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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam
June 20 - 24, 2006

(12) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
2001	Kerri Pottharst - 7th	Did not play
2002	Kerri Pottharst - 3rd	Annette Huygens Tholen - 17th
2003	Nicole Sanderson - 9th	Natalie Cook - 9th
2004	Nicole Sanderson - 17th	Natalie Cook - 17th
2005	Summer Lochowicz - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	13	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Switzerland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/21/2006	Winner 1	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (21)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 13-15	0:51
Wed, 6/21/2006	Contender 1	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (28, Q8)	Won 17-21, 21-14, 16-14	1:03
Thu, 6/22/2006	Contender 2	Shaylyn Bede / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (11, Q10)	Won 21-19, 26-24	0:45
Thu, 6/22/2006	Contender 3	Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (14)	Lost 11-21, 16-21	0:38

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$20,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	1	4	2	2	1	6	3	4	1	1	$204,300.00	74	43	63.2 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$10,250.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$10,250.00
109	3	7	15	14	36	25	6	2	1	$449,253.75	Total	Total	51	0	1	4	2	6	16	14	4	4	$141,507.50

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	22	61.1%	6	16.7%	8	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	6	14.3%	3	7.1%	33	78.6%	6-36	14.3%	44-62	41.5%	24-22	52.2%	1	1	35-43	44.9%

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 22-29 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 0-2
9/15/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	6	Cook/Sanderson	11	21-19, 21-18	0:39
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	7	Cook/Sanderson	10	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 11, Q10 Bede/Bednarczuk, Brazil 1-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Cook/Sanderson	12	Bede/Bednarczuk	11, Q10	21-19, 26-24	0:45
Trail the series against # 14 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-3
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Cook/Sanderson	12	21-11, 21-16	0:38
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
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 # 17 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 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 # 19 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Cook/Sanderson	10	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	21	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 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
Trail the series against # 21 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	21	Cook/Sanderson	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 24 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 3-1
8/22/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	5	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	21-16, 14-21, 15-12	1:03
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	27, Q3	Cook/Sanderson	6	21-13, 21-14	0:42
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	7	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q3	21-16, 21-19	0:41
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool C	Cook/Sanderson	3	Gattelli/Perrotta	14	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 3-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Cook/Sanderson	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q8	17-21, 21-14, 16-14	1:03
8/27/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 5	Cook/Sanderson	8	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	21-13, 21-11	0:34
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	8	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	17-21, 22-20, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # 31, Q17 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 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 # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q7 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 # Q9 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 # Q12 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 # Q13 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