Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXIX Olympic Games
August 9 - 21, 2008

(10) 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 Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Beijing XXIX Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/9/2008

Pool C

Alexandra Moiseeva / Natalya Uryadova, Russia (15)

Won 21-8, 19-21, 15-12

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	27	10	4	0.222	1	16	2	1
	1	27	10	4	0.222	1	16	2	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	38	21	5	0.421	8	5	3	0
	1	38	21	5	0.421	8	5	3	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/11/2008

Pool C

Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (22)

Won 21-18, 21-12

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	27	13	2	0.407	0	11	1	1
	1	27	13	2	0.407	0	11	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	31	15	2	0.419	1	4	3	2
	1	31	15	2	0.419	1	4	3	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/13/2008

Pool C

Ana Paula Connelly / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)

Won 23-21, 23-21

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	39	18	6	0.308	0	5	1	0
	1	39	18	6	0.308	0	5	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	12	8	1	0.583	2	1	1	5
	1	12	8	1	0.583	2	1	1	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/15/2008

Winner 1

Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (16)

Won 22-20, 19-21, 15-12

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	49	21	6	0.306	1	10	1	2
	1	49	21	6	0.306	1	10	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	24	14	2	0.500	7	0	0	7
	1	24	14	2	0.500	7	0	0	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/17/2008

Winner 2

Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (6)

Lost 22-24, 14-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	Total	39	17	6	0.282	0	10	0	0
	1	39	17	6	0.282	0	10	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Tamsin Hinchley	Total	19	5	6	-0.053	4	2	1	0
	1	19	5	6	-0.053	4	2	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Natalie Cook	181	79	24	0.304	2	52	5	4
Tamsin Hinchley	124	63	16	0.379	22	12	8	14
Total	305	142	40	0.334	24	64	13	18
Opponents	331	143	58	0.257	15	32	7	27

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Kerri Pottharst - 3rd	Did not play
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Angela Clarke - 9th	Did not play
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Kerri Pottharst - 1st	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
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Nicole Sanderson - 4th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Summer Lochowicz - 25th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Tamsin Hinchley - 9th	Natalie Cook - 9th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Tamsin Hinchley - 5th	Natalie Cook - 5th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Tara West - 37th	Alice Rohkamper - 37th
2012	Olympic Games	London	Tamsin Hinchley - 19th	Natalie Cook - 19th

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	10	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	$81,900.00	35	18	66.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	0	0	2	6	2	7	0	0	0	0	$185,300.00	66	32	67.3 %

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
10	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	$40,950.00	2008	FIVB	10	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	$40,950.00
135	4	7	15	16	44	36	10	2	1	$561,928.75	Total	Total	31	1	0	0	2	8	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	17	50.0%	10	29.4%	7	20.6%	27-7	79.4%	5	20.0%	1	4.0%	19	76.0%	5-20	20.0%	34-38	47.2%	30-16	65.2%	0	0	32-27	54.2%

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 31-18 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Tian/Wang, China 2-2
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	1	Cook/Hinchley	6	24-22, 21-17	0:48
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	6	Tian/Wang	2	21-18, 21-16	0:46
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-18, 21-13	0:43
6/3/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Cook/Hinchley	14	Tian/Wang	1	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-15, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 3 Connelly/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
8/13/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	10	Connelly/Maestrini	3	23-21, 23-21	0:51
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-7
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	4	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-18, 21-13	0:39
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Cook/Hinchley	12	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:57
5/25/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Bronze Medal	Xue/Zhang	3	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-17, 21-17	0:43
5/2/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	3	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-19, 23-21	0:49
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	6	Cook/Hinchley	3	14-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:57
6/9/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 6	Xue/Zhang	4	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-17, 21-17	0:36
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	2	Cook/Hinchley	23	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 6 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-4
8/17/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Cook/Hinchley	10	24-22, 21-14	0:46
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 # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	8	Cook/Hinchley	6	22-20, 21-16	0:44
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	7	Pohl/Rau	13	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 4-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	12	Glesnes/Maaseide	25, Q2	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:50
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	3	Glesnes/Maaseide	14	21-13, 18-21, 22-20	1:02
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-16, 22-20	0:45
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 3	Cook/Hinchley	17	Glesnes/Maaseide	10	21-15, 21-15	0:38
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	23	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 14 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	7	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	25	22-24, 21-16, 15-7	0:58
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Cook/Hinchley	23	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	9	23-21, 16-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
8/9/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	10	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	21-8, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
8/15/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	10	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 17 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-0
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	21	21-10, 22-20	0:36
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Cook/Hinchley	23	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 3-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	12	Candelas/Garcia	21	21-15, 21-14	0:30
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	8	Candelas/Garcia	24, Q16	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:52
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Cook/Hinchley	6	Candelas/Garcia	31, Q23	21-16, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 5	Cook/Hinchley	3	Kadijk/Mooren	12	21-17, 15-21, 17-15	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
8/11/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	10	Martins/Santanna	22	21-18, 21-12	0:40
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 # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 4-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	8	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	9	21-12, 21-15	0:36
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Cook/Hinchley	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Cook/Hinchley	7	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-14, 21-15	0:38
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Cook/Hinchley	23	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	17, Q5	26-24, 21-16	0:46