Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Bahrain Open
May 8 - 12, 2007
(27, Q4) Koichi Nishimura/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan
 
Koichi Nishimura
Japan
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jun 30, 1973 (51 yrs old)
Home Town: Kyoto
Height: 175 cm (5'9")
Weight: 68 kg (150 lb)
Seasons: 14
Tournaments: 97
Career Best: 5th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)
Career FIVB WT Best: 7th (Marseille 2006)
Career Winnings: US$35,551.48
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 
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FIVB11000000001433 US$12,500.00
Previous Manama Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open 28, Q5 17th 120 US$3,000.00
FIVB 10/24-28/2006 Mexico Open 27, Q6 25th 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 9/27-10/1/2006 Vitória Open 23, Q3 25th 60 US$2,000.00
Bahrain Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 5/8/2007 Qualifier 2 Oliver Indra / Matthias Wachter, Liechtenstein (Q29) Won 21-19, 21-15 0:31
Tue, 5/8/2007 Qualifier 3 Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (Q20) Won 21-18, 21-15 0:39
Wed, 5/9/2007 Winner 1 Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (6, Q1) Lost 19-21, 17-21 0:41
Wed, 5/9/2007 Contender 1 Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (22) Lost 17-21, 21-17, 16-18 1:08
Head to Head Results
Nishimura/Watanabe trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
5/2/07FIVBShanghai Open Winner 1 Wu/Xu 5 Nishimura/Watanabe 28, Q5 21-12, 21-10 0:34
10/25/06FIVBMexico Open Winner 1 Wu/Xu 6 Nishimura/Watanabe 27, Q6 21-17, 21-14 0:50
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/9/07FIVBBahrain Open Winner 1 Marques/Solberg 6, Q1 Nishimura/Watanabe 27, Q4 21-19, 21-17 0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
5/3/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 2 Schacht/Slack 11 Nishimura/Watanabe 28, Q5 21-13, 21-14 0:41
Trail the series against # 22 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
5/9/07FIVBBahrain Open Contender 1 Lochhead/Pitman 22 Nishimura/Watanabe 27, Q4 21-17, 17-21, 18-16 1:08
Lead the series against # Q18 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/1/07FIVBShanghai Open Qualifier 3 Nishimura/Watanabe 28, Q5 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev Q12 21-18, 20-22, 15-10 0:54
Lead the series against # Q19 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
10/24/06FIVBMexico Open Qualifier 2 Nishimura/Watanabe 27, Q6 Goranson/Hoidalen Q11 21-15, 26-28, 16-14 1:31
Lead the series against # Q20 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
5/8/07FIVBBahrain Open Qualifier 3 Nishimura/Watanabe 27, Q4 Babich/Nikolaev Q20 21-18, 21-15 0:39
Lead the series against # Q29 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
5/8/07FIVBBahrain Open Qualifier 2 Nishimura/Watanabe 27, Q4 Indra/Wachter Q29 21-19, 21-15 0:31