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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 21 - 26, 2008

(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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 25th	Did not play
2002	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Dinah Kilchenmann - 57th
2003	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Dinah Kilchenmann - 41st
2004	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 17th	Dinah Kilchenmann - 17th
2005	Lea Schwer - 9th	Simone Kuhn - 9th
2006	Lea Schwer - 9th	Simone Kuhn - 9th
2007	Lea Schwer - 17th	Simone Kuhn - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	29	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	29, Q3	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	29, Q3	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	21	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	24	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	18	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	15	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	16	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	17	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool G	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (23)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:43
Wed, 7/23/2008	Pool G	Sanne Keizer / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (26, Q4)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:41
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool G	Rieke Brink-Abeler / Hella Jurich, Germany (7)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:41
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (8)	Won 24-22, 26-24	0:58
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 3	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (1)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:38

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	$50,500.00	19	26	42.2 %
2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	1	$39,600.00	13	23	36.1 %
Total	FIVB	48	0	0	0	1	2	3	12	10	8	11	1	$252,450.00	91	104	46.7 %
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
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	0	$25,250.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	0	$25,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	1	$19,800.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	1	$19,800.00
89	1	0	1	3	12	36	14	18	4	$229,035.00	Total	Total	65	1	0	0	1	7	24	9	13	10	$134,925.00

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%
2007-2008	25	80.6%	3	9.7%	3	9.7%	28-3	90.3%	4	7.7%	9	17.3%	39	75.0%	4-48	7.7%	25-39	39.1%	7-12	36.8%	0	1	32-52	38.1%
Against the Field	15	71.4%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	3	8.6%	3	8.6%	29	82.9%	3-32	8.6%	30-56	34.9%	12-12	50.0%	0	1	21-35	37.5%

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 23-34 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tian/Wang, China 0-3
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	1	Kuhn/Schwer	10	21-15, 21-16	0:38
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Tian/Wang	2	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-19, 21-17	0:42
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Tian/Wang	3	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	21-19, 12-21, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 0-1
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Bede/Connelly	4	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 0-1
6/24/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Antonelli/Leao	22, Q13	Kuhn/Schwer	Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Xue/Zhang	5	Kuhn/Schwer	21	21-15, 21-14	0:40
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	25	Kuhn/Schwer	8	21-11, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-4
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Salgado/Salgado	13	Kuhn/Schwer	29	21-13, 21-19	0:37
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	12	Kuhn/Schwer	21	21-15, 21-18	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 7 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 2-4
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	7	21-18, 21-17	0:41
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	15, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	16	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:58
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	8	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	21-12, 27-25	0:45
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	10	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	21-17, 21-15	0:37
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	12	Kuhn/Schwer	21	22-20, 21-18	0:44
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schwer	15	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	23	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-3
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	24-22, 26-24	0:58
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Kuhn/Schwer	24	21-17, 21-14	0:41
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q12	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-14, 23-21	0:55
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Schwer	1	14-21, 13-21	0:34
Lead the series against # 9, Q7 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
6/17/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	Graessli/Zumkehr	Q30	15-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	18	Kuhn/Schwer	15	21-19, 15-11 Retired	0:51
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-3
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	17	Kuhn/Schwer	16	25-23, 21-18	0:52
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:58
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	22	Kuhn/Schwer	11	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # 13 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-5
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Hakedal/Torlen	20	Kuhn/Schwer	29	21-16, 21-17	0:40
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 # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	27, Q3	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	12	Martins/Santanna	21, Q3	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
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 # 17 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 # 19 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 # 21, Q2 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 1-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	24	Alcon/Matveeva	9	21-17, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 23 Faure/Sarpaux, France 4-1
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Kuhn/Schwer	10	Faure/Sarpaux	23	21-18, 21-13	0:43
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 # 25 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 # 26, Q4 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 2-1
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Keizer/de Vries	26, Q4	Kuhn/Schwer	10	21-16, 21-18	0:41
6/17/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	Keizer/de Vries	Q19	17-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:58
6/10/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	29, Q3	Keizer/de Vries	Q19	21-19, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 28, Q6 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
11/3/06	FIVB	Thailand Open	Contender 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	11	Kuhn/Schwer	12	21-19, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 29 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kuhn/Schwer	30, Q6	Forrer/Schmocker	Q27	22-20, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 2-0
6/24/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kuhn/Schwer	Q4	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q29	21-17, 21-16	0:37
8/14/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q19	21-14, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q8 Kongshavn/Wiig, Norway 1-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	20	Kongshavn/Wiig	29, Q7	21-16, 21-11	0:32