Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 VIP Open
June 5 - 10, 2007
(Q10) 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 Zagreb Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2005 Tatsuo Yamamoto - 25th Kentaro Asahi - 41st
2006 Katsuhiro Shiratori - 17th Kentaro Asahi - 41st
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open 27, Q4 25th 60 US$2,000.00
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
Zagreb Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 6/6/2007 Qualifier 1 Dejan Kljajic / Marko Loncar, Croatia (Q55) Won 21-11, 21-13 0:30
Wed, 6/6/2007 Qualifier 2 Florian Huth / Daniel Krug, Germany (Q23) Lost 21-19, 16-21, 13-15 0:52
Head to Head Results
Nishimura/Watanabe trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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 # 18 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
5/3/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 2 Schacht/Slack 11 Nishimura/Watanabe 28, Q5 21-13, 21-14 0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q11 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
5/2/07FIVBShanghai Open Contender 1 Nishimura/Watanabe 28, Q5 Michalopoulos/Xenakis 21, Q3 21-16, 18-21, 19-17 0:53
Trail the series against # Q5 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 # Q19 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 # Q21 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
5/8/07FIVBBahrain Open Qualifier 3 Nishimura/Watanabe 27, Q4 Babich/Nikolaev Q20 21-18, 21-15 0:39
Trail the series against # Q23 Huth/Krug, Germany 0-1
6/6/07FIVBZagreb Open Qualifier 2 Huth/Krug Q23 Nishimura/Watanabe Q10 19-21, 21-16, 15-13 0:52
Lead the series against # Q55 Kljajic/Loncar, Croatia 1-0
6/6/07FIVBZagreb Open Qualifier 1 Nishimura/Watanabe Q10 Kljajic/Loncar Q55 21-11, 21-13 0:30