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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Nuvali
May 1 - 4, 2025

(7) Sakura Ito/Mayu Sawame, Japan

Sakura Ito
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,018.70

Mayu Sawame
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,992.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	US$3,910.84

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Yurika Sakaguchi - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	16, Q5	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/6-9/2025	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Q3	17th	100	US$0.00

Futures Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/2/2025	Pool B	Anita Dave / Ronni Lavie, Israel (10)	Won 21-17, 21-9	0:36
Fri, 5/2/2025	Pool B	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Gerda Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (2)	Lost 11-21, 16-21	0:33
Sat, 5/3/2025	Winner 1	Yu Okuno / Nozomi Sekiguchi, Japan (14, Q12)	Won 21-11, 21-4	0:26
Sat, 5/3/2025	Winner 2	Takemi Nishibori / Riko Tsujimura, Japan (5)	Won 26-24, 21-17	0:43
Sun, 5/4/2025	Semi-Finals	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Gerda Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (2)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Sun, 5/4/2025	Gold Medal	Olivia MacDonald / Shaunna Polley, New Zealand (3)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:37

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,600.00
Total	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$3,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sakura Ito												Mayu Sawame
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	1	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	$1,750.00
12	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	$1,925.00	Total	11	0	1	1	3	1	3	2	0	0	$2,875.00

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
2025	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$900.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$900.00	7	5	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sakura Ito													Mayu Sawame
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2022	FIVB	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2024	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$450.00	Total	Total	8	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	$1,400.00

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	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	10-9	52.6%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	13-11	54.2%
2024-2025	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	10-9	52.6%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	13-11	54.2%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	5	3	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	12	9
Total	0	0	2	1	6	4	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	13	11

Head to Head Results
Ito/Sawame lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 1-1
5/4/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Ito/Sawame	7	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	2	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
5/2/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Pool B	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	2	Ito/Sawame	7	21-11, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 MacDonald/Polley, New Zealand 0-1
5/4/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Gold Medal	MacDonald/Polley	3	Ito/Sawame	7	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 5 Nishibori/Tsujimura, Japan 1-0
5/3/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Winner 2	Ito/Sawame	7	Nishibori/Tsujimura	5	26-24, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Dave/Lavie, Israel 1-0
5/2/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Pool B	Ito/Sawame	7	Dave/Lavie	10	21-17, 21-9	0:36
Lead the series against # 14, Q12 Okuno/Sekiguchi, Japan 1-0
5/3/25	FIVB	Futures Nuvali	Winner 1	Ito/Sawame	7	Okuno/Sekiguchi	14, Q12	21-11, 21-4	0:26