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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Olympic Bay Sanya Open
April 26 - May 1, 2011

(16) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Nadine Zumkehr - 1st	Simone Kuhn - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	14	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	7	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/28/2011	Winner 1	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (17)	Won 21-7, 21-19	0:32
Thu, 4/28/2011	Winner 2	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:33
Fri, 4/29/2011	Contender 2	Yuanyuan Ma / Fan Wang, China (31)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 4/29/2011	Contender 3	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (7)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:40

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	$73,550.00	26	22	54.2 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$8,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	8	10	3	0	0	$168,200.00	59	50	54.1 %

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
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
10	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	$36,775.00	2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	$36,775.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00
115	2	0	1	3	14	54	18	19	4	$314,035.00	Total	Total	60	1	0	0	1	7	20	5	5	21	$104,200.00

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%
2010-2011	36	60.0%	12	20.0%	12	20.0%	48-12	80.0%	9	20.5%	7	15.9%	28	63.6%	9-35	20.5%	36-28	56.3%	21-19	52.5%	0	0	57-47	54.8%
Against the Field	35	58.3%	13	21.7%	12	20.0%	48-12	80.0%	14	21.2%	11	16.7%	41	62.1%	14-52	21.2%	70-82	46.1%	54-46	54.0%	0	0	62-64	49.2%

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 26-30 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-6
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	21-14, 21-15	0:33
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
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 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:42
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 # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-6
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	22-20, 12-21, 15-10	0:55
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	21-15, 25-23	0:41
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 # 4 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
Series tied with # 6 Kessy/Ross, United States 3-3
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Kessy/Ross	5, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
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 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	23-21, 21-18	0:40
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-12, 22-20	0:34
Series tied with # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	21-14, 21-17	0:39
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	28-26, 17-21, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	Salgado/Salgado	5	21-19, 21-15	0:38
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 # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	20	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 3-0
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Martins/Santanna	17	21-7, 21-19	0:32
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 # 18 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 # 19, 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
Series tied with # 21 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 # 23 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, Q4 Birlova/Vozakova, Russia 1-0
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Birlova/Vozakova	29, Q7	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 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 # 31 Ma/Wang, China 1-0
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Ma/Wang	31	22-20, 21-15	0:37
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 # Q3 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 4-1
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	Gioria/Momoli	27	21-14, 21-17	0:33
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 # Q12 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