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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Brazil Open
September 17 - 22, 2002

(16) 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 Vitória Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	21	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	13	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	17	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	27	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	29	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	30	25th	40	US$2,000.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/19/2002	Pool A	Leninha Aguiar / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (32, Q17)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 13-15	0:50
Thu, 9/19/2002	Pool A	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:29
Fri, 9/20/2002	Pool A	Angela Clarke / Tania Gooley, Australia (17)	Lost 11-21, 23-25	0:40

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	3	0	$32,320.00	18	23	43.9 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	5	3	$39,320.00	26	36	41.9 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	$16,160.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	$16,160.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	5	3	$20,110.00	Total	Total	30	0	1	0	0	0	8	3	8	10	$24,485.00

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	23	63.9%	8	22.2%	5	13.9%	31-5	86.1%	3	7.1%	12	28.6%	27	64.3%	3-39	7.1%	46-54	46.0%	22-34	39.3%	0	0	34-44	43.6%

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 9-23 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	16	21-15, 21-16	0:29
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-15, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	21-13, 16-21, 15-9	0:41
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-12, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 4 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	Kadijk/Leenstra	5	21-15, 21-15	0:34
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 # 5 Connelly/Minello, Brazil 0-3
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool D	Connelly/Minello	4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	21-18, 21-11	0:32
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Connelly/Minello	5	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	21-15, 21-12	0:34
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Connelly/Minello	4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # 6 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	21-16, 21-12	0:39
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 # 7 Cook/Pottharst, Australia 0-3
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Cook/Pottharst	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	21-17, 21-16	0:40
7/27/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Cook/Pottharst	4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	29	21-19, 21-19	0:38
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 # 8 Dodd/McSorley, United States 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dodd/McSorley	11	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 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 # 12 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 # 13 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-2
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	29-27, 21-19	0:51
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	29	23-21, 21-18	0:47
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	30	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 17 Clarke/Gooley, Australia 0-1
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool A	Clarke/Gooley	17	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	16	21-11, 25-23	0:40
Series tied with # 20 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Ahmann/Vollmer	32, Q7	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-18, 15-21, 15-9	0:40
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 # 21 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	Gerlic/Lochowicz	20, Q2	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 27, Q6 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Barrera/Luge, France 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	Barrera/Luge	28, Q10	22-20, 23-21	0:47
Trail the series against # 32, Q17 Aguiar/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool A	Aguiar/Maestrini	32, Q17	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	16	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # Q1 Huygens Tholen/Sanderson, Australia 1-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	Huygens Tholen/Sanderson	22	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # Q4 Alcon/Pol, Spain 0-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # Q8 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q8	21-15, 21-11	0:38