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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Seoul Open
May 27 - 31, 2009

(Q14) 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$75,837.50

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 Seoul Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Takemi Nishibori - 41st	Miwa Asao - 41st
2008	Takemi Nishibori - 41st	Miwa Asao - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	10	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	26, Q1	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	24	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q19	41st	24	US$0.00
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

Seoul Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2009	Qualifier 1	Louise Bawden / Alice Rohkamper, Australia (Q19)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:41

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	51	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	30	1	1	2	2	9	12	2	1	0	$13,025.00
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	2	10	22	18	24	0	$75,837.50

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	$4,300.00	3	13	18.8 %
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$4,000.00	0	5	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	33	$14,300.00	19	47	28.8 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	$2,150.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	$2,150.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$2,000.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$2,000.00
45	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	35	$10,150.00	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	33	$7,150.00

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%
2008-2009	5	50.0%	0	0.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	3	11.1%	7	25.9%	17	63.0%	3-24	11.1%	5-17	22.7%	3-12	20.0%	0	0	8-29	21.6%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	1	7.1%	13	92.9%	0-14	0.0%	2-26	7.1%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	1-16	5.9%

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
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 0-9 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Asao/Nishibori	32	21-17, 21-15	0:41
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q23	21-17, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	7	Asao/Nishibori	26, Q1	21-13, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Asao/Nishibori	10	21-17, 21-17	0:41
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	Asao/Nishibori	Q27	21-15, 21-12	0:33
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	26, Q5	Asao/Nishibori	Q12	21-13, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	23, Q2	Asao/Nishibori	10	21-12, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # Q19 Bawden/Rohkamper, Australia 0-1
5/27/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 1	Bawden/Rohkamper	Q19	Asao/Nishibori	Q14	21-16, 21-15	0:41