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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Japan Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(2) 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 Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1994	Anita Spring - 6th	Did not play
1995	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
1996	Kerri Pottharst - 1st	Did not play
1997	Kerri Pottharst - 5th	Did not play
1998	Angela Clarke - 13th	Tania Gooley - 17th
1999	Kerri Pottharst - 2nd	Did not play
2000	Kerri Pottharst - 3rd	Did not play
2001	Kerri Pottharst - 4th	Did not play
2002	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Annette Huygens Tholen - 9th
2003	Nicole Sanderson - 3rd	Natalie Cook - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	5	3rd	640	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	5	3rd	480	US$23,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	3	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	1	3rd	240	US$12,000.00
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

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 1	Miho Makabe / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (31)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 6/4/2004	Winner 2	Shaylyn Bede / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (18)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Sat, 6/5/2004	Winner 3	Mika Teru Saiki / Satoko Urata, Japan (10)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:40
Sat, 6/5/2004	Winner 4	Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland (3)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:44
Sun, 6/6/2004	Semi-Finals	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (21)	Won 14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:55
Sun, 6/6/2004	Gold Medal	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-12 Retired	0:17

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	11	0	0	4	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	$124,500.00	44	16	73.3 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$21,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	4	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	$145,500.00	50	19	72.5 %

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
11	0	0	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	$62,250.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	$62,250.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,500.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,500.00
94	3	7	15	13	34	19	3	0	0	$411,303.75	Total	Total	37	0	1	4	1	4	10	11	3	3	$108,607.50

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%
2003-2004	41	80.4%	6	11.8%	4	7.8%	47-4	92.2%	8	26.7%	6	20.0%	16	53.3%	8-22	26.7%	41-16	71.9%	14-10	58.3%	1	2	56-28	66.7%
Against the Field	33	71.7%	7	15.2%	6	13.0%	40-6	87.0%	7	23.3%	3	10.0%	20	66.7%	7-23	23.3%	66-34	66.0%	28-18	60.9%	1	2	48-28	63.2%

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 35-12 (Lead 19 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
6/6/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Gold Medal	Bede/Behar	1	Cook/Sanderson	2	21-12 Retired	0:17
8/10/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Cook/Sanderson	3	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:05
7/20/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Bede/Behar	4	Cook/Sanderson	11	21-18, 21-14	0:46
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Cook/Sanderson	14	21-19, 21-18	0:40
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Cook/Sanderson	16	21-17, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 3 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 4-0
6/5/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 4	Cook/Sanderson	2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	3	21-17, 23-21	0:44
10/10/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 3	Cook/Sanderson	5	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	21-12, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
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 # 4 Tian/Wang, China 2-0
9/21/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Cook/Sanderson	5	Tian/Wang	4	23-21, 21-18	0:43
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	11	Tian/Wang	14	21-23, 23-21, 15-13	1:02
Series tied with # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Cook/Sanderson	3	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Cook/Sanderson	17	Pohl/Rau	16	21-15, 21-13	0:33
Series tied with # 6 Lahme/Musch, Germany 1-1
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	5	Lahme/Musch	9	21-12, 19-21, 19-17	1:00
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Semi-Finals	Lahme/Musch	5	Cook/Sanderson	1	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 9 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 # 10 Teru Saiki/Urata, Japan 1-0
6/5/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Cook/Sanderson	2	Teru Saiki/Urata	10	21-14, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 4-0
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	5	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	22	21-10, 21-16	0:34
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 # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	15	Cook/Sanderson	2	21-15, 27-25	0:43
10/9/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	5	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	21-15, 21-19	0:44
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
Series tied with # 15 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	6	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	11	27-25, 21-17	0:41
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	18	Cook/Sanderson	17	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Fonseca/Rodrigues	16	Cook/Sanderson	2	23-25, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Bede/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	2	Bede/Ribeiro	18	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 19 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	3	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 21 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-0
6/6/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Cook/Sanderson	2	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:55
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool C	Ahmann/Vollmer	19	Cook/Sanderson	3	21-14, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 25 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Clarke/Gerlic	21	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 26 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Glesnes/Maaseide	29	21-12, 21-13	0:37
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Glesnes/Maaseide	28, Q1	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 2-0
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	3	Bruschini/Solazzi	19	21-16, 21-17	0:43
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	11	Bruschini/Solazzi	22	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 28 Garcia/Gaxiola, Mexico 3-0
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Garcia/Gaxiola	20	21-7, 21-15	0:29
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 # 30, Q9 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 # 31 Makabe/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
6/4/04	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	2	Makabe/Tanaka	31	21-18, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q8 Barrera/Jaouen, France 2-0
5/28/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	2	Barrera/Jaouen	31, Q12	21-19, 21-12	0:39
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Barrera/Jaouen	44	21-11, 21-10	0:31