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European Championship Tour
€ 300,000 European Championships
September 6 - 8, 2001

(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:

161

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$505,808.98

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 Wins:

1 (CEV Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$155,432.36

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 Jesolo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/6/2001	Winner 1	Barbara Fuchs / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (16)	Won 21-7, 21-10	0:31
Thu, 9/6/2001	Winner 2	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (1)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 9/7/2001	Winner 3	Ildiko Ancsin / Anna Grozer, Hungary (9)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 9/7/2001	Winner 4	Denise Koelliker / Karin Trussel, Switzerland (21)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-5	0:55
Sat, 9/8/2001	Semi-Finals	Andrea Ahmann / Ulrike Schmidt, Germany (22)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 9/8/2001	Gold Medal	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece (3)	Lost 14-21, 25-27	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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$451,997.50	Total	59	1	2	1	2	9	17	7	10	0	$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 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$7,000.00	8	13	38.1 %
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
											2000	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
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
8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$15,575.00	Total	Total	28	0	4	0	1	1	5	2	5	10	$25,025.00

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	24	85.7%	4	14.3%	0	0.0%	28-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	24-7	77.4%	5-0	100.0%	1	0	30-7	81.1%
2000-2001	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	18-12	60.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	12-6	66.7%

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 lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 9 Ancsin/Grozer, Hungary 1-0
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Ancsin/Grozer	9	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Fuchs/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
9/6/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Fuchs/Montagnolli	16	21-7, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Koelliker/Trussel	21	21-15, 18-21, 15-5	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 Ahmann/Schmidt, Germany 1-0
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Ahmann/Schmidt	22	21-16, 21-17	0:35