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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Vitória Open
September 26 - 30, 2006

(14) 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 Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Kerri Pottharst - 7th	Did not play
2002	Kerri Pottharst - 5th	Annette Huygens Tholen - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	12	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	7, Q2	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	13	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	12	13th	240	US$6,500.00
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

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/27/2006	Winner 1	Nancy Reynolds / Tyra Turner, United States (19)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:56
Wed, 9/27/2006	Contender 1	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (30, Q11)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:33
Thu, 9/28/2006	Contender 2	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (13)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:42

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	0	0	$57,550.00	22	20	52.4 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	1	4	2	2	1	9	4	7	1	1	$241,350.00	89	57	61.0 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	$28,775.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	$28,775.00
116	3	7	15	14	36	29	9	2	1	$467,778.75	Total	Total	58	0	1	4	2	6	20	17	4	4	$160,032.50

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	12	80.0%	0	0.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	3	13.0%	4	17.4%	16	69.6%	3-20	13.0%	24-32	42.9%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	15-23	39.5%

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 15-21 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-5
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Cook/Sanderson	18	21-17, 21-17	0:38
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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-3
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Cook/Sanderson	12	21-13, 21-13	0:31
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Cook/Sanderson	7, Q2	12-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:51
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	8	Cook/Sanderson	13	21-7, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 7 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-1
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	13	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-19, 21-13	0:39
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 # 8 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 # 9 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-3
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool F	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	Cook/Sanderson	6	21-13, 21-14	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 13 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-2
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	13	Cook/Sanderson	14	21-16, 21-14	0:42
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Cook/Sanderson	12	Kuhn/Schwer	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Cook/Sanderson	18	23-21, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	12	Petrova/Skalnikova	21	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 Reynolds/Turner, United States 0-1
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Reynolds/Turner	19	Cook/Sanderson	14	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 20 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	6	Lessard/Maxwell	27, Q4	21-15, 21-19	0:41
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 # 22 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 3	Cook/Sanderson	13	Koizumi/Tanaka	21, Q5	21-10, 21-12	0:32
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Cook/Sanderson	13	Koizumi/Tanaka	20	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Cook/Sanderson	14	Mouha/Van Breedam	30, Q11	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q9 Dalen/Wiig, Norway 1-0
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Sanderson	6	Dalen/Wiig	22	21-17, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # Q12 Asao/Nishibori, Japan 1-0
7/12/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Cook/Sanderson	7, Q2	Asao/Nishibori	Q18	21-16, 21-14	0:34