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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$170,000 Brazil Open
November 30 - December 5, 1999

(Q11) Taichi Morikawa/Ko Ozaki, 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

Ko Ozaki
Japan

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 4, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aomori (Hirosaki)

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cagliari 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Fortaleza 1997)

Career Winnings:

US$4,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	10	3	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,200.00
Overall	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	10	3	US$4,700.00

Previous Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Takuya Noguchi - 25th	Tomohisa Yamamoto - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/17-22/1999	Spanish Open	Q14	37th	20	US$0.00
FIVB	8/11-15/1999	Belgium Open	Q20	37th	20	US$0.00
FIVB	8/4-8/1999	Portugal Open	Q12	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/1999	Open of Austria	Q13	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	Q16	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-18/1999	Italian Open	Q17	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-11/1999	Norway Open	Q14	37th	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/1999	German Open	Q12	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/25-27/1999	Italy Challenger	10	2nd	54	US$3,200.00
FIVB	6/16-20/1999	Toronto Open	Q19	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	4/7-11/1999	Mexico Open	Q16	33rd	28	US$0.00

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	1	0	0	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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00
Total	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taichi Morikawa												Ko Ozaki
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	$0.00
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	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$2,500.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
82	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	0	$11,175.00	Total	39	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$4,100.00

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
1999	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taichi Morikawa													Ko Ozaki
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
40	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	34	$4,750.00	Total	Total	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	20	$3,350.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
1998-1999	0	0	0	0-0	0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/20/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Lopes/Neto	Q17	Morikawa/Ozaki	Q16	15-6	0:35