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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona
May 27 - June 1, 2008

(18) Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan

Kentaro Asahi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 19, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kumatmoto

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Marseille 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$84,437.50

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	44	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	10	1	7	10	1	5	US$115,500.00

Previous Barcelona Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	17	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	25, Q3	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	17	17th	100	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	27	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	18	4th	420	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	18	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	28, Q9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	29, Q12	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	23, Q8	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	26, Q13	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Barcelona Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2008	Winner 1	Fabien Dugrip / Gregory Gagliano, France (15)	Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Thu, 5/29/2008	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (2)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 12-15	0:59
Fri, 5/30/2008	Contender 2	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (17)	Lost 19-21, 10-21	0:44

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	$35,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	7	4	0	$76,500.00
Total	44	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	11	7	0	$115,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kentaro Asahi												Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,387.50	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,075.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$21,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	$24,000.00
66	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	10	0	$57,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	19	0	$78,285.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	0	1	0	5	3	1	2	0	$2,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenger
97	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	16	0	$84,437.50	Total	140	0	0	1	1	6	17	21	28	0	$110,060.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	4	$50,900.00	23	30	43.4 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$8,200.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	5	4	6	$62,100.00	31	41	43.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kentaro Asahi													Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,687.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	$15,500.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	$15,750.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$4,875.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	$4,000.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	5	$11,200.00
14	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	4	$25,450.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	3	4	$25,450.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$4,100.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$4,100.00
69	0	0	0	1	1	7	9	13	38	$57,737.50	Total	Total	83	0	0	0	1	1	8	12	21	40	$75,860.00

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	37	62.7%	12	20.3%	10	16.9%	49-10	83.1%	17	18.9%	13	14.4%	60	66.7%	17-73	18.9%	37-60	38.1%	29-23	55.8%	0	1	66-84	44.0%
2007-2008	24	57.1%	11	26.2%	7	16.7%	35-7	83.3%	11	19.0%	9	15.5%	38	65.5%	11-47	19.0%	24-38	38.7%	22-16	57.9%	0	0	46-54	46.0%
Against the Field	16	59.3%	6	22.2%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	5	16.7%	4	13.3%	21	70.0%	5-25	16.7%	32-42	43.2%	22-18	55.0%	0	0	27-30	47.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	8	6	15	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	18	8	0	0	0	0	15	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	44	47
Total	0	0	32	16	7	23	0	0	16	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	66	84

Head to Head Results
Asahi/Shiratori trail the series against the field 17-19 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Asahi/Shiratori	18	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 3 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Marques/Solberg	2	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-3
7/22/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Bronze Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-19, 21-15	0:50
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-9, 21-17	0:36
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Asahi/Shiratori	29, Q12	21-16, 22-20	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-2
7/21/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Schacht/Slack	8	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	7	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-19, 21-14	0:43
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	18	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Asahi/Shiratori	27	22-20, 21-13	0:40
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:58
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	21-17, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Heuscher/Heyer	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Series tied with # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	16	Asahi/Shiratori	17	21-9, 21-15	0:35
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	Lione/Varnier	23	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	Asahi/Shiratori	17	26-24, 21-19	0:48
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Dugrip/Gagliano	15	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 16, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	Asahi/Shiratori	13	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:48
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Lochhead/Pitman	46	Asahi/Shiratori	27	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-19, 21-10	0:44
Series tied with # 19 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Brenha/Maia	22	Asahi/Shiratori	27	21-13, 21-18	0:42
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	Brenha/Maia	10	22-20, 25-23	0:51
Lead the series against # 20, Q3 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Amore/Bizzotto	18, Q1	21-18, 12-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 23 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Deulofeu/Salvetti	22	Asahi/Shiratori	11	21-11, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	Asahi/Shiratori	Q7	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q4	21-14, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 28, Q1 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Plavins/Samoilovs	15	17-21, 26-24, 15-8	1:00
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Henriquez/Hernandez	Q20	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Series tied with # Q8 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	30, Q13	Asahi/Shiratori	Q4	21-17, 11-21, 15-11	0:51
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	29, Q12	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	Q21	21-18, 23-25, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # Q11 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	Miramontes/Virgen	Q24	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q15 Kapa/Richardson, Australia 3-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Shiratori	Q6	Kapa/Richardson	Q27	21-9, 21-13	0:36
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	Kapa/Richardson	9	25-27, 21-12, 15-10	1:01
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Shiratori	Q7	Kapa/Richardson	Q26	21-16, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # Q17 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Blauel/Huber	Q28	Asahi/Shiratori	Q5	22-20, 27-25	0:47
Lead the series against # Q30 Goldschmidt/Rorich, South Africa 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Shiratori	Q4	Goldschmidt/Rorich	Q36	21-17, 21-11	0:38