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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Rubavu One Star
August 21 - 24, 2019

(2) Hitoshi Murakami/Keisuke Shimizu, Japan

Hitoshi Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 5, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shiga

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Langkawi 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$5,313.98

Keisuke Shimizu
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Okazabi

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$4,617.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	US$841.82

Previous Rubavu Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-18/2019	Knokke-Heist One Star	8	13th	90	€ 100.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2019	Malbork One Star	6	13th	90	€ 100.00

Rubavu One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/22/2019	Pool B	Christophe Mukunzi / Flavien Ndamukunda, Rwanda (15)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:31
Thu, 8/22/2019	Pool B	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (7)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:35
Fri, 8/23/2019	Winner 1	Emil Ofstaas / Stian Opsahl, Norway (11, Q2)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Fri, 8/23/2019	Winner 2	Peter Lundgren / Jakob Wijk Tegenrot, Sweden (5)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:37
Sat, 8/24/2019	Semi-Finals	Nicolai Hovmann / Jacob Stormly, Denmark (16, Q4)	Lost 21-23, 21-23	0:37
Sat, 8/24/2019	Bronze Medal	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (7)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:36

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$800.00
Total	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hitoshi Murakami												Keisuke Shimizu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,400.00
20	0	0	1	4	1	8	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	2	0	$3,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
32	0	0	1	4	1	8	4	2	0	$5,150.00	Total	28	0	0	0	1	0	8	8	4	0	$4,500.00

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
2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	0	4	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$600.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	$600.00	3	11	21.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hitoshi Murakami													Keisuke Shimizu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$750.00	2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	1	$2,050.00
12	0	0	1	2	0	5	1	0	3	$1,200.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	$1,850.00
25	0	0	1	2	0	5	4	2	11	$4,350.00	Total	Total	24	0	0	0	1	0	5	7	4	7	$4,300.00

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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11	100.0%	0-11	0.0%	3-11	21.4%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-13	23.5%
2018-2019	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	3-8	27.3%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	4-9	30.8%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	9
Total	0	0	0	4	2	6	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	13

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Lundgren/Wijk Tegenrot, Sweden 1-0
8/23/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Winner 2	Murakami/Shimizu	2	Lundgren/Wijk Tegenrot	5	21-19, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Bello/Bello, England 0-2
8/24/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Bronze Medal	Bello/Bello	7	Murakami/Shimizu	2	21-18, 21-15	0:36
8/22/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Pool B	Bello/Bello	7	Murakami/Shimizu	2	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 11, Q2 Ofstaas/Opsahl, Norway 1-0
8/23/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Winner 1	Murakami/Shimizu	2	Ofstaas/Opsahl	11, Q2	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 15 Mukunzi/Ndamukunda, Rwanda 1-0
8/22/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Pool B	Murakami/Shimizu	2	Mukunzi/Ndamukunda	15	21-12, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 16, Q4 Hovmann/Stormly, Denmark 0-1
8/24/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Semi-Finals	Hovmann/Stormly	16, Q4	Murakami/Shimizu	2	23-21, 23-21	0:37