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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
November 30 - December 3, 2023

(Q23) Sakura Ito/Yurika Sakaguchi, 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

Yurika Sakaguchi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$24,852.95

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00

Previous Nuvali Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	Q19	25th	220	US$0.00

Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/30/2023	Qualifier 1	Tjasa Kotnik / Tajda Lovsin, Slovenia (Q10)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 17-19	0:59

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sakura Ito												Yurika Sakaguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$2,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	0	$10,525.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	2	1	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	$9,800.00
12	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	$1,925.00	Total	42	2	1	4	4	1	7	9	7	1	$24,525.00

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
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sakura Ito													Yurika Sakaguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
											2019	FIVB	13	1	1	3	2	0	3	1	0	2	$8,550.00
											2020	FIVB	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	$2,450.00
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,000.00
											2022	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	$8,625.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	$1,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$0.00	Total	Total	42	2	1	4	4	1	7	9	7	7	$24,525.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2022-2023	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
Ito/Sakaguchi trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q10 Kotnik/Lovsin, Slovenia 0-1
11/30/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 1	Kotnik/Lovsin	Q10	Ito/Sakaguchi	Q23	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:59