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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open
August 7 - 11, 2007

(29, Q9) Hiromi Suzuki/Satoko Urata, Japan

Hiromi Suzuki
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kumagaya Saitama

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Marseille 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$15,450.00

Satoko Urata
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saga

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Best:

7th (FIVB Osaka 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$60,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	14	US$10,400.00

Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	28, Q9	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	Q7	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	Q8	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	25, Q1	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/7/2007	Qualifier 1	Ragnhild Aas / Kristine Fossen, Norway (Q24)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:34
Tue, 8/7/2007	Qualifier 2	Lucy Boulton / Denise Johns, England (Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:42
Wed, 8/8/2007	Winner 1	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (4)	Lost 10-21, 9-21	0:30
Wed, 8/8/2007	Contender 1	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (13)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:33

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$10,400.00
Total	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$10,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hiromi Suzuki												Satoko Urata
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$8,425.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	$10,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	76	0	0	0	0	1	7	11	14	0	$49,900.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	$15,450.00	Total	104	0	0	0	0	1	8	12	15	0	$60,200.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$4,600.00	6	12	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	$6,600.00	8	15	34.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hiromi Suzuki													Satoko Urata
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$825.00
											2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00
											2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	$9,250.00
											2005	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	3	$25,050.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	5	$9,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$2,300.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$2,300.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	19	$3,300.00	Total	Total	62	0	0	0	0	1	7	7	12	35	$47,425.00

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	11	61.1%	3	16.7%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	1	3.6%	2	7.1%	25	89.3%	1-27	3.6%	11-25	30.6%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	15-31	32.6%
2006-2007	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	5.0%	2	10.0%	17	85.0%	1-19	5.0%	8-17	32.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	10-21	32.3%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	0	0.0%	2	13.3%	13	86.7%	0-15	0.0%	12-26	31.6%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	9-17	34.6%

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	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	26
Total	0	0	14	21	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	31

Head to Head Results
Suzuki/Urata trail the series against the field 5-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-2
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	4	Suzuki/Urata	29, Q9	21-10, 21-9	0:30
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	11	Suzuki/Urata	28, Q9	21-8, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	5	Suzuki/Urata	28, Q9	21-16, 23-25, 15-9	1:07
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	8	Suzuki/Urata	25, Q1	21-14, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 13 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-1
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	13	Suzuki/Urata	29, Q9	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22, Q2	Suzuki/Urata	Q15	26-24, 21-16	0:54
Trail the series against # 21 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Martins/Santanna	31, Q26	Suzuki/Urata	Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Suzuki/Urata	28, Q9	Gattelli/Perrotta	21	21-14, 11-21, 15-12	1:07
Trail the series against # 30, Q11 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 0-2
6/6/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Qualifier 2	Forrer/Schmocker	28, Q23	Suzuki/Urata	Q10	22-20, 21-13	0:39
5/30/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 1	Forrer/Schmocker	Q22	Suzuki/Urata	Q11	23-21, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
6/19/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Suzuki/Urata	Q15	Baburina/Osheyko	Q18	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q8 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
8/7/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Suzuki/Urata	29, Q9	Boulton/Johns	Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # Q10 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 0-1
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Asao/Nishibori	31, Q23	Suzuki/Urata	Q10	32-30, 21-15	0:58
Trail the series against # Q13 Kongshavn/Wiig, Norway 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Qualifier 2	Kongshavn/Wiig	Q22	Suzuki/Urata	Q11	21-13, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # Q14 Shmat/Stepanova, Russia 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Suzuki/Urata	25, Q1	Shmat/Stepanova	Q17	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q24 Aas/Fossen, Norway 1-0
8/7/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 1	Suzuki/Urata	29, Q9	Aas/Fossen	Q24	21-17, 21-10	0:34