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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$50,000 Seoul Challenger
May 31 - June 3, 2012

(18) Miwa Asao/Keiko Urata, Japan

Miwa Asao
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 2, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Yokohama

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

56 kg (123 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB C&S Seoul 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$14,925.00

Keiko Urata
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 30, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fukuoka

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Bujumbura 2025)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

13th (Seoul 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$2,971.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$750.00
Overall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	US$750.00

Previous Seoul Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	Takemi Nishibori - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2008	Takemi Nishibori - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2009	Takemi Nishibori - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2010	Ayumi Shiratori - 25th	Did not play
2011	Hiroko Matsuyama - 17th	Junko Komada - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	Q27	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	Q33	57th	6	US$0.00

Seoul Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/31/2012	Winner 1	Lyubov Bogatu / Bakhtygul Samalikova, Kazakhstan (15)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 6-15	0:59
Fri, 6/1/2012	Contender 2	Karolina Rehackova / Michaela Vorlova, Czech Republic (17)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:35
Fri, 6/1/2012	Contender 3	Emily Capers / Heather McGuire, United States (7)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:38

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miwa Asao												Keiko Urata
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
44	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	$12,550.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$900.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	2	0	$1,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00
64	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	0	$14,925.00	Total	41	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	4	0	$2,925.00

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
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Miwa Asao													Keiko Urata
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00	2004	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	2006	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	$2,150.00	2008	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$5,150.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
64	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	49	$14,925.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	$625.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2011-2012	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

Head to Head Results
Asao/Urata trail the series against the field 1-2 (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 # 7 Capers/McGuire, United States 0-1
6/1/12	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Contender 3	Capers/McGuire	7	Asao/Urata	18	21-18, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Bogatu/Samalikova, Kazakhstan 0-1
5/31/12	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Winner 1	Bogatu/Samalikova	15	Asao/Urata	18	19-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:59
Lead the series against # 17 Rehackova/Vorlova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/1/12	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Contender 2	Asao/Urata	18	Rehackova/Vorlova	17	21-15, 21-16	0:35