the series against # 27 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
8/2/02FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool G Shiratori/Watanabe 42 Klemperer/Rademacher 31 21-19, 21-18 0:40
Series tied with # 28 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 1-1
7/17/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool H Gscheidle/Vesti 17 Shiratori/Watanabe 41 21-16, 21-14 0:35
7/17/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Shiratori/Watanabe Q16 Gscheidle/Vesti Q17 15-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:48
Trail the series against # 31, Q25 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/31/03FIVBAustria Grand Slam Qualifier 2 De Gruijter/Ronnes Q21 Shiratori/Watanabe Q12 21-17, 21-19 0:39
Series tied with Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
6/4/04FIVBPortugal Open Contender 1 Shiratori/Watanabe 28, Q5 Brink/Schneider 21, Q10 21-13, 21-13 0:48
6/21/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool E Brink/Schneider 28, Q21 Shiratori/Watanabe 21, Q9 21-10, 21-11 0:34
Lead the series against # Q9 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
7/18/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool H Shiratori/Watanabe 41 Ahmann/Hager 32 27-25, 21-17 0:47
Lead the series against # Q12 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
6/11/04FIVBPuerto Rico Open Contender 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 18 Goranson/Skarlund 16, Q2 24-22, 21-17 0:43
Lead the series against # Q13 Fenili/Galli, Italy 1-0
6/17/04FIVBSwitzerland Open Qualifier 3 Shiratori/Watanabe 22, Q4 Fenili/Galli Q13 18-21, 21-16, 15-10 1:00
Lead the series against # Q14 Cadieux/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/12/04FIVBPuerto Rico Open Contender 3 Shiratori/Watanabe 18 Cadieux/VanHuizen 23 21-14, 21-16 0:43
Trail the series against # Q17 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
9/4/03FIVBSpain Open Qualifier 2 Gilbertsson/Svensson Q21 Shiratori/Watanabe Q12 17-21, 21-19, 15-12 0:52
Lead the series against # Q22 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/27/04FIVBSerbia and Montenegro Open Qualifier 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 26, Q8 Lochhead/Pitman Q25 21-14, 21-13 0:33
Lead the series against # Q23 Pocock/Rorich, South Africa 1-0
6/11/04FIVBPuerto Rico Open Winner 1 Shiratori/Watanabe 18 Pocock/Rorich 15 21-10, 21-11 0:30
Lead the series against # Q29 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 2-0
6/16/04FIVBSwitzerland Open Qualifier 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 22, Q4 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev Q29 29-27, 21-17 0:46
3/23/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Qualifier 1 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q12 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev Q21 21-12, 21-9 0:29
Lead the series against # Q30 Savio/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
6/3/04FIVBPortugal Open Qualifier 2 Shiratori/Watanabe 28, Q5 Savio/Tuominen Q28 21-16, 25-23 0:44