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US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 6, 2005

(15) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 33rd	Did not play
2002	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Did not play
2003	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 25th	Did not play
2004	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 7th	Sarah Rohrer - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	15	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	12	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2005	St. Petersburg Open	6	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	7	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	11	13th	300	US$10,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	9	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	7	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2005	Japan Open	7	4th	280	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	8	13th	120	US$4,500.00

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 1	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (18)	Lost 21-12, 13-21, 11-15	0:53
Thu, 8/4/2005	Contender 1	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	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	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	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	0	$72,100.00	24	21	53.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	0	$72,100.00	24	21	53.3 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	1	0	$36,050.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	1	0	$36,050.00
50	0	0	1	3	8	21	6	8	3	$137,160.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	1	3	9	1	3	9	$43,050.00

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	34	63.0%	8	14.8%	12	22.2%	42-12	77.8%	5	8.3%	6	10.0%	49	81.7%	5-55	8.3%	68-94	42.0%	26-36	41.9%	1	1	48-66	42.1%

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 22-18 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 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 0-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-12, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-5
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-17, 23-21	0:40
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-9, 21-18	0:39
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-18, 21-17	0:46
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	21-10, 21-14	0:36
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	23-21, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 2-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/28/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Scott/Youngs, United States 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 4	Scott/Youngs	3	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-3
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-18, 21-18	0:39
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	4	Kuhn/Schwer	7	15-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	6	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # 12 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Kuhn/Schwer	6	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:57
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 # 16 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	6	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	18	Kuhn/Schwer	15	12-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Li/Wang, China 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Li/Wang	18	By Forfeit	0:22
Lead the series against # 20 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 2-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	12	Keizer/Leenstra	21	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:57
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Keizer/Leenstra	22	21-18, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 2-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	6	Lessard/Maxwell	19	21-14, 21-11	0:33
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Lessard/Maxwell	37	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 27 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	12	Arjona/Kadjo	22	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	11, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-16, 23-21	0:46
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 Bednarczuk/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Bednarczuk/Pires	3	Kuhn/Schwer	7	13-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:03
Lead the series against # Q2 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 2-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Kusuhara/Urata	28, Q6	21-19, 21-13	0:47
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Kusuhara/Urata	26	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 Maaseide/Wiig, Norway 3-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Maaseide/Wiig	10	21-13, 17-21, 15-5	0:44
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 # Q8 Teru Saiki/Tokuno, Japan 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Teru Saiki/Tokuno	26, Q7	21-9, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q10 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
Trail the series against # Q13 Lu/Ren, China 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Lu/Ren	22, Q13	Kuhn/Schwer	6	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q16 Martin/Pruneau, Canada 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Martin/Pruneau	24	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q19 Dumont/Fiset, Canada 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Dumont/Fiset	23	21-18, 19-21, 15-6	0:47