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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Busan
Friday, August 14, 2026 Stadium Court 14:50

Match #4: Pool B

(7) Wakana Akishige/Mayu Sawame, Japan
vs.
(10) Jolie Du Plessis/Tara Phillips, Australia

Wakana Akishige
Japan

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Osaka

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$450.00

Mayu Sawame
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1994 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,967.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$200.00

Previous Busan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Busan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/14/2026	Pool B	Jolie Du Plessis / Tara Phillips, Australia (10)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Wakana Akishige												Mayu Sawame
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	1	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	$2,100.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$450.00	Total	15	0	1	2	3	1	4	2	0	1	$4,850.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Wakana Akishige													Mayu Sawame
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2022	FIVB	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
											2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$1,925.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$350.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,875.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$350.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	2	3	1	4	2	0	1	$4,750.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jolie Du Plessis
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$375.00

Tara Phillips
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 3, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (8 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,559.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$550.00

Previous Busan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-9/2026	BPT Futures Pingtan	8	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2026	BPT Futures Qidong	12, Q3	13th	140	US$150.00

BPT Futures Busan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/14/2026	Pool B	Wakana Akishige / Mayu Sawame, Japan (7)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$550.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jolie Du Plessis												Tara Phillips
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	1	$2,400.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$1,875.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	24	0	0	0	0	8	10	5	0	0	$2,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$375.00	Total	30	0	0	0	0	8	10	7	3	1	$6,325.00

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
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2	5	28.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jolie Du Plessis													Tara Phillips
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$800.00
											2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$275.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$1,675.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$275.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	0	0	8	10	7	3	1	$6,225.00

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	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%
2025-2026	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-5	28.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Total	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Busan	Pool B