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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Spain Open
June 5 - 9, 2002

(27, Q7) 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 Madrid Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/6-8/2001	European Championships	17	2nd	180	€ 23,250.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	43	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	28, Q11	25th	36	US$2,000.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/6/2002	Qualifier 2	Annika Granstrom / Angelica Ljungquist, Sweden (Q39)	Won 21-12, 23-21	0:43
Thu, 6/6/2002	Qualifier 3	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (Q10)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:38
Fri, 6/7/2002	Pool F	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Yoselin Roque Palacios, Cuba (11)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:34
Fri, 6/7/2002	Pool F	Milagros Crespo / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (22)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Sat, 6/8/2002	Pool F	Eva Celbova Rysava / Sona Novakova, Czechia (6)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 12-15	0:42

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$7,000.00	8	13	38.1 %
2001	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,250.00	5	1	83.3 %
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,520.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$9,520.00	11	15	42.3 %
Total	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,250.00	5	1	83.3 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2001	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,260.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,260.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	$16,835.00	Total	Total	28	0	3	0	1	1	5	3	5	10	$25,535.00

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%
2001-2002	22	75.9%	2	6.9%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	2	6.1%	8	24.2%	23	69.7%	2-31	6.1%	22-23	48.9%	4-13	23.5%	0	0	26-36	41.9%
Against the Field	28	65.1%	10	23.3%	5	11.6%	38-5	88.4%	4	8.9%	13	28.9%	28	62.2%	4-41	8.9%	56-56	50.0%	28-36	43.8%	0	0	42-46	47.7%

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 7-9 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-2
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-14, 27-25	0:51
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	43	21-19, 18-21, 23-21	1:05
Lead the series against # 5 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
9/6/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Gattelli/Perrotta	1	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 6 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czechia 0-2
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:42
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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 11 Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios, Cuba 0-1
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios	11	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czechia 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
Lead the series against # 22 Crespo/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Crespo/Larrea Peraza	22	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q10 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Ahmann/Vollmer	Q10	21-15, 24-22	0:38
Trail the series against # Q13 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 # Q17 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
Lead the series against # Q22 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
Lead the series against # Q39 Granstrom/Ljungquist, Sweden 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Granstrom/Ljungquist	Q39	21-12, 23-21	0:43