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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 21 - 26, 2009

(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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 37th
2002	Did not play	Satoshi Watanabe - 37th
2003	Koichi Nishimura - 41st	Satoshi Watanabe - 25th
2006	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd	Koichi Nishimura - 7th
2007	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 4th	Kentaro Asahi - 4th
2008	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 13th	Kentaro Asahi - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	13	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	19	9th	0	US$0.00

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2009	Winner 1	Giorgio Domenghini / Ivan Zaytsev, Italy (47, Q25)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:43

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	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	4	$32,500.00	23	24	48.9 %
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$12,900.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	7	5	9	$99,300.00	52	62	45.6 %

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
13	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	4	$16,250.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	4	$16,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$6,450.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$6,450.00
80	0	0	0	1	1	12	11	14	41	$76,337.50	Total	Total	94	0	0	0	1	1	13	14	22	43	$94,460.00

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%
2008-2009	16	61.5%	6	23.1%	4	15.4%	22-4	84.6%	10	23.8%	8	19.0%	24	57.1%	10-32	23.8%	16-24	40.0%	16-12	57.1%	0	0	32-36	47.1%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	4	10.5%	6	15.8%	28	73.7%	4-34	10.5%	8-54	12.9%	12-20	37.5%	0	1	10-38	20.8%

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 6-26 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 14 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Rego/Santos	3	Asahi/Shiratori	14	21-19, 21-10	0:35
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	2	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q8	21-13, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q9	21-14, 21-17	0:41
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	21-14, 21-12	0:38
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Dalhausser/Rogers	5	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-17, 21-18	0:42
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	5	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q8	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Klemperer/Koreng	2	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-3
8/16/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Asahi/Shiratori	19	23-21, 21-15	0:47
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
Trail the series against # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Jennings	7	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	21-16, 21-11	0:35
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	21-18, 21-15	0:34
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q8	22-20, 21-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Kais/Vesik	12	Asahi/Shiratori	28, Q9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool D	Kais/Vesik	13	Asahi/Shiratori	29, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14, Q1 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Asahi/Shiratori	14	21-12, 22-24, 15-12	0:57
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Maciel/Schmidt	24, Q5	Asahi/Shiratori	18	14-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 15 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Bellaguarda/Laciga	19, Q7	Asahi/Shiratori	14	21-19, 21-10	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Asahi/Shiratori	19	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	0:55
Trail the series against # 17 Li/Xu, China 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Li/Xu	9	Asahi/Shiratori	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-8	1:00
Trail the series against # 24 "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
Trail the series against # 25 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-3
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	Asahi/Shiratori	Q10	21-19, 21-17	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 31, Q3 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Hernandez/Villafane	16	19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:52
Lead the series against # 38 Wu/Yin, China 1-0
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Wu/Yin	23	21-15, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 45, Q16 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Asahi/Shiratori	15	Boehm/McHugh	31, Q12	21-15, 17-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 47, Q25 Domenghini/Zaytsev, Italy 0-1
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Domenghini/Zaytsev	47, Q25	Asahi/Shiratori	18	21-19, 21-18	0:43