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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 6 - 11, 2009

(9) Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, 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

Nadine Zumkehr
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frutigen

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$407,500.00

Awards

Most Inspirational 2016

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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 25th	Did not play
2002	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Did not play
2003	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Did not play
2004	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 17th	Did not play
2005	Lea Schwer - 9th	Annik Skrivan - 25th
2006	Lea Schwer - 9th	Annik Skrivan - 41st
2007	Lea Schwer - 17th	Annik Skrivan - 37th
2008	Lea Schwer - 5th	Muriel Graessli - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	27	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	23	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	23	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool H	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (24, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:45
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool H	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (25, Q1)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:39
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool H	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (8)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:36
Thu, 7/9/2009	Winner 1	Imara Esteves Ribalta / Dalixia Fernandez Grasset, Cuba (32, Q23)	Won 21-16, 21-17
Fri, 7/10/2009	Winner 2	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:43

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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	1	0	1	0	4	0	10	0	5	0	0	$224,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	10	3	0	0	$135,700.00
Total	46	2	0	1	1	4	1	17	10	10	0	0	$374,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simone Kuhn												Nadine Zumkehr
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$23,250.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$14,600.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00
46	1	0	1	0	8	19	6	9	0	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	1	1	0	8	20	18	4	0	$260,575.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	0	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	3	0	2	1	4	20	7	3	0	$106,125.00
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	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
137	3	0	2	4	17	63	25	19	0	$417,185.00	Total	126	4	2	3	2	17	41	28	7	0	$407,500.00

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
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$25,250.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$25,250.00	8	9	47.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simone Kuhn													Nadine Zumkehr
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
11	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	0	$34,125.00	2003	FIVB
12	0	0	1	1	4	4	2	0	0	$46,875.00	2004	FIVB
14	0	0	0	1	3	8	1	1	0	$49,175.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$625.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	$32,000.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$2,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	0	$25,250.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$1,700.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	1	$20,700.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	$14,200.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$12,625.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$12,625.00
95	1	0	1	3	12	39	16	19	4	$242,560.00	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	1	5	5	3	5	21	$32,725.00

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	78	69.6%	19	17.0%	15	13.4%	97-15	86.6%	23	23.0%	17	17.0%	60	60.0%	23-77	23.0%	78-60	56.5%	42-32	56.8%	0	0	120-92	56.6%
2008-2009	21	77.8%	4	14.8%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	4	15.4%	7	26.9%	15	57.7%	4-22	15.4%	21-15	58.3%	8-9	47.1%	0	0	29-24	54.7%
Against the Field	43	68.3%	9	14.3%	11	17.5%	52-11	82.5%	11	17.7%	11	17.7%	40	64.5%	11-51	17.7%	86-80	51.8%	40-44	47.6%	0	0	63-62	50.4%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	41	22	0	0	19	19	1	1	1	0	1	0	63	42
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	21	1	1	0	1	1	0	52	43
Total	0	0	0	0	46	26	0	0	43	43	2	2	1	1	2	0	120	92

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Zumkehr trail the series against the field 7-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

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 0-2
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Branagh/Youngs	4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-16, 21-16	0:43
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 # 7 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 # 8 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-15, 21-13	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 22, Q3 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 # 24, Q2 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Martins/Santanna	25, Q1	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 32, Q23 Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset, Cuba 2-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	32, Q23	21-16, 21-17
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 Borger/Brink-Abeler, Germany 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Borger/Brink-Abeler	24, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q6 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