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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Infote Athens Open
May 31 - June 4, 2006

(13) 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 Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Nicole Sanderson - 4th	Natalie Cook - 4th
2005	Nicole Sanderson - 9th	Natalie Cook - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	10	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	11	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	10	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	8	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	24	13th	168	US$6,300.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 1	Eiko Koizumi / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (20)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 2	Kylie Gerlic / Stacey Kloeden, Australia (29, Q5)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:29
Fri, 6/2/2006	Winner 3	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (5)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:36
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 4	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (8)	Lost 7-21, 15-21	0:33

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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$26,800.00	11	9	55.0 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	1	4	2	2	1	6	2	4	1	1	$197,800.00	72	41	63.7 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	1	$21,950.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$13,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00
108	3	7	15	14	36	24	6	2	1	$446,003.75	Total	Total	50	0	1	4	2	6	15	14	4	4	$138,257.50

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%
2005-2006	22	66.7%	5	15.2%	6	18.2%	27-6	81.8%	7	21.9%	2	6.3%	23	71.9%	7-25	21.9%	22-23	48.9%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	34-31	52.3%
Against the Field	15	65.2%	3	13.0%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	3	9.7%	2	6.5%	26	83.9%	3-28	9.7%	30-50	37.5%	12-14	46.2%	0	1	21-33	38.9%

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 trail the series against the field 11-19 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 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
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cook/Sanderson	8	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 5 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-9
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	5	Cook/Sanderson	13	21-14, 21-19	0:36
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	2	Cook/Sanderson	10	19-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:52
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Bede/Behar	2	Cook/Sanderson	8	21-14, 21-17	0:39
8/23/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Cook/Sanderson	5	21-17, 21-16	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 8 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Cook/Sanderson	13	21-7, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 10, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 2	Cook/Sanderson	11	Salgado/Salgado	5, Q1	15-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-2
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Cook/Sanderson	11	21-18, 21-16	0:41
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Cook/Sanderson	10	21-15, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 15, Q8 Zhang/Zuo, China 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 5	Zhang/Zuo	9, Q15	Cook/Sanderson	10	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-19, 21-23, 26-24	1:03
Lead the series against # 20 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	13	Koizumi/Tanaka	20	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24, Q12 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	10	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q11	21-13, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 2-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	10	Kusuhara/Urata	23, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:34
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Cook/Sanderson	10	Kusuhara/Urata	18	21-17, 20-22, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Gerlic/Kloeden, Australia 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	13	Gerlic/Kloeden	29, Q5	21-13, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 32 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