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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 27 - November 1, 2009

(11) 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 Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	18	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	19	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	19	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	19	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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
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

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 1	Madelein Meppelink / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (22, Q4)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 2	Susan Blundell / Anna Harrison, New Zealand (27)	Won 17-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:50
Fri, 10/30/2009	Winner 3	Angie Akers / Tyra Turner, United States (3)	Lost 15-21, 26-24, 11-15	0:56
Fri, 10/30/2009	Contender 4	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (16)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:47
Sat, 10/31/2009	Contender 5	Anastasia Barsuk / Ekaterina Birlova, Russia (26)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:35
Sat, 10/31/2009	Contender 6	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (5)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:41
Sun, 11/1/2009	Semi-Finals	Greta Cicolari / Marta Menegatti, Italy (15, Q8)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 20-18	1:00
Sun, 11/1/2009	Gold Medal	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (1)	Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:00

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	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	$81,900.00	27	22	55.1 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	$81,900.00	27	22	55.1 %

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
11	1	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	$40,950.00	2009	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	$40,950.00
102	2	0	1	3	12	43	18	19	4	$270,885.00	Total	Total	47	1	0	0	1	5	9	5	5	21	$61,050.00

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	33	71.7%	8	17.4%	5	10.9%	41-5	89.1%	8	24.2%	6	18.2%	19	57.6%	8-25	24.2%	66-38	63.5%	32-22	59.3%	0	0	49-30	62.0%

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	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 lead the series against the field 14-11 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-0
11/1/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Kessy/Ross	1	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:00
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Kessy/Ross	3	21-18, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Akers/Turner, United States 0-2
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Akers/Turner	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	21-15, 24-26, 15-11	0:56
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Akers/Turner	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Van Iersel	11	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-14, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 5 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-1
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	5	21-19, 21-16	0:41
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Lessard/Martin, Canada 0-1
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	Petrova/Skalnikova	16	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:50
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 # 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 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Kolocova/Slukova	13, Q5	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 15, Q8 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
11/1/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	21-18, 16-21, 20-18	1:00
Lead the series against # 16 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 3-1
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Gioria/Momoli	16	21-19, 21-15	0:47
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Gioria/Momoli	14	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Gioria/Momoli	13	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-18, 21-16	0:34
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Gioria/Momoli	14	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22, Q4 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Meppelink/Wesselink	22, Q4	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 26 Barsuk/Birlova, Russia 1-0
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Barsuk/Birlova	26	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 27 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Blundell/Harrison	27	17-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:50
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Blundell/Harrison	28, Q3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-18, 9-21, 19-17	0:51