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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
July 28 - August 2, 2008

(5) Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, 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

Tamsin Barnett Hinchley
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Seoul 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$171,225.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	40	1	0	0	2	9	2	12	0	5	1	2	3	3	US$278,600.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	41	1	0	0	2	10	2	12	0	5	1	2	3	3	US$279,100.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
2002	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
2003	Nicole Sanderson - 9th	Did not play
2004	Nicole Sanderson - 17th	Did not play
2005	Nicole Sanderson - 41st	Did not play
2006	Nicole Sanderson - 17th	Summer Lochowicz - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	8	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	8	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	6	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	6	9th	240	US$5,500.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/30/2008	Pool E	Janne Kongshavn / Kristine Wiig, Norway (28, Q6)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:35
Wed, 7/30/2008	Pool E	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (21, Q4)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool E	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (12)	Won 30-28, 23-21	1:00
Fri, 8/1/2008	Winner 2	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (23)	Lost By Forfeit

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	1	4	0	7	0	1	1	0	$135,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	0	0	1	4	2	4	0	4	1	0	$131,800.00
Total	40	1	0	0	2	9	2	12	0	6	2	0	$278,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Natalie Cook												Tamsin Hinchley
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	$34,800.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,200.00
39	0	1	2	4	5	14	4	2	0	$165,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	1	4	8	2	2	0	$76,025.00
111	3	6	11	10	40	23	11	2	0	$401,153.75	Challenge/Four Star/Open	35	1	0	0	2	7	6	6	5	0	$87,700.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
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	64	1	0	0	3	12	16	9	7	0	$170,975.00

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
2007	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	$103,400.00	31	14	68.9 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	$81,900.00	31	17	64.6 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	0	0	2	5	2	7	0	0	0	0	$185,300.00	62	31	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Natalie Cook													Tamsin Hinchley
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	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	$7,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	0	0	$30,275.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$10,075.00
8	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	$51,700.00	2007	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	$51,700.00
9	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$40,950.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$40,950.00
134	4	7	15	16	43	36	10	2	1	$561,928.75	Total	Total	30	1	0	0	2	7	10	1	5	4	$109,725.00

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	70	69.3%	16	15.8%	15	14.9%	86-15	85.1%	19	24.7%	9	11.7%	49	63.6%	19-58	24.7%	70-49	58.8%	35-24	59.3%	0	2	105-75	58.3%
2007-2008	43	70.5%	12	19.7%	6	9.8%	55-6	90.2%	11	30.6%	3	8.3%	22	61.1%	11-25	30.6%	43-22	66.2%	23-9	71.9%	0	1	66-32	67.3%
Against the Field	23	74.2%	5	16.1%	3	9.7%	28-3	90.3%	6	23.1%	3	11.5%	17	65.4%	6-20	23.1%	46-30	60.5%	22-12	64.7%	0	2	34-23	59.6%

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	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	3	25	17	0	0	16	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	43	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	26	15	1	1	0	1	1	0	55	35
Total	0	0	11	6	30	21	0	0	44	29	1	2	0	2	1	0	105	75

Head to Head Results
Cook/Hinchley lead the series against the field 24-13 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 3-3
5/25/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-19, 21-14	0:46
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	8	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	19-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:02
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-17, 21-18	0:48
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-15, 21-13	0:41
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	7	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	24-22, 15-21, 16-14	1:04
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Cook/Hinchley	14	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 1-2
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	4	Cook/Hinchley	12	21-14, 21-16	0:43
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 4	Cook/Hinchley	8	Bede/Connelly	4	24-22, 21-12	0:47
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	11	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-14, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 3, Q1 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 2-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	6	Antonelli/Leao	3	14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:59
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	11	Antonelli/Leao	22, Q13	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	1:09
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-3
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Cook/Hinchley	11	21-17, 21-16	0:35
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Cook/Hinchley	12	21-13, 21-19	0:41
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	7	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	14	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Cook/Hinchley	17	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	16-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:02
Lead the series against # 9 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	21-17, 21-15	0:40
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	12	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	21-17, 21-14	0:37
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Cook/Hinchley	17	24-26, 21-19, 15-12	1:14
Lead the series against # 11 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	11	Claasen/Roder	17, Q2	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Hakedal/Torlen	12	30-28, 23-21	1:00
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	6	Hakedal/Torlen	11	21-12, 18-21, 15-9	1:00
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 4	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Cook/Hinchley	17	21-18, 23-25, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 14 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	7	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	12	25-23, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	8	Martins/Santanna	25, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	6	Campisi/Lozano	18	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Petrova/Skalnikova	21, Q4	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	8	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	25, Q18	21-11, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	23	Cook/Hinchley	5	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	6	Van Iersel/Wesselink	27, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	29	19-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:56
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	21-12, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 27 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	6	Baburina/Osheyko	22	21-11, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Kongshavn/Wiig, Norway 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Kongshavn/Wiig	28, Q6	21-11, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	15	Cook/Hinchley	5	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	10	Cook/Hinchley	23	21-19, 20-22, 17-15	1:11