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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Japan Open
May 25 - 29, 2005

(7) Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, 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

Lea Schwer
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Basel

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Osaka 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$134,925.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	49	0	0	0	1	2	3	12	10	8	1	11	1	US$252,450.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,400.00
Overall	50	1	0	0	1	2	3	12	10	8	1	11	1	US$255,850.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Did not play
2003	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 5th	Did not play
2004	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	8	13th	120	US$4,500.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/26/2005	Winner 1	Eiko Koizumi / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (26)	Won 21-11, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
Thu, 5/26/2005	Winner 2	Kathrine Maaseide / Kristine Wiig, Norway (23)	Won 21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
Fri, 5/27/2005	Winner 3	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:41
Fri, 5/27/2005	Contender 4	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (4, Q1)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:49
Sat, 5/28/2005	Contender 5	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (11)	Won 25-23, 21-17	0:44
Sat, 5/28/2005	Contender 6	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (20)	Won 15-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
Sat, 5/28/2005	Semi-Finals	Shaylyn Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (3)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:40
Sun, 5/29/2005	Bronze Medal	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 11-21, 13-21	0:37

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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$17,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	7	0	$87,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	8	7	4	0	$147,150.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Total	50	1	0	0	1	2	3	12	10	9	11	0	$255,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simone Kuhn												Lea Schwer
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$8,750.00
46	1	0	1	0	8	19	6	9	0	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	8	0	$45,525.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	0	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	0	0	1	3	17	8	5	0	$78,075.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Satellite	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$2,575.00
137	3	0	2	4	17	63	25	19	0	$417,185.00	Total	66	1	0	0	1	7	24	10	13	0	$134,925.00

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
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$16,500.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$16,500.00	7	5	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simone Kuhn													Lea Schwer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00	2001	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	$16,160.00	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	0	$34,125.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
12	0	0	1	1	4	4	2	0	0	$46,875.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$6,125.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$875.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,250.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,250.00
42	0	0	1	3	7	15	6	7	3	$109,360.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	9	$15,250.00

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	68	73.1%	13	14.0%	12	12.9%	81-12	87.1%	9	8.7%	13	12.6%	81	78.6%	9-94	8.7%	68-81	45.6%	22-25	46.8%	1	1	91-107	46.0%
2004-2005	27	73.0%	6	16.2%	4	10.8%	33-4	89.2%	3	10.7%	3	10.7%	22	78.6%	3-25	10.7%	27-22	55.1%	9-7	56.3%	1	0	37-29	56.1%
Against the Field	26	66.7%	7	17.9%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	4	7.5%	4	7.5%	45	84.9%	4-49	7.5%	52-86	37.7%	22-20	52.4%	1	1	38-54	41.3%

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	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	1	5	22	0	0	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	36
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	22	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	63	63
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	2
Total	0	0	9	1	8	28	0	0	34	42	0	2	0	1	1	0	95	109

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Schwer lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
5/29/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Bronze Medal	Bede/Behar	1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	21-11, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	23-21, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Semi-Finals	Bede/Connelly	3	Kuhn/Schwer	7	22-20, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 4, Q1 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Tian/Wang	9	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Kuhn/Schwer	8	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 20 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-0
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 6	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:01
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	21-7, 21-11	0:28
Lead the series against # 23 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 2-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Maaseide/Wiig	23	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Maaseide/Wiig	26	21-16, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 26 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Koizumi/Tanaka	26	21-11, 18-21, 15-9	0:49