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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Estathe' Italian Open
September 3 - 7, 2003

(17) 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 Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	10	4th	210	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	15	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	19	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	25	17th	108	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	20	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	22	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	9	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	11	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	16	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	21	9th	120	US$3,900.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool A	Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:50
Fri, 9/5/2003	Pool A	Maurizia Cacciatori / Elisa Folco, Italy (32)	Won 21-9, 21-9	0:31
Sat, 9/6/2003	Pool A	Angela Clarke / Kylie Gerlic, Australia (16)	Won 29-27, 21-16	0:46
Sat, 9/6/2003	Winner 1	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (19)	Won 21-15, 32-30	0:49
Sat, 9/6/2003	Winner 2	Dianne DeNecochea / Nancy Reynolds, United States (11)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	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 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	$45,250.00	17	20	45.9 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	1	2	0	8	0	4	7	3	$84,570.00	43	56	43.4 %

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
9	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	$22,625.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	$22,625.00
26	0	0	0	1	2	9	4	7	3	$42,735.00	Total	Total	39	0	1	0	1	2	10	5	10	10	$47,110.00

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%
2002-2003	31	72.1%	6	14.0%	6	14.0%	37-6	86.0%	4	8.9%	13	28.9%	28	62.2%	4-41	8.9%	31-28	52.5%	10-19	34.5%	0	0	41-47	46.6%
Against the Field	32	66.7%	9	18.8%	7	14.6%	41-7	85.4%	5	10.0%	16	32.0%	29	58.0%	5-45	10.0%	64-56	53.3%	28-46	37.8%	1	0	47-51	48.0%

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 17-29 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 15 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool A	Connelly/Pires	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool B	Bede/Behar	2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	15	21-19, 21-13	0:37
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	19	23-21, 21-17	0:45
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Bede/Behar	4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20	21-15, 21-16	0:33
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
Trail the series against # 3 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 0-2
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Bronze Medal	Cook/Sanderson	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	17-21, 26-24, 18-16	1:08
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Cook/Sanderson	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	15	21-19, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 1-2
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	15	Tian/Wang	6	21-9, 21-16	0:34
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	0:58
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 # 5 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 # 6 Fonseca/Minello, Brazil 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Fonseca/Minello	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	22	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Lahme/Musch, Germany 0-1
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Lahme/Musch	29, Q17	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20	21-19, 21-23, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 3-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool F	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	22	Karadassiou/Sfyri	11	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	Karadassiou/Sfyri	8	21-19, 21-14	0:38
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 # 11 DeNecochea/Reynolds, United States 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	DeNecochea/Reynolds	11	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 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
Series tied with # 13 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-2
8/17/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Semi-Finals	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	23-25, 22-20, 15-10	1:03
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	25	Kadijk/Leenstra	8	22-20, 13-21, 15-13	0:48
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
Series tied with # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	24	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	25	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20	Pohl/Rau	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 16 Clarke/Gerlic, Australia 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool A	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Clarke/Gerlic	16	29-27, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 18 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	7	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 3-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Ahmann/Vollmer	19	21-15, 32-30	0:49
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	Ahmann/Vollmer	25	25-23, 21-16	0:45
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 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
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool B	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	15	Glesnes/Maaseide	18	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 24 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 # 25, Q3 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-3
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	0:53
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
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 29, Q10 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 0-1
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool G	Lessard/Maxwell	26, Q5	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	21-19, 12-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 32 Cacciatori/Folco, Italy 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Pool A	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Cacciatori/Folco	32	21-9, 21-9	0:31
Trail the series against # Q5 Dumont/Martin, Canada 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Dumont/Martin	30, Q21	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	19	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q6 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