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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004

(29, Q12) Katsuhiro Shiratori/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan

Katsuhiro Shiratori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 29, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Resides:

Tokyo

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Boracay 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$110,317.68

Satoshi Watanabe
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 1, 1975 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gumma

Resides:

Kanagawa-Ken

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,235.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	11	6	4	9	US$58,470.00

Previous Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	30, Q12	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	43	33	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q21	33	36	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q12	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q12	41	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	29, Q5	25	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	31, Q13	25	54	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	29, Q9	25	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q11	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q7	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q7	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	Q5	41	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	29, Q5	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	42	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	25, Q9	17	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	41	37	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	Q7	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	32, Q8	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	21, Q9	25	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q7	41	10	US$0.00

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/23/2004	Qualifier 1	Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q21)	Won 21-12, 21-9	0:29
Wed, 3/24/2004	Qualifier 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (Q5)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-10	0:46
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 1	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (4)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Thu, 3/25/2004	Winner 2	Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (13)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:34
Fri, 3/26/2004	Winner 3	Franco Neto / Tande Ramos, Brazil (12)	Lost 25-23, 16-21, 7-15	0:52
Fri, 3/26/2004	Contender 4	Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (18)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:30

Head to Head Results
Shiratori/Watanabe trail the series against the field 14-21

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Shiratori/Watanabe	43	21-15, 21-14	0:37
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-16, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 4 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Blanton/Nygaard	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-19, 21-18	0:40
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	3	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:47
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Shiratori/Watanabe	42	21-17, 21-19	0:37
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	20, Q4	Laciga/Laciga	3	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	Rogers/Scott	13	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 3	Neto/Ramos	12	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	23-25, 21-16, 15-7	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Alvarez/Rossell	13	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-6
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-15, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-9, 21-19	0:33
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:31
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 5	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q16	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 6	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q20	21-14, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 18 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 0-1
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 4	Bosma/Herrera	18	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	21-18, 21-18	0:30
Series tied with # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 1-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	19	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:41
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Shiratori/Watanabe	43	Canet/Hamel	19	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Shiratori/Watanabe	42	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 24, Q15 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-10, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	Kogel/Mulder	Q24	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 26, Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q21	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q12	21-17, 21-18	0:41
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	Gartmayer/Nowotny	24, Q12	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 28, Q10 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	Backer/Boersma	Q12	21-15, 21-15	0:36
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q22	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q11	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fuerbringer/Jennings	21, Q5	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q21	21-17, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # Q5 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Kais/Vesik	Q5	21-19, 13-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # Q6 Cadieux/Holden, Canada 1-0
3/17/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q12	Cadieux/Holden	Q5	21-13, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q18 Karasev/Karpukhin, Russia 1-0
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q12	Karasev/Karpukhin	Q21	22-20, 21-12	0:41
Lead the series against # Q21 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
3/23/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q12	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q21	21-12, 21-9	0:29