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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South African Open
November 16 - 20, 2005

(26, Q2) Eiko Koizumi/Shinako Tanaka, Japan

Eiko Koizumi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 1, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyougo

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

56 kg (123 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Phuket 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$48,500.00

Shinako Tanaka
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Phuket 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Ulsan 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$69,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	12	10	21	8	US$88,900.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$8,100.00
Overall	57	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	12	10	21	8	US$97,000.00

Previous Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	Q8	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	27, Q5	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	25	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	Q4	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	28, Q12	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	29, Q9	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	46	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q16	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	29, Q11	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	26	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	30, Q11	17th	80	US$3,000.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool G	Jennifer Kessy / Nancy Reynolds, United States (7)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:40
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool G	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (10)	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:35
Fri, 11/18/2005	Pool G	Bonolo Rampomane / Natasha Webber, South Africa (23)	Won 21-6, 21-9	0:31
Fri, 11/18/2005	Winner 1	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (25, Q1)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Sat, 11/19/2005	Winner 2	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:38

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,550.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	11	9	0	$71,850.00
Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,100.00
Total	57	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	12	10	0	$97,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Eiko Koizumi												Shinako Tanaka
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	0	0	0	0	$4,275.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,275.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$11,300.00
44	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	9	0	$35,925.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	14	0	$49,250.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
63	1	0	0	0	0	5	12	10	0	$48,500.00	Total	119	1	0	1	1	0	8	17	17	0	$69,625.00

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
2005	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	7	$31,000.00	18	25	41.9 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	7	$31,000.00	18	25	41.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Eiko Koizumi													Shinako Tanaka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$3,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	7	$15,500.00	2005	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	7	$15,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	12	$15,500.00	Total	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	20	$18,500.00

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	41	64.1%	14	21.9%	9	14.1%	55-9	85.9%	9	10.5%	10	11.6%	67	77.9%	9-77	10.5%	41-67	38.0%	23-19	54.8%	0	0	64-86	42.7%
2004-2005	7	38.9%	9	50.0%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	2	8.0%	3	12.0%	20	80.0%	2-23	8.0%	7-20	25.9%	11-5	68.8%	0	0	18-25	41.9%
Against the Field	6	40.0%	5	33.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	3	7.5%	5	12.5%	32	80.0%	3-37	7.5%	12-64	15.8%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	14-41	25.5%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	12	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	30	15	1	2	0	0	10	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	64
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2
Total	0	0	42	28	3	6	0	0	13	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	68	88

Head to Head Results
Koizumi/Tanaka trail the series against the field 8-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:38
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	19	Koizumi/Tanaka	46	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 3	Antunes/Ribeiro	1	Koizumi/Tanaka	25	21-16, 21-17	0:37
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	13, Q1	Koizumi/Tanaka	30, Q11	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Scott/Youngs, United States 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Scott/Youngs	6	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q5	21-13, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q5	21-12, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Kessy/Reynolds, United States 0-1
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Kessy/Reynolds	7	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q2	21-12, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q12	Keizer/Leenstra	21	22-24, 26-24, 15-11	1:06
Trail the series against # 9 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	5	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q12	21-15, 17-21, 15-9	0:46
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	4	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q11	21-16, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-2
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:35
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Koizumi/Tanaka	26	21-11, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
Series tied with # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	25	Hakedal/Torlen	8	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	1:06
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Hakedal/Torlen	13	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q11	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 14 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q9	28-26, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 1-0
7/12/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q12	Kusuhara/Urata	Q5	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	1:02
Series tied with # 17 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q5	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-16, 21-11	0:33
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	26, Q4	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q13	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q9	Moiseeva/Uryadova	4	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 21 Arjona/Kadjo, France 0-1
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Arjona/Kadjo	16	Koizumi/Tanaka	46	22-20, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Rampomane/Webber, South Africa 1-0
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q2	Rampomane/Webber	23	21-6, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q2	Claasen/Roder	25, Q1	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Baltakys/Barry, Canada 1-0
10/18/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q5	Baltakys/Barry	Q12	21-14, 19-21, 15-10	0:50