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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal
June 14 - 18, 2006

(28, Q16) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Takuya Noguchi - 49th	Did not play
1998	Takuya Noguchi - 33rd	Did not play
1999	Ko Ozaki - 33rd	Did not play
2000	Ko Ozaki - 41st	Did not play
2002	Did not play	Hayato Kirihara - 41st
2005	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 41st	Koichi Nishimura - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q28	57th	6	US$0.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/14/2006	Qualifier 2	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (Q17)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:44
Wed, 6/14/2006	Qualifier 3	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (Q32)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:54
Thu, 6/15/2006	Winner 1	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (5)	Lost 35-37, 18-21	1:14
Thu, 6/15/2006	Contender 1	Francisco Alvarez / Wilfredo Villar, Cuba (21)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 10-15	1:01

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	4	5	44.4 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
66	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	5	57	$9,375.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	$2,000.00

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	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-4	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-3	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	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
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	5	Morikawa/Yamamoto	28, Q16	37-35, 21-18	1:14
Trail the series against # 21 Alvarez/Villar, Cuba 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Villar	21	Morikawa/Yamamoto	28, Q16	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	1:01
Trail the series against # 27 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 # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q17 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Morikawa/Yamamoto	28, Q16	Li/Zhou	Q17	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q32 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Morikawa/Yamamoto	28, Q16	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q32	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:54