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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(Q28) Taichi Morikawa/Tatsuo Yamamoto, 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

Tatsuo Yamamoto
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Osaka

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	US$2,000.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q22	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (Q37)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:48

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taichi Morikawa												Tatsuo Yamamoto
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	$5,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00	Challenger
82	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	0	$11,175.00	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00

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
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taichi Morikawa													Tatsuo Yamamoto
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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$2,875.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
65	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	57	$8,375.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	$1,000.00

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	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	2-4	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%
2005-2006	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	2-4	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-6	25.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Total	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6

Head to Head Results
Morikawa/Yamamoto trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q6	Morikawa/Yamamoto	Q22	21-13, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q12 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Morikawa/Yamamoto	Q22	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q11	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # Q37 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-2
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q37	Morikawa/Yamamoto	Q28	21-17, 21-17	0:48
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q19	Morikawa/Yamamoto	Q14	28-26, 21-18	0:49