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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam
June 30 - July 5, 2008

(Q19) Miwa Asao/Takemi Nishibori, 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 FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$14,925.00

Takemi "Take" Nishibori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hiratsuka

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

172

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Manila 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$75,637.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	49	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	23	1	1	5	US$20,600.00

Previous Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q25	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q23	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q22	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	32	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q21	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	31, Q13	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	Q16	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	31, Q12	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q10	33rd	26	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q26	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q26	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/1/2008	Qualifier 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (21, Q14)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	$17,100.00
Total	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	$20,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miwa Asao												Takemi Nishibori
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	52	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	6	0	$22,750.00
44	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	$12,550.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	0	1	0	0	1	7	15	17	0	$40,062.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	29	1	1	2	1	9	12	2	1	0	$12,825.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
64	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	0	$14,925.00	Total	172	1	3	2	1	10	22	18	24	0	$75,637.50

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
2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00	5	11	31.3 %
2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	$6,000.00	11	18	37.9 %
2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$1,800.00	2	11	15.4 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	32	$7,800.00	18	40	31.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Miwa Asao													Takemi Nishibori
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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	$3,000.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	$3,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$900.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$900.00
41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	34	$6,900.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	32	$3,900.00

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	17	53.1%	3	9.4%	12	37.5%	20-12	62.5%	4	8.0%	9	18.0%	37	74.0%	4-46	8.0%	17-37	31.5%	7-21	25.0%	0	0	24-58	29.3%
2007-2008	12	57.1%	2	9.5%	7	33.3%	14-7	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	12.5%	21	87.5%	0-24	0.0%	12-21	36.4%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	14-31	31.1%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	1	5.3%	1	5.3%	17	89.5%	1-18	5.3%	4-34	10.5%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	4-21	16.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	2	2	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	3	17	23	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	42
Total	3	5	19	34	0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	58

Head to Head Results
Asao/Nishibori trail the series against the field 2-18 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 14 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Tian/Wang	2	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q13	19-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	2	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q12	21-14, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q8	Asao/Nishibori	Q25	21-11, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q23	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 21, Q14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/1/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	Asao/Nishibori	Q19	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 24 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 0-1
6/24/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	Q8	Asao/Nishibori	Q25	21-11, 21-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 25, Q9 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
10/31/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Qualifier 2	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q13	Gattelli/Perrotta	Q4	25-23, 24-22	0:50
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	Asao/Nishibori	Q26	22-20, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 28, Q1 Faure/Sarpaux, France 0-2
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Faure/Sarpaux	15	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q12	21-13, 22-20	0:40
9/13/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	Asao/Nishibori	Q21	21-15, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 29 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q13	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # Q7 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
6/17/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kadijk/Mooren	31, Q10	Asao/Nishibori	Q23	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:47
Trail the series against # Q8 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 0-3
6/10/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ilustre/Pascua	28, Q11	Asao/Nishibori	Q22	21-10, 23-21	0:41
8/7/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Ilustre/Pascua	26, Q7	Asao/Nishibori	Q10	21-13, 21-11	0:31
7/4/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Qualifier 2	Ilustre/Pascua	30, Q11	Asao/Nishibori	Q6	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # Q10 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
8/14/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Koizumi/Tanaka	24, Q5	Asao/Nishibori	Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # Q11 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	Q13	Asao/Nishibori	Q20	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # Q13 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Matveeva	Q12	Asao/Nishibori	Q21	25-23, 21-8	0:44
Series tied with # Q15 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-1
8/28/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q12	Campisi/Lozano	Q5	21-18, 15-21, 18-16	0:56
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 2	Campisi/Lozano	Q12	Asao/Nishibori	Q21	17-21, 26-24, 15-6	0:46