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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open
November 1 - 5, 2006

(12) 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:

161

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$505,808.98

Lea Schwer
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1982 (44 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$170,774.76

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
CEV	10	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	US$57,239.67
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	60	1	3	0	2	3	4	13	12	9	1	11	1	US$313,089.67

Previous Phuket Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	15	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2006	Vitória Open	13	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/13-17/2006	Portugal Open	11	17th	120	US$3,000.00
CEV	8/25-28/2006	European Championship Final	7	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	5	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
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
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	9	2nd	540	€ 8,150.00
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
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	14	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
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

Thailand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/2/2006	Winner 1	Geeske Banck / Susanne Lahme, Germany (21, Q3)	Lost 23-25, 13-21	0:48
Thu, 11/2/2006	Contender 1	Deborah Giaoui / Eva Hamzaoui, France (28, Q6)	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:50
Fri, 11/3/2006	Contender 2	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czechia (11)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:46

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	1	$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
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,500.00
Total	53	1	0	0	2	2	3	12	11	10	11	1	$266,350.00

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	1	$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	2	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	8	3	$45,525.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	1	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	0	0	0	1	3	17	8	5	7	$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
10	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	$34,812.50	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	$6,750.00
147	4	1	3	5	20	65	26	19	4	$451,997.50	Total	71	1	0	0	2	7	25	13	13	10	$141,675.00

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 %
2005	CEV	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$18,125.00	9	5	64.3 %
2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	0	0	$64,000.00	22	26	45.8 %
2006	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$13,400.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	8	4	1	0	$162,350.00	59	55	51.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	CEV	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$31,525.00	16	13	55.2 %

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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2001	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	2002	CEV
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
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
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
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,062.50	2005	CEV	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,062.50
12	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	$32,000.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	$32,000.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$6,700.00	2006	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$6,700.00
80	2	4	2	4	13	34	10	8	3	$228,685.00	Total	Total	54	1	2	0	2	6	24	7	3	9	$108,637.50

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	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	72.7%	3	9.1%	6	18.2%	27-6	81.8%	0	0.0%	7	19.4%	29	80.6%	0-36	0.0%	48-58	45.3%	6-26	18.8%	0	0	27-42	39.1%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	6
Total	0	0	9	1	8	28	0	0	38	44	0	3	0	2	1	0	100	115

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Schwer trail the series against the field 22-23 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 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 0-3
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kuhn/Schwer	15	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
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
Trail the series against # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	25	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-11, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-6
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Kuhn/Schwer	5	22-20, 21-19	0:47
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
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 1	Hakedal/Torlen	6	Kuhn/Schwer	14	21-19, 21-17	0:45
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Hakedal/Torlen	9	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-17, 21-14	0:39
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Hakedal/Torlen	1	13-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:50
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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 10 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 2-1
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	18	21-18, 22-20	0:57
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
Trail the series against # 11 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 0-1
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-19, 22-20	0:46
Series tied with # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	Kuhn/Schwer	19	21-19, 21-14	0:41
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Series tied with # 14 Ji/Wang, China 1-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Ji/Wang	14	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 3	Ji/Wang	14, Q4	Kuhn/Schwer	11	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 2-6
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	19	Kadijk/Mooren	13	21-18, 23-25, 15-12	0:57
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Kadijk/Mooren	3	21-23, 21-17, 15-7	0:54
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-17, 21-18	0:38
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Kuhn/Schwer	14	22-20, 21-19	0:41
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	11	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-14, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Kadijk/Mooren	2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	23-21, 21-19	0:46
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	16	Kuhn/Schwer	8	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:47
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Kuhn/Schwer	3	21-17, 21-12	0:25
Trail the series against # 20 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	8	Kuhn/Schwer	9	21-23, 26-24, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 21, Q3 Banck/Lahme, Germany 0-1
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Winner 1	Banck/Lahme	21, Q3	Kuhn/Schwer	12	25-23, 21-13	0:48
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
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Faure/Sarpaux, France 3-0
5/26/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Faure/Sarpaux	26, Q11	21-12, 21-17	0:37
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 # 28, Q6 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
11/2/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	12	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	28, Q6	23-21, 21-16	0:50