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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Vitória Open
September 26 - 30, 2006

(13) 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 Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	11	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	19	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	19	13th	240	US$6,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	11	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2006	France Open	11	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Greece Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	10	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	13	17th	80	US$3,000.00

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/27/2006	Winner 1	Marie-Andree Lessard / Sarah Maxwell, Canada (20)	Won 22-20, 21-14	0:39
Wed, 9/27/2006	Winner 2	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (4)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:49
Thu, 9/28/2006	Contender 2	Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (14)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:42
Thu, 9/28/2006	Contender 3	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (5)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:43

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 %
2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	$56,500.00	19	22	46.3 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	7	3	1	0	$154,850.00	56	51	52.3 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	$28,250.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	$28,250.00
65	1	0	1	3	10	30	9	8	3	$180,235.00	Total	Total	41	1	0	0	1	5	18	4	3	9	$86,125.00

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%
2005-2006	43	69.4%	10	16.1%	9	14.5%	53-9	85.5%	5	9.8%	4	7.8%	42	82.4%	5-46	9.8%	43-42	50.6%	15-13	53.6%	1	0	59-55	51.8%
Against the Field	24	63.2%	6	15.8%	8	21.1%	30-8	78.9%	2	3.8%	5	9.6%	45	86.5%	2-50	3.8%	48-88	35.3%	16-26	38.1%	0	1	32-58	35.6%

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 trail the series against the field 19-28 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-17, 21-12	0:41
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 5	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-12, 21-13	0:40
Series tied with # 3 Barros/Connelly, Brazil 2-2
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Barros/Connelly	3	21-18, 24-22	0:48
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Barros/Connelly	6, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	11	14-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:44
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Barros/Connelly	25, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-19, 21-13	0:38
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Barros/Connelly	7	24-22, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-3
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-18, 21-19	0:49
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Kuhn/Schwer	8	24-22, 21-13	0:39
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 # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 3-4
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-16, 21-18	0:43
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	21-17, 23-21	0:46
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Kuhn/Schwer	19	21-15, 21-14	0:40
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-16, 21-16	0:38
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 # 6 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-4
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Hakedal/Torlen	14	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-15, 21-17	0:40
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	8	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-14, 21-19	0:41
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
Lead the series against # 7 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	11	21-12, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 1-1
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	11	Kuhn/Schwer	9	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:54
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	6	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	12	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Cook/Sanderson, Australia 2-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	13	Cook/Sanderson	14	21-16, 21-14	0:42
9/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Cook/Sanderson	12	Kuhn/Schwer	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Cook/Sanderson	18	23-21, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-3
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Kadijk/Mooren	13	21-18, 23-25, 15-12	0:57
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-17, 21-18	0:38
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	11	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-14, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
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 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 5-0
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	13	Lessard/Maxwell	20	22-20, 21-14	0:39
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Lessard/Maxwell	28, Q2	21-15, 22-20	0:44
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Lessard/Maxwell	24	21-17, 21-15	0:34
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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Schwer	1	14-21, 13-21	0:34