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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$80,000 Chennai Challenger
July 17 - 20, 2008

(1) 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 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 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 Chennai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q9	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q21	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q9	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q15	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	30, Q6	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
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

Chennai Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/17/2008	Winner 2	Sampath Peris / Wasantha Rathnapala, Sri Lanka (17)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:29
Fri, 7/18/2008	Winner 3	Mike DiPierro / Mark VanZwieten, United States (24)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:39
Fri, 7/18/2008	Contender 3	Sataporn Sawangreung / Borworn Yungtin, Thailand (19)	Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-9	0:43
Sat, 7/19/2008	Contender 4	Christian Garcia / Sergio Martin, Spain (15)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:42

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	3	6	33.3 %
2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	5	7	41.7 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	$2,000.00	8	13	38.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	$5,250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00
82	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	71	$11,175.00	Total	Total	69	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	14	48	$29,187.50

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	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2007-2008	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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 lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Hauser/Podstawka, Canada 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 2	Morikawa/Nishimura	Q10	Hauser/Podstawka	Q23	21-15, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 15 Garcia/Martin, Spain 0-1
7/19/08	FIVB C&S	Chennai Challenger	Contender 4	Garcia/Martin	15	Morikawa/Nishimura	1	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 17 Peris/Rathnapala, Sri Lanka 1-0
7/17/08	FIVB C&S	Chennai Challenger	Winner 2	Morikawa/Nishimura	1	Peris/Rathnapala	17	21-16, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 19 Sawangreung/Yungtin, Thailand 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB C&S	Chennai Challenger	Contender 3	Morikawa/Nishimura	1	Sawangreung/Yungtin	19	21-13, 17-21, 15-9	0:43
Trail the series against # 24 DiPierro/VanZwieten, United States 0-1
7/18/08	FIVB C&S	Chennai Challenger	Winner 3	DiPierro/VanZwieten	24	Morikawa/Nishimura	1	21-16, 21-11	0:39