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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 South African Open
November 16 - 20, 2005

(10) 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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	7	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	8	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2005	Switzerland Satellite	1	1st	34	US$3,400.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	15	25th	56	US$3,250.00
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

South Africa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool G	Bonolo Rampomane / Natasha Webber, South Africa (23)	Won 21-6, 21-11	0:28
Thu, 11/17/2005	Pool G	Eiko Koizumi / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (26, Q2)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:35
Fri, 11/18/2005	Pool G	Jennifer Kessy / Nancy Reynolds, United States (7)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:43
Fri, 11/18/2005	Winner 1	Chiaki Kusuhara / Satoko Urata, Japan (15)	Won 14-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:55
Sat, 11/19/2005	Winner 2	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (12)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:33

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	14	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	1	1	0	$98,350.00	37	29	56.1 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	1	1	0	$98,350.00	37	29	56.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	4	2	66.7 %

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
14	0	0	0	1	3	8	1	1	0	$49,175.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	3	8	1	1	0	$49,175.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
55	1	0	1	3	10	22	7	8	3	$151,985.00	Total	Total	31	1	0	0	1	5	10	2	3	9	$57,875.00

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	68.4%	5	13.2%	7	18.4%	31-7	81.6%	6	11.8%	4	7.8%	41	80.4%	6-45	11.8%	52-82	38.8%	22-22	50.0%	0	0	37-52	41.6%

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 22-19 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 7 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 0-6
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-15, 21-17	0:45
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
Series tied with # 3 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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 1-0
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Barros/Connelly	7	24-22, 21-18	0:49
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 Kessy/Reynolds, United States 0-2
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Kessy/Reynolds	7	Kuhn/Schwer	10	21-16, 21-14	0:43
9/17/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Reynolds	27	Kuhn/Schwer	7	21-17, 21-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	9	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-17, 21-14	0:39
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	18	Kuhn/Schwer	15	12-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 12 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
11/19/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	12	Kuhn/Schwer	10	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 15 Kusuhara/Urata, Japan 3-0
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Kusuhara/Urata	15	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:55
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 # 16 Barrera/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Barrera/Hamzaoui	19	21-14, 21-16	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	13	Gattelli/Perrotta	20, Q5	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	19-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:43
Lead the series against # 20 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 23 Rampomane/Webber, South Africa 1-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Rampomane/Webber	23	21-6, 21-11	0:28
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 2-0
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool G	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:35
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Koizumi/Tanaka	26	21-11, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-0
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	1	Faure/Sarpaux	8, Q1	21-16, 21-11	0:37
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Faure/Sarpaux	32	24-22, 21-15	0:50
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
8/12/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	1	Baburina/Osheyko	7	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:51