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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Italy Open
June 13 - 17, 2001

(Q14) Simone Kuhn/Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland

Simone Kuhn
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 2, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emmenbrücke

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$505,808.98

Nicole Schnyder-Benoît
Switzerland

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 13, 1973 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Magglingen

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Osaka 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$154,330.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$61,268.59
FIVB	39	0	0	1	2	5	2	13	0	5	1	7	1	2	US$201,320.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$900.00
Overall	46	1	2	2	2	7	2	14	0	5	1	7	1	2	US$263,488.59

Previous Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/5-9/2000	Greece Challenger	7	9th	24	US$900.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2001	Qualifier 1	Synnove Oyra / Hilde Schjerven, Norway (Q19)	Won 21-9, 21-11	0:31
Wed, 6/13/2001	Qualifier 2	Leanne McSorley / Nancy Reynolds, United States (Q3)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:44
Wed, 6/13/2001	Qualifier 5	Katrien De Decker / Anja Duyck, Belgium (Q29)	Lost 15-21, 21-14, 10-15	0:48

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	1	$64,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	1	2	3	1	9	0	4	5	1	$122,320.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Confederation Championship	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$47,125.00
Total	44	1	1	1	2	7	2	14	0	6	7	3	$249,345.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simone Kuhn												Nicole Schnyder-Benoit
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$23,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$7,500.00
46	1	0	1	0	8	19	6	9	2	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	1	$32,000.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	1	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	1	2	4	9	5	8	7	$64,610.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Satellite	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$925.00
10	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	$34,812.50	Confederation Championship	6	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$25,937.50
147	4	1	3	5	20	65	26	19	4	$451,997.50	Total	59	1	2	1	2	9	17	7	10	10	$131,422.50

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
2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simone Kuhn													Nicole Schnyder-Benoit
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,700.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											1998	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											1999	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,075.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$450.00	Total	Total	21	0	2	0	1	1	5	1	3	8	$9,150.00

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	59	69.4%	13	15.3%	13	15.3%	72-13	84.7%	9	11.0%	21	25.6%	52	63.4%	9-73	11.0%	59-52	53.2%	22-34	39.3%	1	0	82-86	48.8%
2000-2001	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8	72.7%	0-11	0.0%	8-8	50.0%	0-5	0.0%	0	0	8-13	38.1%
Against the Field	20	62.5%	8	25.0%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	3	7.3%	9	22.0%	29	70.7%	3-38	7.3%	40-56	41.7%	22-26	45.8%	1	0	32-41	43.8%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	8	10	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	20	22	0	0	19	19	0	3	1	2	0	0	59	58
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	18	5
Total	0	0	11	5	35	39	0	0	36	28	2	3	1	2	1	1	100	91

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q3 McSorley/Reynolds, United States 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	McSorley/Reynolds	Q3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q14	21-14, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # Q19 Oyra/Schjerven, Norway 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q14	Oyra/Schjerven	Q19	21-9, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # Q29 De Decker/Duyck, Belgium 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 5	De Decker/Duyck	Q29	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q14	21-15, 14-21, 15-10	0:48