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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 17 - 22, 2010

(15) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	14	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	11/3-8/2009	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	8	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2009	Sanya Open	11	1st	600	US$30,000.00
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

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/18/2010	Pool B	Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (2)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:34
Wed, 5/19/2010	Pool B	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (18)	Won 21-11, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
Thu, 5/20/2010	Pool B	Roos Van der Hoeven / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (31, Q31)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:31
Thu, 5/20/2010	Winner 1	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (13)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 5/21/2010	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)	Lost 21-19, 12-21, 9-15	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	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	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	0	0	$86,150.00	29	24	54.7 %
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$12,250.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	0	$98,400.00	34	28	54.8 %

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
12	1	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	$43,075.00	2009	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	$43,075.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,125.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,125.00
105	2	0	1	3	12	46	18	19	4	$279,135.00	Total	Total	50	1	0	0	1	5	12	5	5	21	$69,300.00

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%
2009-2010	40	70.2%	8	14.0%	9	15.8%	48-9	84.2%	7	15.9%	10	22.7%	27	61.4%	7-37	15.9%	40-27	59.7%	15-19	44.1%	0	0	55-46	54.5%
Against the Field	52	66.7%	12	15.4%	14	17.9%	64-14	82.1%	15	20.8%	15	20.8%	42	58.3%	15-57	20.8%	104-84	55.3%	54-58	48.2%	0	0	79-71	52.7%

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 22-20 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 8 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-2
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	21-12, 21-18	0:34
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-14, 21-19	0:38
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
Series tied with # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-1
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-11, 21-17	0:34
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Antonelli/Antunes	7	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 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 # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-2
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	19-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:48
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-15, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-2
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	22-20, 21-18	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 13 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	Prokopeva/Ukolova	13	21-18, 21-16	0:34
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Prokopeva/Ukolova	13	21-15, 25-23	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 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
Series tied with # 18 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool B	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	Keizer/Van Iersel	18	21-11, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
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 # 19 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Mouha/Van Breedam	19, Q1	21-14, 21-10	0:32
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 # 20 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 # 21 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 # 23 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 # 26, Q9 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 # 27, Q7 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	Forrer/Schmocker	18	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 31, Q31 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool B	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	31, Q31	21-15, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against 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 # 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
Trail the series against # Q2 Lessard/Martin, Canada 0-2
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 3	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	21-18, 21-19	0:41
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Series tied with # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q11 Dampney/Mullin, England 1-0
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Dampney/Mullin	25, Q1	21-18, 21-13	0:39