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US$200,000 Mazury Open Presented by Hotel Anders
September 5 - 9, 2007

(Q10) Taichi Morikawa/Koichi Nishimura, Japan

Taichi Morikawa
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa (Yokohama)

Height:

190 cm (6'4")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cagliari 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$11,175.00

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	41	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,600.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	7	US$3,600.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 57th	Tatsuo Yamamoto - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q13	33rd	26	US$0.00

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/5/2007	Qualifier 2	Aliaksandr Kavalenka / Andrei Zharykau, Belarus (Q23)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:40

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$3,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taichi Morikawa												Koichi Nishimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,200.00
68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	$5,150.00	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
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
82	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	0	$11,175.00	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
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taichi Morikawa													Koichi Nishimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	1997	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$500.00	1997	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$1,400.00	1998	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	1998	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	1999	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	$750.00	2000	FIVB
											2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,687.50
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	$5,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$2,875.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$3,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	$11,700.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	$4,250.00
73	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	5	64	$9,375.00	Total	Total	60	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	13	41	$27,387.50

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	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	5-8	38.5%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	8-13	38.1%
2006-2007	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	13
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	8	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	15

Head to Head Results
Morikawa/Nishimura trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 0-1
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	Morikawa/Nishimura	Q13	21-17, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # Q16 Kouchnerev/Makhortov, Russia 0-1
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Makhortov	Q22	Morikawa/Nishimura	Q11	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
Lead the series against # Q21 Abreu/Fernandes, Angola 1-0
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Morikawa/Nishimura	Q11	Abreu/Fernandes	Q22	21-10, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # Q23 Kavalenka/Zharykau, Belarus 0-1
9/5/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Kavalenka/Zharykau	Q23	Morikawa/Nishimura	Q10	21-15, 21-19	0:40