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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lianyungang Open
August 13 - 17, 2003

(1) Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, 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

Nicole Therese Sanderson
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 1, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perth, Western Australia

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Osaka 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$161,532.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	33	0	1	4	2	2	1	9	4	8	1	1	US$244,350.00

Previous Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	3	3rd	240	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	6	9th	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	11	4th	378	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	11	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	14	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	17	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	16	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Lianyungang Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool A	Mayra Garcia / Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (17)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 8/15/2003	Pool A	Gabriele Jobst / Patricia Stragliotto, Canada (16, Q4)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 8/16/2003	Pool A	Xiaoyan Hu / Xi Zhang, China (32, Q26)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:36
Sat, 8/16/2003	Winner 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (19)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:34
Sat, 8/16/2003	Winner 2	Guylaine Dumont / Annie Martin, Canada (27, Q6)	Won 20-22, 21-16, 15-11	0:47
Sun, 8/17/2003	Semi-Finals	Susanne Lahme / Danja Musch, Germany (5)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:35
Sun, 8/17/2003	Bronze Medal	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (10)	Won 17-21, 26-24, 18-16	1:08

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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	3	1	0	$92,850.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	1	2	0	2	1	6	2	5	0	0	$121,500.00
Total	33	0	1	4	2	2	1	9	4	8	1	0	$244,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Natalie Cook												Nicole Sanderson
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	$34,800.00	World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$16,500.00
39	0	1	2	4	5	14	4	2	0	$165,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	$47,925.00
111	3	6	11	10	40	23	11	2	0	$401,153.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	1	2	0	6	15	14	2	0	$97,107.50
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	Goodwill Games
164	4	7	15	16	47	41	16	5	0	$611,278.75	Total	59	0	1	4	2	6	20	18	4	0	$161,532.50

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
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$69,000.00	30	12	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$69,000.00	30	12	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Natalie Cook													Nicole Sanderson
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
11	0	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00	1995	FIVB
9	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$64,100.00	1996	FIVB
9	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	1997	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$22,800.00	1998	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$15,700.00
7	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,500.00	1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,250.00
10	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	$43,000.00	2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$3,000.00
9	1	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	$62,250.00	2001	FIVB
11	0	2	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	$55,247.50	2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	3	$12,907.50
8	0	0	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	$34,500.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	$34,500.00
89	3	6	13	13	34	19	1	0	0	$373,053.75	Total	Total	32	0	0	2	1	4	10	9	3	3	$70,357.50

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	63	75.0%	11	13.1%	10	11.9%	74-10	88.1%	15	24.2%	8	12.9%	39	62.9%	15-47	24.2%	63-39	61.8%	26-18	59.1%	1	2	90-59	60.4%
2002-2003	33	82.5%	4	10.0%	3	7.5%	37-3	92.5%	6	31.6%	3	15.8%	10	52.6%	6-13	31.6%	33-10	76.7%	10-6	62.5%	1	0	44-16	73.3%
Against the Field	29	78.4%	5	13.5%	3	8.1%	34-3	91.9%	6	42.9%	1	7.1%	7	50.0%	6-8	42.9%	58-12	82.9%	22-8	73.3%	0	1	40-11	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	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	15	3	0	0	6	9	0	2	1	1	0	0	27	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	14	4	0	0	23	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	52	34
Total	0	0	1	1	34	8	0	0	34	24	1	6	4	2	0	1	90	59

Head to Head Results
Cook/Sanderson lead the series against the field 19-2 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	14	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	19	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 3 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	17	Pohl/Rau	16	21-15, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	11	Tian/Wang	14	21-23, 23-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 5 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Semi-Finals	Lahme/Musch	5	Cook/Sanderson	1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Cook/Sanderson	11	21-19, 26-24	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 3-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	3	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	17	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	28, Q9	21-16, 23-21	0:47
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	27, Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Wang/You, China 1-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Wang/You	22	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 2-0
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Bronze Medal	Cook/Sanderson	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	17-21, 26-24, 18-16	1:08
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	15	21-19, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	16	Gerlic/Lochowicz	17	22-20, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 16, Q4 Jobst/Stragliotto, Canada 1-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	1	Jobst/Stragliotto	16, Q4	21-11, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 2-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	1	Garcia/Gaxiola	17	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Garcia/Gaxiola	27, Q4	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 19 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	3	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	30, Q11	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 2-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	6	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q11	21-10, 21-19	0:33
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	14	Augoustides/Claasen	30	21-13, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Dumont/Martin, Canada 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	1	Dumont/Martin	27, Q6	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 32, Q26 Hu/Zhang, China 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	1	Hu/Zhang	32, Q26	21-16, 21-15	0:36