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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam 10 presented by Volksbank
July 26 - 31, 2010

(14) 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 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
2009	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th	Simone Kuhn - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	18	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open	14	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2010	Rome Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/28/2010	Pool C	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (19)	Won 21-6, 21-16	0:28
Wed, 7/28/2010	Pool C	Sona Novakova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (30, Q20)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:39
Thu, 7/29/2010	Pool C	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 9-15	0:48
Thu, 7/29/2010	Winner 1	Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (13)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 7/30/2010	Winner 2	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-14, 16-21, 11-15	0:52

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	$53,700.00	18	16	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	7	3	0	0	$139,850.00	47	40	54.0 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$26,850.00	2010	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$26,850.00
110	2	0	1	3	13	50	18	19	4	$299,860.00	Total	Total	55	1	0	0	1	6	16	5	5	21	$90,025.00

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	47	64.4%	12	16.4%	14	19.2%	59-14	80.8%	14	19.4%	14	19.4%	44	61.1%	14-58	19.4%	94-88	51.6%	52-56	48.1%	0	0	73-72	50.3%

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 28-30 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-4
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	14-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:52
6/12/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	21-15, 21-16	0:38
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 # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-4
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	21-18, 21-8	0:30
5/27/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
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 # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-19, 21-17	0:28
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
Trail the series against # 6 Kessy/Ross, United States 2-3
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 7 Akers/Turner, United States 0-3
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Akers/Turner	4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	23-21, 22-20	0:35
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 # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Salgado/Salgado	8	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-11, 26-28, 15-13	1:13
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 # 9 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-1
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	28-26, 17-21, 15-9	1:00
Series tied with # 11 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 # 12 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
5/27/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Holtwick/Semmler	19	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	13	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Series tied with # 15 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-2
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	10	24-22, 21-18	0:52
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 # 16 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 # 18 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Martins/Santanna	24, Q1	21-13, 21-19	0:40
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 # 19 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	21-6, 21-16	0:28
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	Nystrom/Nystrom	24	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 21 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 # 22 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 # 25, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 3-0
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q2	21-13, 21-16	0:39
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 # 28 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-1
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Mouha/Van Breedam	20	21-18, 21-14	0:37
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 # 30, Q20 Novakova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Novakova/Tobiasova	30, Q20	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against 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 Madeira/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Madeira/Maestrini	27, Q22	21-12, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # Q4 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-2
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:41
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
Lead the series against # Q5 Huang/Yue, China 1-0
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Huang/Yue	29, Q7	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q17 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 # Q24 Dyhr/Vestergaard, Denmark 1-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	Dyhr/Vestergaard	31	21-13, 21-10	0:29