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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2001

(28, Q11) 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:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$417,185.00

Nicole Schnyder-Benoît
Switzerland

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 13, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Magglingen

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Jona 1998)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Osaka 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$105,485.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
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	40	0	0	1	2	5	2	14	0	5	1	7	1	2	US$202,220.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Patricia Dormann - 41st
1998	Did not play	Magi Schlaefli - 33rd
1999	Did not play	Annalea Hartmann - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q12	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	27, Q7	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	10	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	Q14	41st	14	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/24/2001	Qualifier 2	Fay Avery / Megan Avery, Australia (Q22)	Won 21-12, 25-23	0:41
Tue, 7/24/2001	Qualifier 3	Liesbet Van Breedam / Kristien Van Lierop, Belgium (Q27)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:29
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 4	Leanne McSorley / Nancy Reynolds, United States (Q3)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:34
Wed, 7/25/2001	Qualifier 10	Tatiana Barrera / Emilie Burte, France (Q10)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:37
Thu, 7/26/2001	Winner 1	Lisa Arce / Holly McPeak, United States (5)	Lost 8-21, 13-21	0:28
Thu, 7/26/2001	Contender 1	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (12)	Lost 21-14, 18-21, 12-15	0:45

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	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	0	$64,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	1	2	3	1	9	0	4	5	0	$122,320.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	40	0	0	1	2	5	2	14	0	6	7	0	$202,220.00

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	0	$23,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
46	1	0	1	0	8	19	6	9	0	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	0	$32,000.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	0	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	1	2	4	9	5	8	0	$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
137	3	0	2	4	17	63	25	19	0	$417,185.00	Total	53	0	1	1	2	7	15	7	10	0	$105,485.00

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
2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$7,000.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$7,000.00	8	11	42.1 %

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
											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
											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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$3,950.00	Total	Total	19	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	9	$8,325.00

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	25	65.8%	8	21.1%	5	13.2%	33-5	86.8%	3	7.1%	10	23.8%	29	69.0%	3-39	7.1%	50-56	47.2%	22-30	42.3%	1	0	37-43	46.3%

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
Total	0	0	11	5	30	38	0	0	28	26	0	3	1	2	0	0	82	86

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Arce/McPeak, United States 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Arce/McPeak	5	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	28, Q11	21-8, 21-13	0:28
Trail the series against # 6 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Oliveira/Silva, Brazil 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Oliveira/Silva	7	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	21-15, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 12 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Tian/Wang	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	28, Q11	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 13 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 14 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 15, Q5 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	28, Q10	21-13, 21-17	0:27
Trail the series against # 20 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
7/16/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kadijk/Leenstra	24, Q5	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q12	21-14, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 24 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Galindo/Huerta	11	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # Q3 McSorley/Reynolds, United States 0-2
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 4	McSorley/Reynolds	Q3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	28, Q11	21-13, 21-13	0:34
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	McSorley/Reynolds	Q3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q14	21-14, 23-21	0:44
Series tied with # Q6 Seike/Torii, Japan 1-1
7/16/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 8	Seike/Torii	Q6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q12	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
7/5/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Seike/Torii	24, Q2	21-10, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q10 Barrera/Burte, France 1-0
7/25/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 10	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	28, Q11	Barrera/Burte	Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q22 Avery/Avery, Australia 2-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	28, Q11	Avery/Avery	Q22	21-12, 25-23	0:41
7/16/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q12	Avery/Avery	Q21	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # Q27 Van Breedam/Van Lierop, Belgium 1-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	28, Q11	Van Breedam/Van Lierop	Q27	21-16, 21-11	0:29