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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Norway Open
July 2 - 6, 2002

(3) 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 Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	5	3rd	240	US$11,940.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	3	3rd	240	US$11,940.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	1	4th	0	US$15,500.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2001	China Open	3	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Japan Open	6	4th	252	US$11,000.00
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

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool C	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (19)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:31
Thu, 7/4/2002	Pool C	Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley, United States (14, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 7/5/2002	Pool C	Judith Augoustides / Helke Claasen, Germany (30, Q36)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:47
Fri, 7/5/2002	Winner 1	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (20, Q7)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 7/5/2002	Winner 2	Angela Clarke / Tania Gooley, Australia (22, Q2)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:38
Sat, 7/6/2002	Semi-Finals	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (2)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 7/6/2002	Gold Medal	Holly McPeak / Elaine Youngs, United States (5)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:55

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	9	1	1	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$124,500.00	37	16	69.8 %
2002	FIVB	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$38,880.00	18	3	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	39	3	3	8	9	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	$423,980.00	65	21	75.6 %

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
9	1	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	$62,250.00	2001	FIVB	10	1	1	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	$65,000.00
3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,440.00	2002	FIVB	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,440.00
73	3	5	9	11	32	12	1	0	0	$302,746.25	Total	Total	70	3	8	9	12	28	10	0	0	0	$323,477.50

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%
2001-2002	75	83.3%	6	6.7%	9	10.0%	81-9	90.0%	9	32.1%	5	17.9%	14	50.0%	9-19	32.1%	75-14	84.3%	15-14	51.7%	0	1	90-29	75.6%
Against the Field	48	88.9%	2	3.7%	4	7.4%	50-4	92.6%	8	40.0%	3	15.0%	9	45.0%	8-12	40.0%	96-18	84.2%	20-14	58.8%	0	0	58-16	78.4%

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
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 30-6 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 3-3
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	1	Cook/Pottharst	5	21-15, 23-21	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 2-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Cook/Pottharst	3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	22-20, 21-17	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 4 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Connelly/Minello	18	Cook/Pottharst	3	21-19, 14-21, 15-8	0:50
Series tied with # 5 McPeak/Youngs, United States 1-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Gold Medal	McPeak/Youngs	5	Cook/Pottharst	3	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:55
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	5	McPeak/Youngs	4	14-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 6, Q3 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 2-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Bronze Medal	Cook/Pottharst	5	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	21-19, 21-15	0:39
6/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Bronze Medal	Cook/Pottharst	3	Fonseca/Rodrigues	29, Q36	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	1	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Barros/Pires, Brazil 1-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Barros/Pires	19	22-20, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 11 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	21-17, 21-14	0:40
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	21-15, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 12 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 3-0
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:42
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	3	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	14	17-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:50
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	2	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	23-21, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios, Cuba 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	5	Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios	22	21-18, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Dodd/McSorley, United States 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Dodd/McSorley	14, Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
8/29/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 19 Tian/Wang, China 3-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Tian/Wang	19	21-11, 21-14	0:31
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 # 20, Q7 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20, Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	3	Clarke/Gooley	22, Q2	22-20, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Cook/Pottharst	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	21-13, 21-15	0:29
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	21-10, 21-14	0:29
8/10/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Cook/Pottharst	6	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 30, Q36 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Augoustides/Claasen	30, Q36	19-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:47
Lead the series against # Q14 Barrera/Keane, France 1-0
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Barrera/Keane	30, Q11	21-11, 21-9	0:23
Lead the series against # Q17 Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou, Greece 1-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	3	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	30, Q14	21-10, 21-10	0:28
Lead the series against # Q18 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Cook/Pottharst	5	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48