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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$540,000 World Series 13 Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2003

(Q28) Kentaro Asahi/Koichi Nishimura, 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

Koichi Nishimura
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kyoto

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$35,551.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	9	6	US$15,375.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	9	6	US$16,875.00

Previous Marseille Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	31	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q34	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q35	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open		57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open		57th	4	US$0.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2003	Qualifier 1	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (Q5)	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:49

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$10,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	$16,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kentaro Asahi												Koichi Nishimura
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	0	0	1	0	$5,387.50	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$21,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,200.00
66	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	10	0	$57,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	62	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	0	$24,400.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	2	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
97	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	16	0	$84,437.50	Total	97	0	0	0	0	3	10	8	18	0	$35,387.50

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
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	1	6	14.3 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$3,500.00	0	5	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$3,500.00	1	11	8.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kentaro Asahi													Koichi Nishimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,750.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,750.00

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	10	90.9%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	9.7%	28	90.3%	0-31	0.0%	10-28	26.3%	0-4	0.0%	1	0	11-32	25.6%
2002-2003	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	12.5%	14	87.5%	0-16	0.0%	1-14	6.7%	0-3	0.0%	1	0	2-17	10.5%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	3	16.7%	15	83.3%	0-18	0.0%	8-30	21.1%	0-8	0.0%	0	0	4-19	17.4%

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
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	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	3	9	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	23
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	3	9	15	2	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	34

Head to Head Results
Asahi/Nishimura trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Asahi/Nishimura	31	24-22, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Berg/Dahl	15	Asahi/Nishimura	31	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 19 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool B	Rogers/Scott	18	Asahi/Nishimura	31	21-12, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # Q5 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q5	Asahi/Nishimura	Q28	21-19, 14-21, 15-13	0:49