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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Japan Open
August 8 - 12, 2001

(6) Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia

Natalie Cook
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

165

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$652,908.75

Kerri Pottharst
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 25, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaïde

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$437,315.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	62	3	6	10	12	16	6	9	0	0	0	US$580,095.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Anita Spring - 6th	Annette Huygens Tholen - 9th
1995	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Natalie Cook - 9th
1996	Kerri Pottharst - 1st	Natalie Cook - 1st
1997	Kerri Pottharst - 5th	Natalie Cook - 5th
1998	Angela Clarke - 13th	Pauline Manser - 7th
1999	Kerri Pottharst - 2nd	Natalie Cook - 2nd
2000	Kerri Pottharst - 3rd	Natalie Cook - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	4	9th	200	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	3	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	3	4th	316	US$15,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	1	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	2	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2001	Macau Open	2	1st	360	US$27,000.00
FIVB	9/16-25/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	1	1st	0	US$0.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/10/2001	Winner 1	Tatiana Barrera / Emilie Burte, France (27, Q6)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:25
Fri, 8/10/2001	Winner 2	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (22)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:37
Sat, 8/11/2001	Winner 3	Leanne McSorley / Nancy Reynolds, United States (3, Q2)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:36
Sat, 8/11/2001	Winner 4	Barbra Fontana / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:43
Sun, 8/12/2001	Semi-Finals	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (5)	Lost 14-21, 25-27	0:46
Sun, 8/12/2001	Bronze Medal	Barbra Fontana / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:39

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$)
Olympic Games	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$93,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	51	2	5	8	9	15	6	6	0	0	0	0	$458,495.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
Total	62	3	6	10	12	16	6	9	0	0	0	0	$580,095.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Natalie Cook												Kerri Pottharst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	$34,800.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$10,600.00
39	0	1	2	4	5	14	4	2	0	$165,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	$56,450.00
111	3	6	11	10	40	23	11	2	0	$401,153.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	2	7	9	11	31	13	1	1	0	$313,735.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	Goodwill Games	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$17,750.00
164	4	7	15	16	47	41	16	5	0	$611,278.75	Total	92	3	9	11	14	33	19	1	2	0	$398,535.00

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
1996	FIVB	9	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$128,200.00	4	1	80.0 %
1997	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$46,400.00	1	1	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	10	1	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	$86,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2001	FIVB	7	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$95,000.00	29	12	70.7 %
Total	FIVB	34	3	2	5	8	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	$355,600.00	39	14	73.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Natalie Cook													Kerri Pottharst
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	1	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00	1993	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	$9,031.25	1994	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$6,062.50
11	0	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00	1995	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00
9	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$64,100.00	1996	FIVB	9	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$64,100.00
9	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	1997	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	$23,200.00
8	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$22,800.00	1998	FIVB	8	0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	$45,925.00
7	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,500.00	1999	FIVB	6	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$40,750.00
10	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	$43,000.00	2000	FIVB	10	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	$43,000.00
7	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	$47,500.00	2001	FIVB	8	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	$50,250.00
68	3	4	6	10	32	12	1	0	0	$268,556.25	Total	Total	65	3	7	6	11	28	10	0	0	0	$289,287.50

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	78	83.9%	6	6.5%	9	9.7%	84-9	90.3%	9	31.0%	5	17.2%	15	51.7%	9-20	31.0%	78-15	83.9%	15-14	51.7%	0	1	100-31	76.3%
2000-2001	31	77.5%	4	10.0%	5	12.5%	35-5	87.5%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	31-8	79.5%	7-7	50.0%	0	1	42-16	72.4%
Against the Field	43	84.3%	2	3.9%	6	11.8%	45-6	88.2%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	12	75.0%	2-14	12.5%	86-22	79.6%	8-14	36.4%	0	1	48-19	71.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	9	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	12	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	31	7	4	7	4	3	1	3	73	21
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	46	9	5	11	6	5	2	3	100	31

Head to Head Results
Cook/Pottharst lead the series against the field 23-11 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 3-2
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	1	Cook/Pottharst	3	22-20, 21-14	0:41
6/17/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Semi-Finals	Cook/Pottharst	2	Bede/Behar	1	21-17, 21-12	0:39
4/8/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Gold Medal	Cook/Pottharst	2	Bede/Behar	3	28-26, 21-13	0:49
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 4	Bede/Behar	3	Cook/Pottharst	2	21-13, 25-23	0:42
9/25/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Cook/Pottharst	1	Bede/Behar	2	12-11, 12-10	1:15
Trail the series against # 2 Fontana/Youngs, United States 2-5
8/12/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Bronze Medal	Fontana/Youngs	2	Cook/Pottharst	6	21-14, 21-14	0:39
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Cook/Pottharst	6	Fontana/Youngs	2	21-18, 21-19	0:43
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Bronze Medal	Fontana/Youngs	2	Cook/Pottharst	3	21-15, 11-21, 15-13	0:48
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 4	Fontana/Youngs	2	Cook/Pottharst	3	21-18, 21-14	0:38
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Youngs	2	Cook/Pottharst	3	21-16, 21-13	0:35
6/17/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Gold Medal	Fontana/Youngs	4	Cook/Pottharst	2	10-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:48
4/8/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Semi-Finals	Cook/Pottharst	2	Fontana/Youngs	4	21-18, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 3, Q2 McSorley/Reynolds, United States 1-0
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	6	McSorley/Reynolds	3, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Minello/Pires, Brazil 3-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Cook/Pottharst	3	Minello/Pires	4	21-18, 21-17	0:43
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Contender 6	Cook/Pottharst	2	Minello/Pires	18	22-20, 21-13	0:36
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	2	Minello/Pires	18	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Series tied with # 5 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-1
8/12/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	5	Cook/Pottharst	6	21-14, 27-25	0:46
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 7 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 3-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	21-15, 21-12	0:34
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Cook/Pottharst	3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	21-17, 27-25	0:40
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	8	Cook/Pottharst	1	14-21, 29-27, 15-13	0:55
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	7	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Arce/McPeak, United States 0-2
7/22/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Arce/McPeak	5	Cook/Pottharst	3	By Forfeit
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 5	Arce/McPeak	4	Cook/Pottharst	1	20-22, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 11 Chi/Xiong, China 1-0
9/21/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	1	Chi/Xiong	12	15-2	0:30
Lead the series against # 12 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 4	Cook/Pottharst	2	Oliveira/Silva	11, Q6	21-13, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Tian/Wang, China 2-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Cook/Pottharst	1	Tian/Wang	11	21-15, 21-14	0:34
4/7/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 3	Cook/Pottharst	2	Tian/Wang	7	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Pereira/Schuller, Portugal 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool D	Cook/Pottharst	4	Pereira/Schuller	29	21-16, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Arlaisuk/Pangka, Thailand 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	4	Arlaisuk/Pangka	31	21-11, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Barrera/Burte, France 1-0
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	6	Barrera/Burte	27, Q6	21-11, 21-13	0:25
Lead the series against # 29, Q3 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	3	Koelliker/Trussel	30, Q10	21-12, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q8 Drummond/Todd, New Zealand 1-0
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	2	Drummond/Todd	31, Q18	21-15, 21-13	0:33