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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
August 28 - September 1, 2007

(17) 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 St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Lea Schwer - 9th	Simone Kuhn - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	25, Q3	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	27, Q3	7th	250	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	30, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	13	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	24	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	17	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	21	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	11/1-5/2006	Thailand Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/29/2007	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (16)	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:35
Wed, 8/29/2007	Contender 1	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (32)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:34
Thu, 8/30/2007	Contender 2	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (18)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:54
Thu, 8/30/2007	Contender 3	Chiaki Kusuhara / Mika Teru Saiki, Japan (23)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:38
Thu, 8/30/2007	Contender 4	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (5)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	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	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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	0	0	$64,000.00	22	26	45.8 %
2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	0	$41,500.00	15	22	40.5 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	1	1	3	10	10	5	5	0	$203,850.00	74	77	49.0 %
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
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
9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	0	$20,750.00	2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	0	$20,750.00
76	1	0	1	3	11	34	11	12	3	$204,735.00	Total	Total	52	1	0	0	1	6	22	6	7	9	$110,625.00

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%
2006-2007	31	68.9%	7	15.6%	7	15.6%	38-7	84.4%	3	6.4%	5	10.6%	39	83.0%	3-44	6.4%	31-39	44.3%	10-12	45.5%	0	1	41-52	44.1%
Against the Field	24	75.0%	5	15.6%	3	9.4%	29-3	90.6%	4	7.8%	8	15.7%	39	76.5%	4-47	7.8%	48-76	38.7%	18-22	45.0%	0	1	33-50	39.8%

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 27-33 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-7
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Kuhn/Schwer	30, Q6	21-18, 21-17	0:45
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 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-4
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool L	Antunes/Ribeiro	12	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-12, 21-16	0:41
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 # 3 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Branagh/Youngs	8	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-16, 21-7	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 3-5
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-18, 21-18	0:46
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 Scott/Turner, United States 0-1
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Scott/Turner	19, Q5	Kuhn/Schwer	30, Q6	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 Shmat/Stepanova, Russia 1-0
8/7/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	Shmat/Stepanova	Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	0:58
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	30, Q6	21-14, 21-18	0:46
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 # 12 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 2-0
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15	21-18, 36-34	1:03
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 # 13 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 0-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	Kuhn/Schwer	19	21-19, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 14 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-2
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	25	Kuhn/Schwer	24	22-20, 21-12	0:41
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	15	21-15, 21-19	0:39
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 Faure/Sarpaux, France 3-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool L	Faure/Sarpaux	36	Kuhn/Schwer	13	21-8, 26-28, 15-7	1:02
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
Series tied with # 16 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-2
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-14, 21-11	0:35
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-18, 24-22	0:45
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	11	Nystrom/Nystrom	22	12-21, 21-10, 15-10	0:47
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Mouha/Van Breedam	18	21-19, 21-19	0:54
Series tied with # 22, Q3 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-1
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	Martins/Santanna	23	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 3	Martins/Santanna	23	Kuhn/Schwer	17	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	23	21-15, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 3-0
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	Koizumi/Tanaka	24, Q5	21-14, 21-9	0:38
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 # 25, Q9 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Gioria/Momoli	26, Q5	Kuhn/Schwer	23	23-21, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-0
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	30, Q6	Ilustre/Pascua	Q22	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 28, Q6 Barrera/Gemise Fareau, France 0-1
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Barrera/Gemise Fareau	10	Kuhn/Schwer	23	21-18, 24-22	0:51
Lead the series against # 32 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	17	Prokopeva/Ukolova	32	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q15 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