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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Swiss Masters
May 22 - 25, 2008

(5) 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 CEV Wins:

1 (Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$505,808.98

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 CEV Best:

2nd (3 times)

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 Lucerne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Lea Schwer - 2nd	Simone Kuhn - 2nd
2006	Lea Schwer - 9th	Simone Kuhn - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	15, Q15	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
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
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

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 1	Muriel Graessli / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (12)	Won 24-22, 21-16	0:44
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 2	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (4)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 5/24/2008	Winner 3	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (1)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:44
Sat, 5/24/2008	Semi-Finals	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (4)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 16-14	1:01
Sun, 5/25/2008	Gold Medal	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (1)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:48

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$451,997.50	Total	71	1	0	0	2	7	25	13	13	0	$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 %
2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	$50,500.00	19	26	42.2 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,100.00	1	6	14.3 %
2008	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,300.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	0	0	1	1	3	11	10	7	7	0	$218,950.00	79	87	47.6 %
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	9	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	$41,825.00	26	16	61.9 %

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
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,500.00	2007	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,050.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,050.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00	2008	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,150.00
98	2	5	2	4	16	38	13	14	4	$263,635.00	Total	Total	71	1	4	0	2	8	28	10	9	9	$142,087.50

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	21	87.5%	0	0.0%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	6	28.6%	2	9.5%	13	61.9%	6-15	28.6%	21-13	61.8%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	27-18	60.0%
2007-2008	9	90.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	9-4	69.2%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	11-5	68.8%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	4	57.1%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	16-6	72.7%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	12-4	75.0%

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 lead the series against the field 19-14 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 4-7
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	Kuhn/Schwer	5	21-17, 21-17	0:48
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	1	21-15, 21-14	0:44
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
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	6	Kuhn/Schwer	5	16-21, 27-25, 19-17	1:15
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 # 2 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 # 3 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 2-0
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Hajeckova/Novotna	4	24-22, 21-17	0:48
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Hajeckova/Novotna	8	20-22, 25-23, 16-14	1:05
Lead the series against # 4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 4-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Jursone/Minusa	4	18-21, 21-15, 16-14	1:01
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-13, 21-17	0:35
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	15, Q15	Jursone/Minusa	Q2	21-16, 23-21	0:40
8/25/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Jursone/Minusa		21-10, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 6 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 1-0
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	15, Q15	Alcon/Matveeva	5	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:59
Series tied with # 8 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-1
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Gschweidl/Hansel	30	Kuhn/Schwer	19	21-18, 21-18	0:39
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Schwer	7	Gschweidl/Hansel	24, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-0
8/12/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schwer	1	Baburina/Osheyko	7	21-14, 17-21, 15-12	0:51
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Baburina/Osheyko	10	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 12 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schwer	5	Graessli/Zumkehr	12	24-22, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q4 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 2-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Kuhn/Schwer	15, Q15	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q18	21-9, 21-11	0:32
8/14/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q19	21-14, 21-19	0:38