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European Championship Tour
€ 90,000 European Championships
August 29 - 31, 2002

(8) 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 Basel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	9/6-8/2001	European Championships	17	2nd	180	€ 23,250.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/29/2002	Winner 2	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (24)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:32
Thu, 8/29/2002	Winner 3	Rebekka Kadijk / Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (1)	Lost 20-22, 18-21	0:41
Fri, 8/30/2002	Contender 3	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (22)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:44
Fri, 8/30/2002	Contender 4	Ester Alcon / Catalina Maria Pol, Spain (21)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:32
Fri, 8/30/2002	Contender 5	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy (2)	Lost 18-21, 22-24	0:45

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 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	0	$26,770.00	16	18	47.1 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	4	3	$33,770.00	24	31	43.6 %
Total	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,625.00	8	3	72.7 %

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	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	$13,385.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	$13,385.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50
17	0	1	0	0	1	6	2	4	3	$30,147.50	Total	Total	37	0	4	0	1	2	10	3	7	10	$39,597.50

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%
2001-2002	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	6-3	66.7%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	8-3	72.7%
Against the Field	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%	1-8	11.1%	22-14	61.1%	6-0	100.0%	1	0	15-7	68.2%

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 14-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-2
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Kadijk/Leenstra	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	22-20, 21-18	0:41
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 # 2 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-2
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 5	Gattelli/Perrotta	2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	21-18, 24-22	0:45
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	21-15, 13-21, 15-11	0:53
9/6/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Gattelli/Perrotta	1	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-2
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	21-16, 21-12	0:39
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 # 4 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 # 6 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 14 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 # 15 Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou, Greece 1-0
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	Koutroumanidou/Nikolaidou	46	21-11, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 18 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 # 20 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 # 21 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Alcon/Pol	21	21-15, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 22 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 2-1
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Ahmann/Vollmer	22	22-20, 21-19	0:44
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 # 24 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Glesnes/Maaseide	24	21-10, 21-12	0:32