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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem
July 20 - 26, 2009

(46, Q17) Hiromi Suzuki/Shinako Tanaka, 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

Shinako Tanaka
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Phuket 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Ulsan 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$69,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	3	US$20,500.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Miho Makabe - 33rd
2006	Mika Teru Saiki - 41st	Eiko Koizumi - 13th
2007	Satoko Urata - 17th	Eiko Koizumi - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q24	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q30	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	Q15	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	29, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Marseille Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/20/2009	Qualifier 1	Miwa Asao / Takemi Nishibori, Japan (Q16)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
Tue, 7/21/2009	Winner 1	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (19)	Won 21-14, 22-20	0:39
Thu, 7/23/2009	Winner 2	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (14)	Won 13-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Fri, 7/24/2009	Winner 3	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (3)	Lost 12-21, 13-21	0:44

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$10,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$10,400.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$20,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hiromi Suzuki												Shinako Tanaka
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,275.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$11,300.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	$10,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	14	0	$49,250.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	$15,450.00	Total	119	1	0	1	1	0	8	17	17	0	$69,625.00

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
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	$12,100.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	$12,100.00	7	9	43.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hiromi Suzuki													Shinako Tanaka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$3,000.00
											2005	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	7	$15,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$12,950.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	$3,300.00	2007	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	9	$14,200.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$900.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	$1,800.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$6,050.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$6,050.00
41	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	33	$11,250.00	Total	Total	79	1	0	0	0	0	6	12	15	45	$57,550.00

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	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	7-10	41.2%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	10-17	37.0%
2008-2009	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	7-10	41.2%	3-7	30.0%	0	0	10-17	37.0%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	6-16	27.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	5-12	29.4%

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	3	2	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
Total	0	0	5	5	0	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	17

Head to Head Results
Suzuki/Tanaka trail the series against the field 4-8 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-2
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Suzuki/Tanaka	46, Q17	21-12, 21-13	0:44
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Suzuki/Tanaka	31, Q24	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Suzuki/Tanaka	46, Q17	Hansel/Montagnolli	14	13-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 16 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gioria/Momoli	15, Q2	Suzuki/Tanaka	31, Q24	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Suzuki/Tanaka	46, Q17	Banck/Gunther	19	21-14, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 21 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Petrova/Skalnikova	22, Q3	Suzuki/Tanaka	Q30	21-15, 21-17	0:35
5/20/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	23, Q2	Suzuki/Tanaka	Q15	21-17, 21-19
Trail the series against # 22 Lessard/Martin, Canada 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Lessard/Martin	18, Q3	Suzuki/Tanaka	31, Q24	18-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 38, Q4 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Suzuki/Tanaka	31, Q24	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q9	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-2
5/27/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Leao/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Suzuki/Tanaka	Q16	21-14, 21-18	0:33
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Leao/Ribeiro	4	Suzuki/Tanaka	29, Q4	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q16 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
7/20/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Suzuki/Tanaka	46, Q17	Asao/Nishibori	Q16	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:57