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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(28, Q5) 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
2002	Satoshi Watanabe - 17th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 17th
2003	Satoshi Watanabe - 25th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q7	41st	10	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Jussi Savio / Toni Tuominen, Finland (Q28)	Won 21-16, 25-23	0:44
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 3	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (Q21)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:35
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (5)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:41
Fri, 6/4/2004	Contender 1	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (21, Q10)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:48
Fri, 6/4/2004	Contender 2	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (27)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:31
Sat, 6/5/2004	Contender 3	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (4)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:34

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$9,470.00	14	17	45.2 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$10,000.00	13	16	44.8 %
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	$15,500.00	12	10	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	10	18	$44,970.00	64	62	50.8 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	$7,750.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	$7,750.00
35	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	10	19	$22,485.00	Total	Total	50	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	11	33	$22,985.00

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%
2003-2004	32	82.1%	1	2.6%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	4	12.1%	3	9.1%	26	78.8%	4-29	12.1%	32-26	55.2%	5-9	35.7%	0	0	37-35	51.4%
Against the Field	15	78.9%	1	5.3%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	3	8.3%	5	13.9%	28	77.8%	3-33	8.3%	30-54	35.7%	8-16	33.3%	1	0	20-35	36.4%

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 14-26 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-3
6/5/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Laciga/Laciga	4	Shiratori/Watanabe	28, Q5	21-17, 21-15	0:34
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:47
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 # 5 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-2
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Neto/Ramos	5	Shiratori/Watanabe	28, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:41
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	12	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	23-25, 21-16, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 0-1
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 4	Bosma/Herrera	18	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	21-18, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-4
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 1	Baracetti/Conde	10	Shiratori/Watanabe	26, Q8	21-19, 24-22	0:49
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-17, 21-19	0:42
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
Trail the series against # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-6
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-15, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
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 # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Alvarez/Rossell	13	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Prosser/Williams	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-16, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	24	Shiratori/Watanabe	25	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:48
Series tied with # 21, Q10 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	28, Q5	Brink/Schneider	21, Q10	21-13, 21-13	0:48
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 # 23 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 # 24, Q1 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Kais/Vesik	Q5	21-19, 13-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 27 Canet/Hamel, France 2-1
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	28, Q5	Canet/Hamel	27	21-16, 21-11	0:31
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	19	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:41
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Shiratori/Watanabe	43	Canet/Hamel	19	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # Q6 Cadieux/Holden, Canada 2-0
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	26, Q8	Cadieux/Holden	Q9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
3/17/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q12	Cadieux/Holden	Q5	21-13, 21-12	0:35
Series tied with # Q8 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	Backer/Boersma	Q12	21-15, 21-15	0:36
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q22	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q11	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q21 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	28, Q5	Grinbergs/Stals	Q21	21-13, 22-20	0:35
Trail the series against # Q22 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q21	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q12	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q25 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	26, Q8	Lochhead/Pitman	Q25	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q28 Savio/Tuominen, Finland 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	28, Q5	Savio/Tuominen	Q28	21-16, 25-23	0:44