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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(43) Natalie Cook/Tara West, 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

Tara West
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Perth

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (FIVB Brasília 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$2,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	US$5,400.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	Q19	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	31	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool F

Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (19)

Lost 14-21, 15-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	10	3	1	0.200	1	4	2	0
	1	5	1	1	0.000	0	3	2	0
	2	5	2	0	0.400	1	1	0	0
Tara West	Total	35	12	9	0.086	1	3	1	2
	1	18	6	5	0.056	0	1	1	2
	2	17	6	4	0.118	1	2	0	0

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool F

Ying Huang / Yuan Yue, China (30)

Lost 17-21, 19-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	9	5	2	0.333	1	3	1	1
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	1	0
	2	6	4	1	0.500	1	2	0	1
Tara West	Total	40	16	8	0.200	2	8	1	1
	1	19	7	6	0.053	1	4	1	1
	2	21	9	2	0.333	1	4	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool F

Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (6)

Lost 19-21, 16-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	16	8	1	0.438	0	10	2	0
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	6	2	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	4	0	0
Tara West	Total	29	14	5	0.310	2	2	0	1
	1	17	9	4	0.294	1	2	0	0
	2	12	5	1	0.333	1	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	35	16	4	0.343	2	17	5	1
Tara West	104	42	22	0.192	5	13	2	4
Total	139	58	26	0.230	7	30	7	5
Opponents	145	87	22	0.448	8	38	6	11

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Angela Clarke - 9th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Nicole Sanderson - 3rd	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Summer Lochowicz - 25th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Tamsin Hinchley - 9th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Tara West - 37th	Natalie Cook - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	43	37th	40	US$3,400.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Natalie Cook												Tara West
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
7	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	$34,800.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
39	0	1	2	4	5	14	4	2	0	$165,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
111	3	6	11	10	40	23	11	2	0	$401,153.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,700.00

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
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$5,400.00	4	8	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$5,400.00	4	8	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Natalie Cook													Tara West
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	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,500.00	1999	FIVB
10	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	$43,000.00	2000	FIVB
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	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	$62,250.00	2003	FIVB
6	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	$16,250.00	2004	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	1	$21,950.00	2005	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	0	0	$30,275.00	2006	FIVB
8	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	$51,700.00	2007	FIVB
10	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	$40,950.00	2008	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$5,350.00	2010	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,700.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,700.00
147	4	7	15	16	44	36	13	3	9	$569,978.75	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,700.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	3-8	27.3%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-10	28.6%
2010-2011	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	3-8	27.3%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	4-10	28.6%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	2-16	11.1%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-10	16.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	4	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10

Head to Head Results
Cook/West trail the series against the field 2-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	Cook/West	43	21-19, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 8 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	2	Cook/West	31	21-9, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Fendrick/Niles, United States 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Fendrick/Niles	16, Q3	Cook/West	Q19	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 18 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 0-1
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Bawden/Palmer	19, Q1	Cook/West	Q17	21-13, 25-23	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Cook/West	43	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 1	Martins/Santanna	15	Cook/West	31	21-19, 13-21, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 30 Huang/Yue, China 0-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Huang/Yue	30	Cook/West	43	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 39 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Cook/West	Q19	Bansley/Maloney	Q14	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 42 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Meppelink/Wesselink	32, Q5	Cook/West	Q21	21-14, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 45 Maaseide/Torlen, Norway 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Cook/West	Q21	Maaseide/Torlen	Q12	21-16, 21-19	0:40