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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 25 - July 4, 2009

(27) Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland

Simone Kuhn
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 2, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emmenbrücke

Resides:

Lucerne

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

Nadine Zumkehr
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frutigen

Resides:

Niederwangen

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$407,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	46	2	0	1	1	4	1	17	10	10	0	US$374,500.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Did not play
2003	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 17th	Did not play
2004	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Did not play
2005	Lea Schwer - 9th	Did not play
2006	Lea Schwer - 9th	Did not play
2007	Lea Schwer - 25th	Did not play
2008	Lea Schwer - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	23	13	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	23	9	240	US$6,000.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool C

Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (22)

Won 21-15, 21-19

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	13	10	1	0.692	2	4	3	6
	1	8	6	1	0.625	2	2	3	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	4
Nadine Zumkehr	Total	38	18	7	0.289	1	9	1	6
	1	16	5	4	0.063	0	6	0	2
	2	22	13	3	0.455	1	3	1	4

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool C

Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)

Lost 23-25, 14-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	9	6	0	0.667	3	3	1	2
	1	7	4	0	0.571	2	2	1	1
	2	2	2	0	1.000	1	1	0	1
Nadine Zumkehr	Total	38	15	9	0.158	0	6	0	2
	1	18	7	2	0.278	0	3	0	2
	2	20	8	7	0.050	0	3	0	0

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool C

Eydoxia Argiropoulou / Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece (46)

Won 21-5, 21-14

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	10	7	0	0.700	2	2	2	1
	1	5	4	0	0.800	1	2	1	0
	2	5	3	0	0.600	1	0	1	1
Nadine Zumkehr	Total	26	18	3	0.577	0	16	3	4
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	10	1	1
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	6	2	3

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Chen Xue / Ying Zhang, China (23)

Lost 20-22, 15-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	22	9	3	0.273	0	6	2	1
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	5	1	0
	2	13	4	3	0.077	0	1	1	1
Nadine Zumkehr	Total	29	16	5	0.379	0	11	2	2
	1	19	10	4	0.316	0	9	1	2
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	54	32	4	0.519	7	15	8	10
Nadine Zumkehr	131	67	24	0.328	1	42	6	14

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Klagenfurt	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 5th	Did not play
2005	Berlin	Lea Schwer - 13th	Did not play
2007	Gstaad	Lea Schwer - 17th	Annik Skrivan - 37th
2011	Rome	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th	Simone Kuhn - 17th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Joana Mader - 17th
2015	The Hague	Did not play	Joana Mader - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	27	17	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	17	17	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 5-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Antonelli/Antunes	7	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	27	25-23, 21-14	0:47
Trail the series against # 4 Branagh/Youngs, United States 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Salgado/Salgado	4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	21-19, 22-24, 16-14	0:51
Trail the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Mouha/Van Breedam	15	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	27	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	23	Kuhn/Zumkehr	27	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 25 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	23-21, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 42 Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset, Cuba 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	26	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 46 Argiropoulou/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-0
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	27	Argiropoulou/Koutroumanidou	46	21-5, 21-14	0:31