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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012
July 11 - 15, 2012

(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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Kerri Pottharst - 5th	Did not play
2003	Nicole Sanderson - 9th	Did not play
2004	Nicole Sanderson - 25th	Did not play
2005	Summer Lochowicz - 25th	Did not play
2008	Tamsin Hinchley - 9th	Natalie Cook - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	18	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	19	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	24	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	5	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	19, Q6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/15-20/2011	Åland Open	18, Q10	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB C&S	8/9-14/2011	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	8	5th	0	US$500.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q15	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	14	5th	360	US$9,100.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/12/2012	Pool G	Angela Lavalle / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (23, Q1)	Lost 16-21, 21-12, 9-15	0:50
Thu, 7/12/2012	Pool G	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (26)	Won 24-22, 21-17	0:43
Fri, 7/13/2012	Pool G	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)	Lost 12-21, 11-21	0:34
Fri, 7/13/2012	Winner 1	Vivian Cunha / Taiana Lima, Brazil (20)	Won 21-10, 12-21, 15-10	0:44
Sat, 7/14/2012	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (14)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
Sat, 7/14/2012	Winner 3	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (8)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 12-15

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 %
2010	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$10,700.00	9	11	45.0 %
2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	$23,900.00	14	10	58.3 %
2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	$45,500.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	FIVB	38	1	0	0	2	8	2	12	0	5	2	6	$265,400.00	102	69	59.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %

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	12	0	0	0	3	3	5	1	0	0	$47,450.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	$5,350.00	2010	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	$5,350.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	8	$14,650.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	7	$17,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	$22,750.00	2012	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	$22,750.00
163	4	7	15	16	47	41	15	5	13	$604,928.75	Total	Total	61	1	0	0	3	12	15	7	7	16	$162,025.00

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%
2011-2012	21	65.6%	4	12.5%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	5	17.2%	3	10.3%	21	72.4%	5-24	17.2%	21-21	50.0%	9-10	47.4%	0	1	30-32	48.4%
Against the Field	16	50.0%	4	12.5%	12	37.5%	20-12	62.5%	3	9.7%	5	16.1%	23	74.2%	3-28	9.7%	32-46	41.0%	14-34	29.2%	0	0	23-40	36.5%

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	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 trail the series against the field 22-37 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Xue/Zhang, China 0-9
11/4/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 3	Xue/Zhang	1	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-19, 21-15	0:44
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	2	Cook/Hinchley	18, Q10	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
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 # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 3-5
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool B	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Cook/Hinchley	18	21-12, 21-14	0:32
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Cook/Hinchley	20	21-10, 21-18	0:36
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 # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Cook/Hinchley	19	21-15, 21-19	0:37
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Cook/Hinchley	14	21-10, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-6
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Cook/Hinchley	24	21-19, 21-17	0:43
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	8	Cook/Hinchley	19, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:38
8/17/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Kessy/Ross	4, Q1	Cook/Hinchley	Q17	22-24, 21-14, 15-8	0:58
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Kessy/Ross	6	Cook/Hinchley	27	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:56
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	8	Cook/Hinchley	11	15-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:01
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	7	Cook/Hinchley	12	24-22, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 5 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	24	Cicolari/Menegatti	6	21-12, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Cook/Hinchley	10	21-12, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-2
7/14/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Cook/Hinchley	10	17-21, 21-17, 15-12
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool H	Holtwick/Semmler	25	Cook/Hinchley	24	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-3
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool B	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	Cook/Hinchley	18	25-23, 21-19	0:43
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	Cook/Hinchley	5	21-13, 21-19	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 12, Q4 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-1
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool B	Nestarcova/Pridalova	31, Q14	Cook/Hinchley	18	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-0
7/14/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	10	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	18, Q10	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 0-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Barsuk/Vozakova	22	Cook/Hinchley	5	15-21, 21-16, 17-15	1:03
Trail the series against # 17 Fendrick/Niles, United States 0-2
11/4/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 4	Fendrick/Niles	11	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-13, 21-17	0:37
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Fendrick/Niles	17, Q1	Cook/Hinchley	18, Q10	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
8/11/11	FIVB C&S	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	8	Bansley/Maloney	5	21-17, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 19 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	7	Cook/Hinchley	26, Q21	21-19, 12-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 20 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 2-1
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	10	Cunha/Lima	20	21-10, 12-21, 15-10	0:44
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	19	Cunha/Lima	14	21-11, 21-12	0:32
8/13/11	FIVB C&S	Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	4	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-17, 13-21, 17-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 4-0
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool D	Cook/Hinchley	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	29, Q7	21-17, 21-15	0:36
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Cook/Hinchley	19, Q6	Nystrom/Nystrom	29	21-13, 27-25	0:38
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
Series tied with # 23, Q1 Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 2-2
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Lavalle/Maestrini	23, Q1	Cook/Hinchley	10	21-16, 12-21, 15-9	0:50
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	19	Lavalle/Maestrini	20, Q7	22-20, 21-13	0:45
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Lavalle/Maestrini	18	Cook/Hinchley	15	21-14, 21-18	0:38
8/16/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 3	Cook/Hinchley	18, Q10	Lavalle/Maestrini	Q7	21-17, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 26 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 2-0
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Cook/Hinchley	10	Hansel/Montagnolli	26	24-22, 21-17	0:43
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	20	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	21-19, 27-29, 15-10	1:05
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
7/26/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	Cook/Hinchley	Q12	14-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 29 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 2-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Cook/Hinchley	19	Gioria/Momoli	30, Q4	21-13, 21-10	0:34
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	8	Gioria/Momoli	25	21-12, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # Q16 Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina, Estonia 1-0
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Cook/Hinchley	26, Q21	Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina	Q28	21-14, 21-17	0:33