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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Keihan/SMFG Japan Open
May 20 - 25, 2008

(31, Q14) 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 Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Sanae Tsubakimoto - 25th
2003	Did not play	Mika Teru Saiki - 25th
2004	Did not play	Mika Teru Saiki - 7th
2005	Did not play	Chiaki Kusuhara - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	Q12	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	29, Q11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	29, Q9	25th	50	US$1,600.00
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

Osaka Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/21/2008	Qualifier 1	Anouk Boileau / Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada (Q19)	Won 22-20, 21-19	1:05
Wed, 5/21/2008	Qualifier 2	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (Q3)	Won 21-13, 16-21, 15-9	1:01
Thu, 5/22/2008	Winner 1	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Lost 9-21, 11-21	0:32
Thu, 5/22/2008	Contender 1	Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (15)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:40

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	$6,600.00	8	18	30.8 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,800.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	15	$10,400.00	14	26	35.0 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	$3,300.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	$3,300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$900.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$900.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25	$5,200.00	Total	Total	70	0	0	0	0	1	7	7	14	41	$49,325.00

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%
2007-2008	9	56.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	1	4.0%	2	8.0%	22	88.0%	1-24	4.0%	9-22	29.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	13-28	31.7%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	5.9%	16	94.1%	0-17	0.0%	6-32	15.8%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	6-19	24.0%

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	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 6-16 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Branagh/Youngs	2	Suzuki/Urata	31, Q14	21-9, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 7 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	4	Suzuki/Urata	29, Q11	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 9 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 0-2
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 3	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	31, Q3	Suzuki/Urata	Q19	21-16, 21-11	0:36
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	24, Q2	Suzuki/Urata	25, Q1	21-11, 21-16	0:39
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 # 15 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-1
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	Suzuki/Urata	31, Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 20 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 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	20	Suzuki/Urata	29, Q11	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 23 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
8/14/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	26, Q6	Suzuki/Urata	Q11	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 26, Q4 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
Series tied with # 32 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-1
3/25/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 2	Suzuki/Urata	Q16	Asao/Nishibori	Q17	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
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 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
Lead the series against # Q3 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Qualifier 2	Suzuki/Urata	31, Q14	Lessard/Maxwell	Q3	21-13, 16-21, 15-9	1:01
Lead the series against # Q10 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Suzuki/Urata	Q19	Gioria/Momoli	Q14	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # Q11 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Campisi/Lozano	Q13	Suzuki/Urata	Q20	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # Q12 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
9/25/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Van Iersel/Wesselink	27, Q20	Suzuki/Urata	Q13	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q19 Boileau/Mondor, Canada 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Qualifier 1	Suzuki/Urata	31, Q14	Boileau/Mondor	Q19	22-20, 21-19	1:05
Trail the series against # Q21 Alenkina/Storozhenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
10/31/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Qualifier 1	Alenkina/Storozhenko	Q21	Suzuki/Urata	Q12	21-19, 21-16	0:44