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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 26 - 30, 2005

(24) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-24/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	5	4th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-31/2004	Austria Grand Slam	17	17th	108	US$4,500.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Winner 1	Ethel-Julie Arjona / Virginie Kadjo, France (9)	Won 25-23, 23-21	0:43
Wed, 7/27/2005	Winner 2	Rachel Scott / Elaine Youngs, United States (8)	Lost 10-21, 12-21	0:33
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 2	Tatiana Barrera / Eva Hamzaoui, France (10)	Won 23-21, 21-18	0:47
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 3	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (16)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 9-15	0:47

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	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$32,500.00	12	12	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,300.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	1	4	2	1	0	4	1	4	1	0	$163,300.00	58	30	65.9 %

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
6	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	$16,250.00	2004	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	$19,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$11,700.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00
102	3	7	15	14	34	21	6	2	0	$428,753.75	Total	Total	44	0	1	4	2	4	12	14	4	3	$121,007.50

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%
2004-2005	13	68.4%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	6	26.1%	3	13.0%	14	60.9%	6-17	26.1%	13-14	48.1%	10-5	66.7%	0	2	23-21	52.3%
Against the Field	23	67.6%	6	17.6%	5	14.7%	29-5	85.3%	8	25.8%	3	9.7%	20	64.5%	8-23	25.8%	46-40	53.5%	28-16	63.6%	0	0	37-28	56.9%

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 15-12 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-4
10/11/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Cook/Sanderson	5	19-21, 21-19, 18-16	1:01
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Cook/Sanderson	5	21-11, 19-21, 15-8	0:50
7/19/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Cook/Sanderson	11	21-18, 21-14	0:44
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Cook/Sanderson	16	21-16, 21-15	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 5 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-2
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Pohl/Rau	8	Cook/Sanderson	5	21-10, 22-20	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 8 Scott/Youngs, United States 0-1
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Scott/Youngs	8	Cook/Sanderson	24	21-10, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 9 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	24	Arjona/Kadjo	9	25-23, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against # 10 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Cook/Sanderson	24	Barrera/Hamzaoui	10	23-21, 21-18	0:47
Series tied with # 14 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
Series tied with # 16 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-2
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	16	Cook/Sanderson	24	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:47
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
Trail the series against # 19 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	23, Q6	Cook/Sanderson	7	21-18, 24-26, 15-11	0:57
Series tied with # 20 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Clarke/Gerlic	16	Cook/Sanderson	17	21-13, 20-22, 15-10	0:48
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 # 22 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Cook/Sanderson	17	Lessard/Maxwell	32, Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q2 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Cook/Sanderson	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q9 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