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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 27 - August 1, 2009

(19) 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:

161

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$505,808.98

Nadine Zumkehr
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frutigen

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$438,411.92

Awards

Most Inspirational 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	US$21,124.54
FIVB	46	2	0	1	1	4	1	17	10	10	0	US$374,500.00
Overall	51	2	0	2	1	5	2	18	11	10	0	US$395,624.54

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 33rd	Did not play
2002	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 9th	Did not play
2003	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 25th	Did not play
2004	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 7th	Did not play
2005	Lea Schwer - 25th	Annik Skrivan - 33rd
2006	Lea Schwer - 9th	Annik Skrivan - 33rd
2007	Lea Schwer - 25th	Annik Skrivan - 41st
2008	Did not play	Muriel Graessli - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	27	17th	200	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	13, Q3	7th	300	€ 2,200.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	12, Q3	13th	180	€ 800.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2009	Pool C	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (14)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:33
Wed, 7/29/2009	Pool C	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 28-26, 11-15	1:02
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool C	Louise Bawden / Becchara Palmer, Australia (30, Q15)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Thu, 7/30/2009	Winner 1	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (25)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:39

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
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Total	49	2	0	2	1	5	1	18	10	10	0	0	$386,500.00

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	1	$23,250.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$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	2	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	1	1	0	8	20	18	4	8	$260,575.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	1	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	3	0	2	1	4	20	7	3	12	$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
10	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	$34,812.50	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	$10,500.00
147	4	1	3	5	20	65	26	19	4	$451,997.50	Total	134	4	2	4	2	18	45	29	8	22	$418,000.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$30,350.00	10	11	47.6 %
2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$30,350.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	7	4	63.6 %

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
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
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
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2003	CEV
12	0	0	1	1	4	4	2	0	0	$46,875.00	2004	FIVB
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2004	CEV
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
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,062.50	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$975.00
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
4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$6,700.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,500.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$975.00
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
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,650.00	2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$1,100.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$15,175.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$15,175.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
117	2	5	2	4	19	43	18	19	5	$299,460.00	Total	Total	54	0	0	0	1	6	9	10	5	23	$39,825.00

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%	12	18.8%	11	17.2%	41	64.1%	12-52	18.8%	86-82	51.2%	42-44	48.8%	0	0	64-63	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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	5
Total	0	0	0	0	53	28	0	0	45	45	2	3	2	1	2	0	130	97

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Zumkehr trail the series against the field 13-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 0-2
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-17, 26-28, 15-11	1:02
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 # 6 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 # 10 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13, Q3	21-23, 21-19, 18-16	0:58
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12, Q3	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 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 # 13 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 # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 2-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Gioria/Momoli	14	21-16, 21-13	0:33
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13, Q3	Gioria/Momoli	Q22	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 20 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12, Q3	Forrer/Schmocker	Q19	24-26, 21-18, 20-18	1:03
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 23, 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
Lead the series against # 24 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13, Q3	Mooren/Wesselink	10	21-16, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 25 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	25	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-19, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q15 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 32, Q28 Kolocova/Slukova, Czechia 0-2
6/20/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Kolocova/Slukova	14, Q4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13, Q3	19-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:57
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Kolocova/Slukova	13, Q4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12, Q3	22-20, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
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
Series tied with # Q2 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-17, 21-18	0:45
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13, Q3	Banck/Gunther	12, Q2	15-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # Q4 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czechia 1-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	27	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 Andreasen/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12, Q3	Andreasen/Vestergaard	Q22	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q16 Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13, Q3	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	Q19	21-13, 21-5	0:29