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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open
August 7 - 11, 2007

(19) 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 Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	32	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	17	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	26, Q10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q9	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	28, Q4	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	25, Q6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	22	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	Q1	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	22	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	24, Q2	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/8/2007	Winner 1	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (14)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 14-16	0:58
Wed, 8/8/2007	Contender 1	Isabelle Forrer / Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland (30, Q11)	Won 21-16, 14-21, 16-14	0:53
Thu, 8/9/2007	Contender 2	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (20)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:50

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 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,200.00	4	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$25,900.00	16	24	40.0 %
2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	7	$24,400.00	19	19	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	12	6	19	$81,300.00	53	68	43.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,200.00	4	0	100.0 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$12,950.00	2006	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$12,950.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	7	$12,200.00	2007	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	7	$12,200.00
47	1	0	0	0	0	4	12	6	24	$44,250.00	Total	Total	58	1	0	0	0	0	4	12	9	32	$47,250.00

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%
2006-2007	30	75.0%	4	10.0%	6	15.0%	34-6	85.0%	4	8.5%	4	8.5%	39	83.0%	4-43	8.5%	30-39	43.5%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	38-49	43.7%
Against the Field	12	54.5%	6	27.3%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	3	8.6%	5	14.3%	27	77.1%	3-32	8.6%	24-54	30.8%	18-18	50.0%	0	0	21-36	36.8%

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
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 18-25 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	1	Koizumi/Tanaka	17	21-17, 21-11	0:43
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Tian/Wang	4	Koizumi/Tanaka	20	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-4
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool H	Barros/Connelly	8	Koizumi/Tanaka	32	21-17, 21-13	0:38
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Barros/Connelly	7	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q10	26-24, 21-14	0:46
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Barros/Connelly	5	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:38
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Barros/Connelly	6	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q8	21-14, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	30, Q6	Koizumi/Tanaka	19	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Bede/Behar	2	Koizumi/Tanaka	18, Q2	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-3
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	41	Koizumi/Tanaka	32	21-13, 21-18	0:39
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	14	Koizumi/Tanaka	19	21-15, 13-21, 15-8	0:53
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 # 10 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 0-2
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	10	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:40
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	8	Koizumi/Tanaka	24, Q2	22-20, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	12, Q4	Koizumi/Tanaka	21, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	21, Q5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 Claasen/Roder, Germany 2-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	17	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	21-23, 21-18, 15-9	1:05
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
Trail the series against # 14 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-3
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	14	Koizumi/Tanaka	19	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	0:58
6/20/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q8	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:47
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 # 15 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
6/7/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	25, Q6	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	8	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	18, Q2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Series tied with # 20 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	Koizumi/Tanaka	19	21-18, 23-21	0:50
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	21, Q5	Nystrom/Nystrom	22	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q10	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	23	21-17, 21-15	0:39
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Koizumi/Tanaka	25, Q6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	21-17, 22-20	0:47
7/5/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	29, Q9	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	Q8	21-15, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 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 # 25, Q2 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-2
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	27, Q2	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q4	21-19, 21-19	0:46
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	22	Koizumi/Tanaka	27, Q8	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 2-0
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q4	Ilustre/Pascua	Q29	19-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:55
5/30/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q8	Ilustre/Pascua	Q25	21-13, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 27, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	19	Forrer/Schmocker	30, Q11	21-16, 14-21, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
12/29/05	FIVB C&S	Phuket Challenger	Winner 3	Koizumi/Tanaka	2	Baburina/Osheyko	3	21-12, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 0-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Bede/Bednarczuk	18, Q12	Koizumi/Tanaka	17	21-11, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # Q8 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Koizumi/Tanaka	28, Q4	Boulton/Johns	Q20	21-12, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # Q14 Shmat/Stepanova, Russia 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	Q8	Shmat/Stepanova	Q25	21-16, 21-19	0:39