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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 France Grand Slam
July 16 - 20, 2002

(30) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Sandra Bratschi-Verge Depre - 40th
1998	Did not play	Magi Schlaefli - 41st
1999	Did not play	Annalea Hartmann - 41st
2001	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 41st	Simone Kuhn - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	20, Q7	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	9	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2002	Spain Open	27, Q7	17th	60	US$2,520.00
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

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/16/2002	Pool F	Alexandra Fonseca / Monica Rodrigues, Brazil (6)	Lost 19-21, 11-21	0:43
Tue, 7/16/2002	Pool F	Noriko Aoki / Rii Seike, Japan (43)	Won 21-9, 21-10	0:27
Tue, 7/16/2002	Pool F	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (19)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:51

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$7,000.00	8	13	38.1 %
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$12,320.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	$19,320.00	18	21	46.2 %

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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$6,160.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$6,160.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	$10,110.00	Total	Total	24	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	6	10	$14,485.00

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	25	58.1%	12	27.9%	6	14.0%	37-6	86.0%	5	10.6%	11	23.4%	31	66.0%	5-42	10.6%	50-62	44.6%	34-34	50.0%	0	0	42-48	46.7%

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
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 7-13 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Cook/Pottharst	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20, Q7	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-1
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Connelly/Minello	4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Fonseca/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Rodrigues	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	30	21-19, 21-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	21-15, 13-21, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Barros/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Barros/Pires	23	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 10 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 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 # 13 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	43	21-19, 18-21, 23-21	1:05
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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 19 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	30	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
Series tied with # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios, Cuba 1-1
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20, Q7	Fernandez Grasset/Roque Palacios	13	14-21, 21-13, 22-20	0:55
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 # 21 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 # 28 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 # 31 Mellitzer/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
7/3/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20, Q7	Mellitzer/Swoboda	21, Q10	21-10, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 34 Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 2-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	Teknedzjanova/Tobiasova	24, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:38
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 # 42 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
Lead the series against # 43 Aoki/Seike, Japan 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	30	Aoki/Seike	43	21-9, 21-10	0:27